Rilsa Rael

Rael learned how to exploit others from Nine-Fingers, but she does not use intermediaries and scapegoats to insulate herself from her affairs as NineFingers does. Instead, she takes a personal hand in most matters. She moves openly through the Outer City,  alternating between helping the poor, slinging insults at any Fist patrols moving between Wyrm’s Rock and the Lower City, and occasionally breaking the nose of a reluctant shopkeeper. She even holds a public audience at her headquarters in the Calim Jewel Emporium to hear the complaints of Outer City residents.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

When Rilsa Rael joined the Guild, she had nowhere else to turn. The Flaming Fist had hanged her father for harboring her uncle when the mercenaries were after him. So her beautiful mother had become a patriar’s courtesan to support Rael. When the man’s wife discovered the trysts, she demanded that Rael’s mother be imprisoned in the Seatower of Balduran, where the woman wasted away and died while her lover went unpunished. Left on her own, Rael joined the gang in Norchapel, where her mixed Tethyrian and Calishite parentage and language skills gave her a natural advantage in bringing Little Calimshan fully under the Guild’s influence.

Rael’s talent at going unnoticed and her skill with a knife earned her a position on the Lady’s Court as one of Nine-Fingers’ bodyguards—the guildmaster’s favorite, in fact. Her loyalty, ruthlessness, and inventiveness in discreetly solving problems fueled her rise. Acknowledging Rael’s potential, Nine-Fingers removed her bodyguard from the court and installed her as Little Calimshan’s kingpin. Rael’s status as NineFinger’s favorite hasn’t changed, making her heir presumptive to the Guild leadership.

Morality & Philosophy

Rael’s opinions of the Gate’s leaders and institutions were formed during her rough childhood. She thinks the Flaming Fist is cruel and uncaring, and the patriars are hypocritical and self-serving. She sympathizes and identifies wholly with the poor in the Outer City and blames the Fist and the patriars for the terrible conditions there—and the fact that, in her words, “The people need the Guild to protect them from the city and from themselves.”

Social

Contacts & Relations

Nine-Fingers Keene

Character Location

Baldur's Gate

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Alignment

Neutral

Current Location

Baldur's Gate

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Kingpin

Birthplace

Baldur's Gate

Current Residence

Little Calimshan

Gender

Female

Hair

Black

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Tan

Quotes & Catchphrases

“The people need the Guild to protect them from the city and from themselves.”

Aligned Organization

The Guild