Zelvokar

The Zelvokar is a decentralized movement of radical organizers, educators, and saboteurs unified by the belief that smallfolk and other marginalized peoples deserve safety, autonomy, and a voice in shaping their own futures. The name comes from ancient gnomish, meaning “The Overlooked,” and serves as both indictment and identity.
Rejecting systems that reward height, heritage, or noble lineage, the Zelvokar emerged from lived experience rather than theory—gnomes and halflings dismissed in courtrooms, kobolds forced into silence, tieflings made to prove themselves twice over. Their methods range from quiet infiltration to open confrontation, always focused on giving communities the tools to liberate themselves.
They maintain no central leadership or headquarters. Cells operate independently, tied together by a shared cause and occasional contact. Membership is fluid. Some remain for decades, others leave after a single campaign. The name has been adopted by people in many places, some of whom have never met another member.

Brief History

As recorded in the recovered journal pages of Regenis le Gronx, the Zelvokar began with a shared fire and conversation between Regenis, a halfling named Maribelle, and a forest gnome named Tosk. Inspired by the book Overlooked but Not Underfoot, the trio began working together to organize workers, push back against injustice, and help smallfolk take power into their own hands. Their earliest known success was the covert organization of a strike at a flour mill, where they recruited a young kobold named Drix.
Over time, their group grew to around ten active members, including Caelo, Bantrin, and others. In Berdusk, they worked alongside the Harpers to dismantle a slaver ring, earning a rare alliance with the spy network and adopting the name “Zelvokar” soon after. Years later, the group partnered with the Ironhand Clan in Scornubel to destroy a weapons facility allegedly tied to forced conscription. Though successful, ideological tensions emerged.
In Elturel, the Zelvokar continued to expand. Some members took root in the city, believing the work not yet finished and not wanting to abandon the lives they'd built. Others, including Regenis, remained mobile. Eventually, the movement splintered. Some cells kept the name. Others went their own way.
Regenis’s final journal entry places him in Secomber. The group planned to challenge a band of fighters who had repelled hobgoblin raiders and then declared themselves lords. But something else had taken root—an unnatural blight spreading through the surrounding forest. Several Zelvokar members disappeared, and Regenis’s final thoughts are tinged with dread.

Current Status

Secomber has since gone dark. Refugees who fled its outskirts eventually arrived in Daggerford. Among them were several gnomes who bartered sentimental items of little value for food and meager coin. Among these items was Reggie's copy of Overlooked but Not Underfoot which contained Melvin's "Letter" and a handful of recovered journal entries written by Reggie.
Upon learning this, Melvin le Gronx and Kostas Rell dispatched Kostas’s mechanical owl homunculus to Daggerford with a bundle of letters. The messages instruct any survivors of the Zelvokar—or anyone with knowledge of Regenis—to send word to the Frightened Ferret in Waterdeep.

Known Members

Regenis le Gronx – Organizer and original member
Tosk – Strategist and co-founder
Maribelle – Agitator and community medic, co-founder
Caelo – Logistician and educator, settled in Elturel
Bantrin – Cultural preservationist and morale-builder
Drix – Kobold field agent and early recruit, settled in Elturel