House Adarbrent Personages

Household Head

Arit Adarbrent
Household Head • 32 years
Though when most folk hear that the Household Head of the Adarbrent shipping empire is a young man with no consort, they assume that is because he's playing the field. In truth, though, Arit is a deeply focused and no-nonsense businessman whose hard work had rejuvenated Adarbrent fortunes significantly. Though many of marriageable age would like nothing better than to lure Arit out of the Adarbrent villa for a night on the town, he simply doesn't have the time.

Heir

Naiya Adarbrent
Household Head's Sister • 28 years
The only other of Syllia's descendants to accept the Reinvestment, Naiya is a Calishite beauty, and is quite at home in Waterdeep's society. Unlike her brother, she has plenty of time for society and parties, though only a fool assumes she is capricious because of it. She is just as business-minded as her brother, save that her office is the noble salon, and her business partners are just as often bed partners. Some of Waterdeep's noble set are convinced that she is shopping around for Arit's future wife as part of her busy social life.

Others

Thunissa Adarbrent
Household Head's Cousin • 28 years
Oldest surviving descendant of Jyladis, Thunissa grew up around the sea. She'd always heard the Waterdhavian name "Adarbrent" as part of their family history, but it was always spoken in the past tense. So when a minstrel began spreading the word of Waterdeep's Reinvestment, she saw an opportunity. Fortunately, it paid off, and she and Arit get along famously. Thunissa knows how to deal with sailors and sea captains, even better than Arit does, and the two make a fearsome team.

Herwald Adarbrent
Thunissa's Consort and Fleet Master • 35 years
Thunissa's husband brought his ship, The Hellhammer, to Waterdeep on a gamble. His debts were catching up to him, but his brilliant wife's gamble paid off, and now he finds himself the Fleet Master of the steadily growing Adarbrent Fleet. In truth, though, some have noted that Herwald is something of a small-minded man, and gets a jealous gleam in his eyes when he sees how well Thunissa and Arit get along.

Erergin Adarbrent
Thunissa's Firstborn Son • 9 years
Little Erergin is the only child in the Adarbrent villa, and everyone dotes on him. He frequently wishes he had other children to play with, occasionally watching the children play in the street outside from his high perch in the Wave-Widow's Tower.

Harthone Adarbrent
Thunissa's Brother • 23 years
The red-headed young man who is the darling of Waterdeep's social set, Harthone seems intent on sleeping his way through the available beds of every noble house in the city, man and woman alike. Though Arit finds him wildly frustrating thanks to his inability to shoulder any kind of responsibility, Naiya has assured her brother that she can mold the young man into a worthwhile addition to House Adarbrent—despite the company he keeps.

Dorgar Adarbrent
Household Head's cousin • 92 years
"The Angry Lord" they used to call him, from the days when he was the only remaining Adarbrent in Waterdeep. In his youth he fell in love with a young noble girl. They were arranged to be married but she died of the fever when both she and Dorgar remained in Waterdeep to aid others during a plague, and he never really recovered from the grief. Fury at the desecration of his lady-love's grave drove him to the use of necromantic artifacts, though his own magical skill is limited at best. Today, he is an old man, much aged, who spends most of his time in comfortable chairs in the Adarbrent House, dreaming of ancient days.

House Adarbrent Holdings

House Estate

South Copper Street and Manycats Alley, Manycats, Copper Street, North Ward
House Adarbrent's estate is the southernmost noble estate in Waterdeep, right at the very edge of the North Ward - a testament to the relative youth of the Adarbrent ennoblement. Though its time as the playground of "House Suld" have left it in some need of upkeep, the Adarbrents are dedicated to the task.

Rubycliff House

This three-story study in opulence was the first purchase the Adarbrents made, even before they were ennobled (but definitely as they had already begun trying to become so). Rubycliff's first floor is made up of primarily public rooms, with a small garden-facing suite for elderly House members for whom stairs are too difficult. The floor above has the various apartments and private living spaces of both branches of the Adarbrent family, and the top floor is a series of lord-and-lady suites, nursery, and the like for the direct use of the Lord of the House's immediate family.

The Second House

Named so for its purchase right after the Adarbrent ennoblement, the three-story Second House was originally used as living quarters. Today is houses a handful of offices, primarily those of the Lord and the Fleet Master of the House, with a very public street-access facade. The ground floor houses the Lord's office and public meeting and waiting space for visitors, as well as the great Chart Room of House Adarbrent, and each floor above that is divided into two suites of offices for the Fleet Masters, from the days when the House had four such positions. For now, the top floor and the second office across from Herwald's stay closed up.

Wavewidow's Tower

A tall four-story tower constructed by Royus' mother when his father passed away, the Wavewidow's Tower sits in the middle of the fine Adarbrent gardens, surrounded by trees. Its ground floor is the family chapel to Valkur, with ample space for worship and small apartments for visiting priests who might call on the Adarbrents seeking shelter. Above that are two rooms of "mourning apartments" - suites of rooms that Adarbrent nobles traditionally retreat from the world into at the deaths of their spouses. Finally, the last floor stands quite tall by itself and is entirely glassed in, providing an excellent view of the surrounding city. It is just tall enough and angled just right to be able to see half of the harbor, and the spyglasses there can be used to get a closer look at ships coming into port.

Highsails House

Though entirely closed up as unnecessary for the moment, the four floors of the Highsails House provided living spaces for those Adarbrent nobles who do not dwell in the Rubycliff House proper. It has a single galleries great hall centrally located on the first floor, flanked by small apartment suites that are traditionally given over to newly-weds in the family. The upper floors are all divided into living spaces that were once clearly noble in appointment if not necessarily size. As it stands now, Highsails House is the only portion of the Adarbrent villa that has not yet been repaired and restored from its time under House Sund, and is unlikely to be, given the family has no current need to do so. Thunissa has suggested upgrading and renting it out, however, which Arit is considering.

Retainers

The Adarbrent villa maintains a small household of servants (kitchen staff and housekeepers, mainly), all overseen by a major domo. They also have a tutor and tender, Vael Areenil, for Harthone.

Other Holdings

The Adarbrent Fleets

House Adarbrent once maintained four distinct fleets, each headed up by its own Fleet Master. Now, however, there is only the single Adarbrent Fleet.

With Herwald's new ship, the Goldensail, as its flagship, this collection of mercantile ships are half heavy, multi-masted ships, and have coastal sloops meant for fast transport. Though he may be occasionally surly and hard to work with, Herwald has proven himself a capable captain and admiral, choosing good captains and keeping order within his ranks.