A special PC
Fernie is Elijah’s companion, but the table treats her as a PC — she rolls initiative, takes actions, takes hits, has lingering injuries, goes down. Tracked alongside the other PCs on pages like Down Count.
Fernie is a gold dragon. Always visible to all as one — her presence is what draws stares in any city. “Fernie” is the nickname; her full name is Infernoxus.
She has been with Elijah since he stole her — she was the egg — from his own clan. The egg was meant to be sacrificed to gain power; Elijah refused — power is not worth Fernie — broke sacred oaths, and ran. The dragonborn pursuers are after her (the relic = Fernie) and know she has hatched.
Has saved the party more than once. Has a mechanical leg.
In the campaign
- Lost a leg in the wolf/ghoul ambush in Session 06. Garric Smith crafted her a mechanical replacement — commissioned in Session 12, delivered with reinforced talons in Session 14.
- Frequently sent on reconnaissance, often catching things the rest of the party miss.
- Carried Elijah J. Lucas safely down from a second-floor window in Session 17 in a no-fall-damage glide; used Thrash on the animated armor the same session.
- Killed by Lady Serenna’s wail in Session 18 (revived after).
- Used Thrash on the Sea Hag in Session 27 for advantage on attacks.
- Ruasar insisted her name appear on the Greyhaven forgery in Session 30 — listed as Infernoxus Lucas, formalizing her as part of Elijah’s family on the doc.
- In Session 31 her true nature was revealed to the rest of the party in the wake of the dragonborn pursuers arriving in Greyhaven. Adrik agreed: she is worth protecting at any cost.
- Snapped at Cisco in Session 32 when the party tried to disguise her for the Warehouse 17 heist.
- Rolled Nat 1 scouting the warehouse roof — snagged into the roof with a loud bang. Recovered to open windows for the rest of the climb-in.
- Visited The Boutique in Session 33 with Elijah and Cisco. The Boutique Mistress was briefly shocked by her, then designed a warhorse / war-dog-style outfit. Elijah unconvinced.
- Session 35 — kept low and grounded in the Lower Ward (Cisco: “please don’t fly”). Briefly billed as “Ella, Elijah’s dog” at the Lower Ward Tannery.
- Session 36 — backup for Adrik inside the empty Warehouse 17, runner between Adrik and the rest of the party. During the Drogon ambush, rolled two nat 20s on a disadvantage opportunity attack against the fleeing Seris — bit a chunk out of her ear (she still escaped). Then grabbed Tull’s arm and thrashed it from side to side while Lorien knocked Tull out.
- Session 37 — nearly killed Seris before Elijah finished the knockout. During the interrogation, spat a fireball right beside Seris’s head and loomed over her; Cisco used her dripping fire-drool as a threat to break Seris.
She doesn’t want to die.