Gus

Gus is a half-orc detective. He and his partner Olly make up the Green Seekers, and they were hired shortly before Campaign 3 to investigate a series of strange events in Jrusar. As an NPC, Gus is played by Matthew Mercer.

Description
Gus is a tall, lanky half-orc man. He is described as ruggedly handsome, with a gray scruff of facial hair. As part of his uniform as a Green Seeker, he wears a dark green cloak.

He is known to have a very strong moral compass and is dedicated to his work as a detective. He seems fond of children, as he repeatedly names them honorary members of the Green Seekers. He blushes easily and is easily flustered, to the point that this alone can cause him to lose concentration on a spell in conversation. When agitated, he sometimes physically leaves the conversation to pace around before returning to it; Olly's commentary suggests that this is habitual.

Before Campaign 3
Gus has been working as a detective alongside his partner Olly since about 823 PD, around twenty years before Campaign 3. They started in the Hellcatch Valley and eventually worked across Marquet, including in Jrusar and Ank'Harel. They've had "more than a couple of path crossings" with Paragon's Call and distrust the cleaner public image Paragon's Call presents in 843 PD. Though he is first seen in the campaign in Jrusar, he mentions that he does not live there.

In late Unndilar or early Brussendar 843 PD, one month before, the Green Seekers were hired by Orlana Seshadri of the Chandei Quorum to investigate various strange goings-on in Jrusar. During the investigation, Green Seekers found many of the events pointed toward Armand Treshi.

Campaign 3: Bells Hells
Gus and Olly searched the remains of the Moon Tower in the Core Spire after it collapsed in. They discovered the secret room beneath Vali Dertrana's office and suspicious devices from Ira Wendagoth's lab there, but they were prevented from further investigation by the Wardens of Jrusar.

Gus and Olly came to the masquerade ball held by the Chandei Quorum in the course of their investigation and were granted access to the private chambers by the guards. There, they detained Cyrus Wyvernwind for the collapse of the Moon Tower, having mistaken him for his brother Dorian Storm. Dorian used the cover of a smoke grenade to successfully cast Charm Person on Gus and convince him to let Cyrus flee with Dorian. As the smoke cleared, Olly slapped Gus across the face, knocking him out of Charm Person, and they ran off in search of Cyrus.

The next morning, Gus and Olly accosted Bells Hells as they left the manor of Ariks Eshteross. They steered the group to a park, where they interviewed the group about their presence attendance at the ball as two separate groups, at the Moon Tower around the time it collapsed, and at various other events he and Olly were investigating. Though both the Green Seekers and Bells Hells were initially suspicious of one another, they established enough of a rapport and agreed to work together to investigate the strange shade creepers throughout the city and the mutated people associated with them and to capture Emoth Kade.

They proceeded to the Underrush Mines, where Gus needed to speak with Ogdes Friez, its foreman and his former lover, to gain access. Ogdes was willing to let them speak to Foreman Shotan Bruo in exchange for an apology from Gus and the return of some of his furniture, and Gus and Ogdes ultimately settled things amicably with impromptu relationship counseling from Fresh Cut Grass. Gus attempted to intimidate Shotan by dislocating his fingers, playing against Olly's friendlier manner, and cast Charm Person to convince him to stand guard while the groups ventured deeper into the mines.

In the depths of the mines, they groups encountered a swarm of shade creepers, Emoth, and the Shade Mother. They captured Emoth using a Bead of Imprisonment and escaped the mines with her. Gus offered to drop off honorary Green Seekers badges for Bells Hells at Eshteross' manor. Fresh Cut Grass encouraged him to continue to make amends with Ogdes, and Gus and Olly departed to report back to Orlana.

After Orlana was informed by Bells Hells of Eshteross' murder, she contracted Gus and Olly to find Bells Hells and escort them to Eshteross' manor under precautionary suspicion of the group. Gus and Olly were amicable, and Gus assured them that he saw no reason for them to be worried. After Eshteross (via Speak with Dead) identified his murderer as Otohan Thull, Orlana released Gus and Olly from professional concern over Bells Hells and attempted to contract them to locate Otohan. They refused, and Gus explained that it was outside of their pay grade and specialty.

Olly
Olly is Gus' detective partner and close friend. They have been working together for around two decades and are very familiar with each other's habits. She teases him for habitually making children honorary Green Seekers and for how he blushes when flustered, calling it adorable.

Ogdes Friez
Ogdes Friez was in a romantic relationship with Gus that lasted for ten and a half months and ended in 841 PD, roughly two years before Campaign 3. Gus stated that he did not regret any part of their relationship and still thinks of Ogdes as a good person. The relationship ended over a disagreement about how serious the relationship was intended to be. Gus, for his part, thinks he was clear about his priorities and his work taking precedence over their relationship and that he would have to travel a lot as part of that work. Gus ended up leaving and taking some furniture with him and hasn't seen Ogdes since, though he harbors some guilt over how things turned out.

About a month later, Gus and Ogdes were friends and, according to Gus, were "talking through our differences".

Notable items

 * Staff

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3: Bells Hells