Karaline von Ethro

Karaline von Ethro was a female human adventurer, anthropologist, archaeologist, explorer, and inventor.

So far, Karaline von Ethro has not appeared nor been mentioned onstream.

History
During her career as an adventurer, anthropologist, archaeologist, explorer, and inventor, Karaline von Ethro designed the Sunbeam Compass, which proved useful in underground navigation. She also recovered numerous relics from battlegrounds in O'Noa, early civilizations in the Daggerbay Mountains, and predicted the presence of civilizations on Visa Isle.

Death and legacy
At some point in her life, Karaline von Ethro claimed to be having visions of Salar, a subterranean city of tall, twisting pillars, the top of the tallest of which held a large pearlescent disc she called the Moon Disc that served as the city's primary source of light. She began hearing whispers and voices, as recorded in her journal, and eventually went mad, leading to her death at the age of 37.

Despite her list of accomplishments, von Ethro became most remembered for descent into insanity after her alleged visions of the lost city of Salar. However, most believed her journal was little more than the "diary of a madwoman", and any inquiry into her findings were generally laughed at by other scholars. Despite this, von Ethro was correct; Salar existed beneath Tal'Dorei, populated by a surviving brood of aboleth, led by Durrom.

Possessions

 * Journal: In which von Ethro recorded hallucinations of whispering voices. After her death, these were disregarded as the writings of a madwoman.