Armand Treshi

 is the head of the Mahaan house Treshi in Jrusar who rose to prominence in his alliance with Otohan Thull. He is also believed by Lord Ariks Eshteross to be a member of the Chandei Quorum. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Armand is tall for a dwarf, dark, and handsome. He has short black wavy hair and a well-kept goatee. When seen by Gurge, he wore a fancy blue and gold sherwani coat with a buttoned high collar, shiny pants and a lot of jewelry. He wears a platinum ring on his left thumb, which the soon-to-be-named Bells Hells were tasked by Ariks Eshteross to swap with an identical ring that had been enchanted to be traceable.

Personality
Armand values business and connections, and his house has a hand in many different guilds throughout the Oderan Wilds. Lord Eshteross suggested he might be interested in expanding his political power by sending expansions of Paragon's Call to locations beyond Jrusar.

Background
Armand has visited "quite a few" places, especially in his youth, including Taloned Highlands that he has been to "many years" ago. He was running business for the house and establishing new contacts.

In 843 PD, Armand was the head of house Treshi, and therefore involved with all of the house's affairs. While investigating the various mysteries and strange occurrences within the city of Jrusar, Bells Hells found that many of them lead to house Treshi. Armand was the one who hired Ira Wendagoth to experiment on Gurge Kisgregg, and house Treshi shut down the Crownset Caverns in the Underrush Mines which served as home to the Shade Mother. Additionally, the Treshi Gold Guild and Treshi House Mason Guild were implicated in other situations. Ariks Eshteross had long suspected Armand was a member of the Chandei Quorum, and decided that an upcoming ball held by the Quorum would be a good time to place a tracking ring on him to investigate his comings and goings. He entrusted the swapping of the ring to Bells Hells.

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Armand Treshi attended the masquerade ball with Lady Emoth Kade as his date, however the two immediately split up to mingle with other people. During the Dance of the Crossroads, Dorian Storm and Fearne Calloway tried to get close to him to swap the rings. Fearne got to him first, and Imogen Temult learnt through her mind reading that Armand was suspicious of Fearne as another fey creature after his dealings with the Nightmare King. At the end of the dance, Armand span Fearne and she managed to pull his ring from his thumb as if by accident. At Imogen's urging, Fearne dropped it just as the dance crescendoed. Armand immediately began searching the floor, as Dorian kicked the real ring away. Dorian tried to pull Armand into the dance, but Armand noticed him kick the ring away and went toward the sound, ignoring him completely.

Imogen began crawling on the floor, pretending to search for the ring, as FCG collected the original ring and Dorian threw the tracking ring to Fearne. Armand confronted Imogen, demanding to know if she'd found the ring yet, and told her to keep looking. Fearne reached Imogen and slipped her the tracking ring which Imogen immediately gave to Armand, who accepted it churlishly and put it on.

Later that night, after Ashton Greymoore and General Ratanish's fight, Orlana Seshadri approached Gavis Aranda and Armand in turn, having a quick, intense conversation with each of them while looking at Ratanish.

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After Lady Emoth Kade's capture and interrogation, Armand was implicated in the conspiracy, and the other leaders of his house turned against him. His home had been cleaned out and he was smuggled out of the city via skyship caravan, heading southeast towards Bassuras, possibly seeking aid from Paragon's Call which is based there.

While in Bassuras, he sold his ring to a pawn shop called the River of Renewal. The shopkeeper, under the influence of Dusk's Suggestion, revealed Treshi had likely sought refuge in the Paragon's Call's fortress, the Seat of Disdain.

With the onset of twilight, Laudna and Orym, keeping watch at the base of the Seat of Disdain, noticed Armand nervously smoking his pipe at the rooftop of the fortress, guarded by two individuals.

FCG used Locate Creature while the party was in their barracks at the Seat of Disdain, and sensed that Treshi was in the basement, which they had been told not to enter. Chetney, while invisible, sneaked into the basement. There, he saw Treshi reading in a jail cell into which had been brought comfortable furniture.

Artana Voe attempted to extract Treshi simultaneously as Orym, Chetney, and Imogen, and the two groups realized they shared a common goal. Chetney intimidated Treshi into going into the Portable hole.

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While hiding at Imahara Joe's, Bells Hells intimidated Treshi into telling them what he had been doing, and tied him up. Treshi implied that he was both prisoner and guest of the Paragon's Call, and that all of his machinations, including hiring Ira, had been to both improve his own standing with his family and to convince the Chandei Quorum to instate the Paragon's Call in Jrusar; Ira had been the one to create the Shade Mother. Treshi also helped move the shipments coming from across the Ozmit Sea through Jrusar and to the Paragon's Call, with Jiana Hexum's involvement as well.

Treshi, still in the portable hole, was brought onto the Silver Sun by Bells Hells. Imogen used Detect Thoughts to verify his statements from the previous day. He tried to bribe them to take him somewhere other than Jrusar, but Bells Hells turned down his offer of 10,000 gold, holding out for something better. Imogen was able to, via her Detect Thoughts, also determine that Treshi, while scared to return to Jrusar, is also weirdly relieved, and had feared that he would die in the Seat of Disdain. Treshi was kept in the Mold Storage room on the ship until the party returned to Jrusar, after which Bells Hells brought him to Orlana and he was taken into custody by the Wardens of Jrusar. His bounty had been 12,000 gold.

Notable items

 * Ring: An item of jewelry Armand keeps on his left thumb and is always seen with it.
 * A perfect replica of Armand's ring: It was secretly swapped by Bells Hells during the ball in . The crystal paired with this ring is able to determine its general location as long as the ring is within a couple of miles. Arriving in Bassuras a few weeks later, Armand pawned the ring at the "River of Renewal".

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3