Oleander Calloway

Oleander "Ollie" Calloway is the father of Fearne Calloway. As an NPC, Oleander is played by Matthew Mercer.

Description
Oleander is of "some sort of elven lineage", as described by Imahara Joe.

Background
Ollie and his partner Birdie frequently traveled the planes, and had a daughter, Fearne Calloway, on the Material Plane in Tal'Dorei. When Fearne was born, the light of Ruidus flared, which they initially took to be a good omen, but after consulting with the locals, heard that may not be the case. Upon bringing Fearne back to the Feywild, the light of Ruidus became visible in the Feywild for the first time. Birdie and Ollie were distressed by this, and began researching what this could mean. Ollie began having nightmares of the Feywild being consumed by the light of Ruidus, with Fearne at the maelstrom's center, and this recurring dream fueled their search. The Seelie court were dismissive of their plight, and they eventually became outcasts in the eyes of the displeased Lady Elmenore, Matriarch of the Seelie Court. They made their way to the Unseelie Court, where they found the court had begun receiving boons of some kind from the moon, and had somehow cloaked Ruidus so that it no longer appeared in the sky, so that less people would look into it. The Calloways discovered that the Unseelie court were working with some people from Exandria who had built some kind of device, focused around an artifact known as the Moontide Crown. The Calloways stole the artifact and fled to the Material Plane, leaving Fearne in the care of Morri Calloway, who raised Birdie.

In their isolation, the Calloways sought out a research partner, someone they could trust had no allegiance to the courts and had the capability to build a device to help deepen their understanding of the crown and the unusual behavior of the moon.They allied themselves with Ira Wendagoth, as they knew he was outcast from both courts for his unscrupulous research. Over the next 6 years, the three of them worked on constructing a device within the Hellcatch Valley of Marquet, close to the city of Bassuras. The trio frequently worked odd jobs to acquire funding for buying materials for their research. They made ties with an organization known as the Grim Verity, a group looking into phenomena associated with Ruidus and Ruidusborn, primarily through a goblin by the name of Hondir. They also would visit Imahara Joe once every few months to buy any spare arcane batteries he had for sale. Only one would visit his workshop at a time, never both simultaneously.

As they reached the conclusion of their construction, they realized that they needed a part that would be incredibly difficult to come by. They decided to contact Morri Calloway and ask her to create it for them. Morri completed this task and gave the item, an enchanted green gem known as the Weave Lens, to Fearne to give to her parents, not explaining what it does but telling her it's very important and part of what they need to save the world.

Campaign 3
Fearne and her friends Bells Hells met Dusk in Bassuras, Marquet. Dusk claimed to have met Birdie and Ollie in the Feywild and told the group that the couple taught Dusk about the Feywild and helped them return to Exandria. Dusk further claimed that they entered the Material Plane near Bassuras and were separated upon arrival. To help Fearne and Dusk reunite with Birdie and Ollie, Imogen Temult contacted Birdie over Sending and arranged for them to meet at Imahara Joe's workshop in a few days. However, Dusk was truly an agent of Zathuda of the Unseelie Court and was secretly hunting Birdie and Ollie in their search for the Moontide Crown.

Bells Hells followed Birdie to the Calloways' hideout outside of the city, where they met Ollie. He was delighted to see Fearne, though, like Birdie, thought it had only been six years since they'd left her with Morri. He expanded on what Birdie had told them earlier: he has mild oracular abilities and, following Fearne's birth, had experienced visions of Ruidus destroying the Feywild, with the silhouette of a faun woman, either Birdie or Fearne, in the center of the destruction. After Ruidus appeared in the Feywild, he and Birdie first went to the courts and then, upon finding the Unseelie Court was hiding Ruidus and working on an unknown device with help from the Material Plane, stole the Moontide Crown and fled to Exandria. He also told the party how he and Birdie had first met.

Appearances

 * Campaign 3

Mentions

 * Exandria Unlimited
 * Campaign 3: Bells Hells
 * Campaign 3: Bells Hells

Trivia

 * Nerium oleander is poisonous plant that is regardless commonly used as an ornamental plant due to its hardiness and ability to bloom even in adverse conditions.
 * His daughter Fearne wears oleander flowers, among other poisonous plants, for decoration.