Sevil Howthess

Sevil Howthess was a Westruunian baron and lord who purchased the Shadebarrow and made it his tomb. While he has not appeared onstream, he was indirectly mentioned in and later identified in Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting.

Description
Howthess was eccentric and obsessed with history to the point of purchasing the Shadebarrow at great cost and renovating it into his own tomb.

History
Sevil Howthess was a baron and lord from Westruun, Tal'Dorei who lived during the time of the Scattered War. After the death of Trist Drassig, marking the end of the war, Westruunian trade unions laid claim to the site of the Shadebarrow, an ancient druid burial chamber, from whom it was purchased at great cost by Howthess. Upon his death, he renovated the Shadebarrow, outfitting his tomb with protections and, supposedly, the remains of his wealth, and he was interred within the druid burial chamber upon his death.

Post-mortem and legacy
By 812 PD, the exact location of the Shadebarrow had been forgotten by all except for Howthess's few surviving grandchildren, who had denied any involvement with their grandfather's tomb. By that time, the baron's grandchildren had spread to various corners of Tal'Dorei, haunted by the ghost of their grandfather who was not able to let them live in peace.

That year, specters of deceased explorers started rising from the ground within the Shadebarrow, incessantly wailing Howthess's surname.