Yussa Errenis

 is a powerful mage who is the owner of the Open Quay district in Nicodranas. He resides in the Tidepeak, a tower in the Open Quay. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Yussa is an aged elf with light brown skin. He has chiseled features, though there are some crow's feet wrinkles that are creeping in to show his age. He has short, stark white hair that curls up into a wave swipe. Yussa is shorter than an average elf, standing roughly at 5 feet or a little under. He wears a long robe woven of threads that mimic the shimmer of gold.

Personality
Yussa is incredibly shy and secretive, rarely venturing outside of his tower in the Open Quay. He primarily relies on his personal assistant, Wentsworth, to take care of his business, and very rarely grants audiences to ordinary people.

Yussa appears to not care about the morality of his actions, and believes that the means are always justified if the end is to preserve balance and peace. He assures Caleb that he should have no qualms about using other people to achieve his goals, a statement which made Caleb clearly uncomfortable.

Yussa has a great love for drinking tea.

Background
Of Gwardan descent, Yussa told the Mighty Nein that he has been practicing the arcane arts for over 2 centuries. According to Marion Lavorre, he is at odds with the Clovis Concord.

The Mighty Nein visited the Tidepeak in the evening and attempted to make an appointment with Yussa by way of his assistant, Wentsworth. Wentsworth suggested that if there truly was an emergency as they claimed, they should return in the morning and try again to meet with Yussa.

The following morning, the Mighty Nein returned to the tower. At first, only Caduceus Clay and Beauregard were granted admission to the Tidepeak to talk with Yussa. After a tense discussion about their loyalties, Beauregard indicated that they "all know that corruption runs rampant in both the Empire and the Clovis Concord," and that she wanted nothing to do with that. This seemed to resonate enough with Yussa to allow the rest of the Mighty Nein entrance to the Tidepeak.

Yussa made a deal with the Mighty Nein to work together going forward. They left the Happy Fun Ball of Tricks with him in exchange for allowing Caleb to memorize his teleportation sigil. Whenever they come back, they will be under Yussa's protection. If Caleb learns the spell Teleportation Circle in the future, he may use it to come back to Tidepeak.

The Mighty Nein showed Yussa the dodecahedron. He told them he has never seen anything like it before and to be very careful how they use it.

Notable Items

 * Happy Fun Ball of Tricks (given to him by the Mighty Nein)

Quotations
Nott: "How do we prove our loyalty?" Yussa: "By not fucking me over." Jester: "Yeah, he could probably kill us all right now if he wanted to or something." Caduceus: "I mean really, he probably could." Yussa: "You are not incorrect."
 * "At a certain level of arcane practitioning, morality becomes a bit ambiguous."
 * Yussa: "I am willing to share knowledge based on the development of our friendship and proven loyalty."
 * "I am generally uncomfortable making deals regarding passing glances at world shattering artifacts, if that be the case; but you have blessed me with fine tea this day."(to Caduceus)
 * Cadeceus: "Obviously you are so much more powerful than we are that it would behoove us to be a little careful."
 * "I do not say I am on the side of good and right. I am on the side of maintaining a balance in which society can exist."
 * "I followed them...into sometimes...stupid and unnecessary circumstances. Many of them died helping me. Many of them I outlived. But I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't at least trust in the power of others."(advice to Caleb, based on Yussa's past companions)
 * "Use who you need to; but know everyone can be useful if you mete out their skills."(Yussa's parting advice to Caleb)

Trivia

 * Jester Lavorre giving him a hand made figure of and pamphlet about The Traveler was one of the only moments that visibly confused Yussa during his meeting with the Mighty Nein in.