Imogen Temult

Imogen Temult is a human sorcerer and a member of Bells Hells. She is played by Laura Bailey.

Appearance
When she first appeared, Imogen was introduced as a young, human woman with light skin and freckles on her face, with long light-purple hair. She wore a light blue dress and a yellow scarf tied around her neck. Following one Wild Magic surge from her Feywild shard, her skin turned navy blue for a brief time until Fresh Cut Grass cast Remove Curse on her. A later Wild Magic surge caused her to lose her hair, but it grew back within 24 hours.

When Imogen began to have dreams of the red storm, marks appeared on her arms resembling purple lightning bolts streaking up from her wrists. They have grown slightly over the decade since they first appeared in concordance with the expanding storm. On occasion, when she employs her magic, her eyes briefly flash with white energy, and magical electricity appears to course through her arms.

Personality
Imogen is generally kind and rather soft-spoken, but will advocate for herself when she believes that she is being treated unfairly. She has also proven herself to be a quick thinker, a smooth talker, and a competent strategist.

Imogen is a reserved and reclusive person, shying away from crowds and preferring not to draw attention to herself; Laura Bailey described Imogen as "an attentive, small-town girl" who is "reserved and thoughtful". This is due, in some part, to her ability to hear the thoughts of others: when surrounded by larger numbers of people, opening her mind runs the risk of inviting increasingly dissonant whispers that cloud, and often inundate, her consciousness, or introducing all of the perverted and hateful thoughts that people normally self-censor from actually expressing. She has never been on a date because she would be aware of all her partner's thoughts and it would be too uncomfortable.

She is curious about the origins of her magic and wants to learn more about her powers, which she finds overwhelming and occasionally struggles to control.

Imogen is terrified of Jrusar's cable cars connecting the spires, and of other unstable and high-up structures such as rope bridges.

Background
Imogen was born in around 814 PD or 815 PD in Gelvaan (where her father still lived, when she departured), a grassy village in a plateau in the Taloned Highlands. Her family owned horses, and her favorite mare was named Flora. When speaking about her home and her father, she said that she thought he was probably happier now that she had gone since her growing telepathic gifts had made life difficult for both of them, creating distance both between each other and the townspeople. Prior to leaving Gelvaan, Imogen worked for Master Faramore, who owned several stores. She also worked in stables with a boy named Samuel. She had only been in Jrusar for about a month before meeting the rest of Bells Hells. She has had recurring nightmares about a terrifying red storm, seemingly connected to the moon Ruidus, since she turned 18 in around 833 PD.

Campaign 3: Bells Hells
After running into roadblocks in their attempt to gain access to the Starpoint Conservatory, Imogen and her companion Laudna responded to a dangerous magical disturbance in the streets of Jrusar, joining two other small groups. The combined group's effectiveness earned them introductions to Lord Eshteross, who offered to make connections for Imogen and Laudna if the group of adventurers proved capable of helping him clean up problems in the city. For their trial task, they investigated potential thefts at one of Eshteross's warehouses.

After dining at Lord Eshteross's estate and indulging in a round of drinks at the Spire by Fire Inn, Imogen and Laudna returned to their home in the Windowed Wall. As she slept, Imogen dreamed that she was standing in a grassy field in her hometown of Gelvaan, alongside her horse. The idyllic scene abruptly transitioned to a familiar storm of swirling, hungry red clouds, and a voice urged her to flee. Sprinting in the direction of her home, she saw a refined older gentleman who - as Bertrand Bell lay bleeding out in an alleyway - proudly walked towards the tempest and disappeared into the storm.

A few days later, Lord Eshteross was able to provide Imogen with a letter granting her access to the grounds and libraries of the Starpoint Conservatory. She began her research, and learned that dreams of a red storm much like hers had been documented across Exandria, and that reports seemed to increase closer to the celestial solstice. When reading one study, she noticed one of the subjects had been her mother, Liliana Temult. Shortly after this, Imogen had another nightmare of a red storm in which she sees her mother, Liliana, telling her to "Run. Run Far." She assumed that the two figures she saw standing next to each other were the Lumas twins.

When Bells Hells met the Green Seekers following the Chandei Quorum ball and went into the Underrush Mines, Imogen found the gnarlrock in the Shade Mother's cavern, which she took. She found it comforting during her nightmares about the storm. Not long after, she also acquired a Feywild shard in the Oderan Wilds as the party traveled towards Heartmoor Hamlet.

In Heartmoor Hamlet, the party asked Roe Estani about his research into Ruidus, and, with Orym's help, Imogen saw that the surface of Ruidus looked much like the landscape in her dreams.

After returning to Jrusar, Imogen traveled with the rest of Bells Hells towards Bassuras on Eshteross's skyship, the Silver Sun. One night, she and Laudna spoke about their powers, and Imogen told Laudna about how the gnarlrock seemed to be helping her, but might also be changing her. Laudna asked to see the rock, and, unbeknownst to Imogen, was overtaken by Delilah Briarwood, who broke it despite Laudna's promises that she would not. Imogen, upset, accused Laudna of lying.

While in Bassuras, Imogen had another nightmare, in which the storm had already overtaken her and in which she saw a number of armored figures with a central gray-haired figure who spoke to her. When she awoke from this dream, she saw that Ruidus was flaring. She spoke to Fresh Cut Grass about it, and later telepathically told Laudna, with whom she had not yet made up. Later that same day, Imogen went with Ashton and Chetney to All-Minds-Burn and made brief contact with their underground hivemind, but did not learn more. That evening, she and Laudna apologized to each other.

During the Deathwish Run, Imogen recognized Otohan Thull, head of the Paragon's Call, as the figures in her most recent dream. She shortly afterward learned from Hondir and Birdie that Otohan was working with both the Unseelie Court and the Gray Assassins; and that Hondir had met her mother, Liliana, and could confirm that she had similar powers.

At the Calloway's hideout, Imogen, with help from Orym, saw that Ruidus was not only encircled in a lattice-like cage, but that there appeared to be a city on its surface.

During the fight against Otohan outside the Seat of Disdain, Otohan singled out Imogen for her powers and connection to Ruidus, repeatedly goading her and attacking her friends in order to provoke a reaction. Imogen eventually lost control over her powers, unleashing a wave of memories among her still-living friends, and when she and they came to they were unchanged, but the city block around them had been leveled. She was devastated by Laudna's death, and offered to do anything for Delilah Briarwood in order to bring her back, but while Delilah responded, she was unable to help.

Imogen saw Estheross in one of her dreams the night that he died, and during a Ruidus flare a few days later, saw her mother in another dream. She then cast Sending to her mother, to which Liliana responded. She repeatedly asked Liliana where she was and if they could meet, but Liliana told her that while she loved her, she needed to stay away from Imogen for her own safety. Once the party arrived in Yios, Imogen privately slipped out of their hotel room and cast Sending to Liliana again, reiterating that she could use her help and telling her she was in Yios. Liliana repeated that Imogen should stay away from her.

Laudna
Imogen is Laudna's closest ally, whom Laudna met while she was in Imogen's town a couple of years ago. They "hit it off real well" and decided to start traveling together. They share a goal: to try to enter one of the conservatories located in the Spires so Imogen can do research. They have been staying together in Jrusar with their landlady, Zhudanna.

Relvin Temult
Relvin Temult and his daughter were apparently close once, but he withdrew from her and from others in Gelvaan after she developed her psychic abilities, as she was more comfortable that way. She speculates that part of the reason he started avoiding her was so he wouldn't accidentally reveal something about her mother, a subject he had always avoided. Imogen felt that her desire to be around as little people as possible and the gossip from others about her made it difficult for Relvin, and she believes that his life is easier and happier without her and that her leaving was inevitable. She also thinks that he wouldn't welcome her return, as he doesn't like having his thoughts read. Despite this rift between them, she has no ill-will towards him, showing concern for his well-being after offering him up as collateral to the Hubatt Corsairs, and telling her friends that he's "great" and that he tried when she began developing her powers.

Notable items

 * Gnarlrock shard. Put in Imogen's bag by Fearne who took it from the Calloway's hideout.
 * Bloodwell Vial
 * Bracers of Defense
 * Circlet of the Hidden Eye
 * Friendship bracelet, crafted by Fearne and Laudna
 * Flora, wooden horse toy, named after one of Imogen's horses from her past, a gift from Chetney Pock O'Pea
 * Locket, a gift from Relvin Temult with small fingerprint pressed into the metal and inscribed with the words "the better halves become a better whole".

Former items

 * A Bead of Imprisonment, given by Olly to capture Emoth Kade; stolen by Fearne between and
 * Gnarlrock shard, taken from the Shade Mother's lair in Underrush Mines; Given to Laudna and broken by Delilah Briarwood.
 * Feywild shard, given to Laudna.

Feats and other abilities

 * Telekinetic
 * Telekinetic Shove
 * Cantrip: Mage Hand (the hand is invisible)
 * Fey Touched
 * Misty Step (1/Day for free)
 * Command (1/Day for free)
 * Shadow Touched
 * Inflict Wounds (1/Day for free)
 * Invisibility (1/Day for free)
 * Open Mind
 * Imogen attempts to read another's thoughts, similar to casting Detect Thoughts. At level 3, she was able to use this feature at least twice a day.
 * She makes a Wisdom saving throw with a DC equal to 8 plus the number of people are within 30 feet of her. If she fails, she makes Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration at disadvantage until she completes a long rest but is still able to use other aspects of the ability.
 * This is a homebrewed ability to represent that she has constant, passive access to other people's thoughts. She normally suppresses this ability, but using this feature mechanically represents her lowering her guard against these thoughts and allowing herself to hear them.
 * Call Ruidus
 * Imogen calls on the power of Ruidus, her eyes flaring red. When she deals damage to a creature, she can choose to roll a number of damage dice of her choice. Both she and the target take this damage, rolling separately for each of them.
 * This feature was apparently gained in, after she was overtaken by the power of the red storm in.

Sorcerer abilities

 * Sorcerous Origin: Aberrant Mind
 * Psionic Spells
 * Telepathic Speech
 * Psionic Sorcery
 * Psychic Defenses
 * Font of Magic
 * Sorcery Points: 8
 * Flexible Casting
 * Metamagic
 * Twinned Spell
 * Distant Spell

Spells
Imogen can replace her psionic spells with any divination or enchantment spell of the same level when she gains a level. She can also replace any other sorcerer spell she knows with another spell when she gains a level. Therefore, she may no longer know all of these spells.

Behind the scenes

 * After playing the outgoing Jester Lavorre in Campaign 2, Laura Bailey said that playing a "reserved and thoughtful" character like Imogen was difficult. She wanted Imogen to be constantly bombarded by other people's thoughts, thus she and Matt developed her Open Mind ability to mechanically represent Imogen trying to wall herself off from hearing them at all times.
 * Laura suggested on Twitter that Imogen has purple hair because Laura owns a purple wig.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3, every episode

Quotations

 * (to Bertrand, after his death) "I'm glad the noise has stopped for you. I'm glad you're at peace."
 * "Everyone, everything, is just so much. But -- and it's the same sort of feeling that I had with Laudna the first time I met her. It was there, she was there, but she was almost like a different... a different pitch than everybody else. It was musical, it wasn't painful like everybody else."
 * (To FCG, in her dream) "We're on the moon, bitch."
 * (To Laudna, about the Gnarlrock) "You lied."

Trivia

 * Some fans have compared Imogen, who is canonically a human, to kalashtar. The Kalashtar are a psychic people in the Eberron setting created from the merging of humans and quori spirits. They are telepathic and their eyes often glow while concentrating or experiencing strong emotion.
 * Imogen's Southern American accent is similar to the one Laura Bailey previously used as Xoti in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
 * The animation on her stat card features lightning flashing through thick clouds.