Otohan Thull

Otohan Thull, the Legend of the Peaks, is a famous warrior, partaking in the Apex War, and the leader of the Paragon's Call who notably organized the attacks involving the Gray Assassins. As an NPC, she is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Otohan Thull is a small and compactly built woman with dark tan skin; short gray hair, which she wears to one side of her face; and intense dark eyes. She wears dark leather armor that extends to the base of her fingers along the arms. When Bells Hells first met her, she also wore a dark hooded cloak and scarf covering the lower portion of her face. A hidden device under the cloak gives her a slightly hunched look. She also carries two sheathed weapons on her back.

Personality
Otohan is a very commanding presence.

Background
Otohan Thull was born in the late 700s or early 800s during one of Ruidus' flares and is believed to be an Exaltant Ruidusborn. They were a famed warrior and "extremely pious" individual who, during their peak development as a soldier, dedicated their worship to the Duskmaven. Otohan was a general of the Stratos Throne during the Apex War against the Court of the Lambent Path, and made a name for themselves as a brilliant tactician and became known as the "Legend of the Peaks", after the name of the Coven Peaks, housing the capital of Stratos Throne.

After the conclusion of Apex War, Otohan disappeared from the public eye for some time and "it seems she may have lost her faith" in Duskmaven, then eventually returning to Bassuras, becoming the head of the Paragon's Call, and bringing it to prominence. Otohan have also accessed information on the converging leylines above Marquet.

Before 843 PD, Otohan made several incursions in the company of their echoes, sometimes known as Gray Assassins, including assaults on the Grim Verity, a community of scholars researching Ruidus. According to the Grim Verity, Otohan came in to her powers, embracing the dreams of red storm. She was the last subject in the Omen Archive's research into the powers of Ruidusborn before it was voluntarily shut down due to worrying outside interest. Kadija Sumal believed that it was Otohan's frustration with the study shutting down that led them to begin attacking the researchers. At some point after this, Otohan began working with the Cerberus Assembly and Ruby Vanguard. Another Exaltant Ruidusborn, Liliana Temult, who was also frustrated with the Grim Verity's inability to get answers, joined them.

Closer to the end of 843 PD, they began amassing an army of Ruidusborn from all over of Exandria at the leyline nexus located in the Hellcatch Valley, in preparation for the upcoming apogee solstice occuring the same year on 21 to 23 of Fessuran.

Campaign 3
Bells Hells met Otohan when they went to the Seat of Disdain to maintain their cover story of Ashton wanting to take up Ratanish's offer of employment. She told them that to gain employment, they would need to either fight or race. After a somewhat starstruck Ashton told her they would race, she set the timing at dusk that same evening.

As she turned to leave, Fearne, Wild Shaped into a rat, managed to crawl up her cloak and investigate the object beneath it. It was worn as a backpack, with gold and brass pieces. There were two cylindrical cavities within the backpack-like object, containing crystals. Fearne was unable to discern its purpose, but described it to the group.

Otohan's appearance matches that of the figure from Imogen's dream during the Ruidus flare two nights earlier. However, neither Imogen nor Fresh Cut Grass, to whom she had described the figure, were present at the meeting, and Laudna was not able to make the connection having only seen FCG's sketch. Imogen later saw Otohan watching the Deathwish Run, and identified her as the woman from her dream.

After meeting Hondir, who told Bells Hells about the Gray Assassins, Imogen realized that the armor worn by Otohan, and others featured in her dream, matched the describtions given by Hondir, Orym, and Birdie Calloway. She asked Hondir and Birdie if they knew a woman of Otohan's description, and Hondir confirmed that Otohan was the who was seen with the Gray Assassins. Birdie confirmed that Otohan had been working with the Unseelie Court in a plot surrounding Ruidus in the Feywild.

During the attack on the Seat of Disdain, Laudna planted the tracker ring previously used on Armand Treshi on Otohan. Otohan then apprehended the party as they were fleeing with Treshi, summoned three shadows that Orym recognized as the Gray Assassins, and attacked the party. She telepathically learned the party had been hired by Eshteross and indicated she would pay him a visit, repeatedly urged Imogen to embrace her Ruidus-based powers, and ignored offers from other party members. After she had killed Fearne, Orym, and Laudna, and Imogen was overtaken briefly by her powers, Otohan disappeared.

Upon interrogating Treshi, Bells Hells learned he was terrified of Otohan.

Within seven days after her clash with Bells Hells, Otohan and her Gray Assassins broke into Ariks Eshteross' manor and, avoiding the traps, murdered him.

Bells Hells next saw Otohan when they were in the Feywild, shortly before they destroyed the Malleus Key in the Shiver Keep. They were speaking with Sorrowlord Zathuda, and when he told them that Sammanar was impatient, particularly with Ludinus, they calmly told him to relax and set aside ego in favor of their mission. She then read from a scroll and vanished. While Laudna had not checked the tracker prior to approaching the keep, she did confirm Otohan still had the ring on her and could be tracked that way when she saw her.

Imogen, FCG, Chetney, and Laudna saw Otohan not long after when Imogen searched for Ryn in her dreams. They projected to the Tishtan site, and Otohan noticed FCG. Imogen and Laudna escaped, but Chetney and FCG both sustained psychic damage.

Otohan nearly ran into Bells Hells as they were sabotaging the Key at the Tishtan site on the eve of the apogee solstice, and Imogen hit her with a Psychic Lance, but she was distracted by Beau and Caleb blowing up the anti-magic pulse devices and ran to investigate. She later gathered the assembled members of the Paragon's Call and Ruby Vanguard at the site. When Ludinus stunned Keyleth, Otohan attacked her repeatedly until the Champion of Ravens appeared to protect her. Orym did significant damage to her backpack device, but was unable to destroy it entirely.

Notable items

 * Backpack-like contraption, containing distilled dunamancy: Can manifest 3 echoes as a bonus action.
 * Two swords. Deals extra 2d6 force damage to prone targets.
 * A ring that is presumably either well hidden on Otohan or intentionally kept by her, and is being tracked via an orb carried by Laudna.

Abilities

 * Legendary Resistance (3/Day)
 * Legendary Actions
 * Strike: Makes a sword attack.
 * Dash: Otohan moves up to her speed.
 * Psi-Powered Leap
 * Speed 40 ft

Fighter abilities

 * Fighting Style: Two-Weapon Fighting
 * Second Wind
 * Action Surge
 * Martial Archetype: Psi Warrior
 * Psionic Power
 * Psionic Energy die: At least eight d10s
 * Protective Field
 * Psionic Strike
 * Telekinetic Movement
 * Telekinetic Adept
 * Psi-Powered Leap
 * Telekinetic Thrust
 * Guarded Mind
 * Extra Attack: 3 attacks
 * Indomitable

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3