Thuron

Thuron (pronounced "Thuh-ron") is a drow echo knight who infiltrated the Zauber Spire and retrieved a Luxon beacon that had been stolen from the Kryn Dynasty. As an NPC, Thuron} is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Thuron has dark blue-purple skin, prominent white incisors, and whitish gray hair that fall just past the shoulders when not tied up in a tight bun.

For his mission to retrieve a Luxon beacon, he wore jet-black, chitinous insect-like leather armor that protruded in large sweeping hooks at the joints and the shoulders. He wore a form-fitting helmet of similar black leather that had onyx studs wrapped around the head. The brow plate of his helmet had backwards facing horns, looking almost demonic.

Background
Thuron claimed to have lived four lifetimes due the power of the beacon.

Thuron was one of the two drow sent to Zadash to retrieve the beacon. After a huge explosion that almost collapsed the Zauber Spire, Thuron and his companion managed to escape to the streets of Zadash, the powerful artifact now in possession of Thuron. While his companion was slain by the wizards that were giving chase to the drow, Thuron, severely wounded, managed to hide in the sewers of Zadash. While taking a brief rest, the Mighty Nein found him. After speaking a few sentences to the party, even though Caleb tried to cast Comprehend Languages in order to communicate with Thuron, the drow suddenly attacked the unsuspecting party.

He battled the Mighty Nein, but was ultimately knocked unconscious. He was tied up and interrogated with the aid of Molly's Charm Person spell. He was released with his armor and the beacon, but quickly cornered and killed by the Crownsguard who paraded his corpse through the city towards the King's Hall, while the beacon was carried off by a separate group.

Relationships
He seemed to have some familiarity with Ulog, as his eyes and his nostrils flared when Ulog's name was mentioned during the Mighty Nein's interrogation of him.

Character information
Thuron's name meant "blessed second born" in Undercommon. He spoke Undercommon and broken Common. He was right-handed.

Notable items

 * Waste Hunter Blade: A gnarly-looking magical curved hooked longsword paired with a sheath. The blade was of a dark graphite-color and especially useful against monstrosities
 * Luxon beacon
 * Boots of the Vigilant
 * Three daggers
 * A money pouch filled with 12 gold and 116 platinum pieces in the mintage of the Dwendalian Empire

Abilities
Unless otherwise noted, the following abilities are assumed from the standard Dungeons & Dragons materials:

Drow abilities

 * Superior Darkvision
 * Sunlight Sensitivity
 * Drow Weapon Training
 * Drow Magic
 * Dancing Lights cantrip
 * Faerie Fire spell
 * Darkness spell

Fighter abilities
Thuron has abilities that classify him as a Echo Knight, which, in concept, mostly simuliar to the final version version of the fighter subclass released with Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, but mechanically heavily tweaked or, in case of the Magic Brand ability, removed.
 * Magic Brand: As part of one of his melee attacks, Thuron could magically leave a mark on his target by placing a glowing symbol over their flesh. Although the effect had a burning singe it did not actually burn into the skin.
 * Shadowy Echo: The first time Thuron struck someone with his sword or took damage, he could create a shadowy echo of himself. As a flash of grayish energy scattered from such an impact, the energy would congeal into a semi-corporeal, somewhat translucent clone made of dark grayish shadow energy. Such echoes were able to make a single separate attack each turn equal in strength to Thuron's, though dissipated when they successfully struck their target or when they took damage.
 * Transpose Echo: Thuron could use his reaction to switch places with his shadowy echo.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 2

Quotations

 * "We live. We worship. We learn. We die. We are reborn until we are perfect."

Trivia

 * His name means "blessed second-born" in Undercommon.
 * It might be possible that he is actually the second-born of his family, implying the existance of an older sibling. However, he could have been named that way by his parents regardless of the etymology, or maybe he did have siblings in a previous life but not in this one.
 * Thuron was the first echo knight and user of dunamancy shown in Campaign 2.
 * Since Thuron was consecuted and he died very near to the Luxon beacon he was trying to retrieve, his soul would have been taken by the relic, traveling with the Mighty Nein when they recovered it.
 * However, because of how the rebirth of the consecuted souls work, it's very possible that Thuron's soul reincarnated within an Empire baby if one of them was born within 100 miles of the Mighty Nein while they carried the beacon.