Lireal Silverbranch
Also known as: Liriel Baenre (birth name / former identity)
Current form
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Before reincarnation — as Liriel Baenre
Lireal Silverbranch
Basic Information
| Race | Drow |
| House | House Baenre (former) |
| Class | Wizard / Fighter |
| Status | Active — Traveling with Party |
Birth & Heritage
| Born | 1322 DR |
| Father | Gromph Baenre (Archmage of Menzoberranzan) |
| Mother | Sosdrielle Vandree (House Vandree) |
| Reincarnated | Neverwinter — Assault of the Sea Dragon |
First Seen
| Session | Session 3 |
| Role | Present inside the Tarrasque; wrist injured by Othorion |
Background
Liriel Baenre is one of the most gifted wizards ever born to Menzoberranzan — eldest daughter of Gromph Baenre, Archmage of the city, and Sosdrielle Vandree of House Vandree. Born in 1322 DR, she is rare among drow in that she retained her surface-wizard spellcasting abilities even in the Underdark, a feat tied to the Windwalker amulet and her own exceptional power. She left Menzoberranzan and traveled the surface world, eventually carving her own path apart from her House.
She was reincarnated during the Assault of the Sea Dragon — a catastrophic attack on Neverwinter by the Half-Orc pirate Rognok Saltfang's flotilla. She emerged from that event changed, and took the name Lireal — a surface identity separate from everything Baenre and Menzoberranzan had made her.
She was imprisoned at Revel's End for sheltering homeless Aquatic Elf children displaced by Menan's later attack on Neverwinter. Whatever she sacrificed to protect those children, it cost her her freedom.
In this campaign, she travels with the party as Lireal Silverbranch — and has given them no reason to look further than that name.
Role in Campaign
Lireal appeared during Session 3, already present inside the Tarrasque with the party. The connection to Revel's End suggests the party may have crossed paths with her there (B07–12), though the exact circumstances of her joining are unconfirmed.
She travels with the party as an NPC companion.
Key Moments
| Session | Moment | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Session 3 | Wrist injured by Othorion during his trance | First known appearance; tense introduction |
| C15 | Strongly objected to Haldak's unidentified spell | Principle about magic and non-lethal intent; dispute unresolved |
| C17 | Misty Stepped past Wall of Fire (angry at Kavu); identified behir; identified the stalking drider as unusual — female, independent, ~8ft; attempted Mighty Deed to sever Othorion's sword hand during berserk (missed); offered to watch over Othorion during lung treatment | Combat knowledge and willingness to take extreme measures |
Relationships
Party
| PC | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Othorion | Complicated — developing | Wrist injured during his Blackrazor trance (Session 3); present-day companion; she is his rival's counterpart in the love triangle — the present-day connection vs Valera's prior claim |
| Haldak | Tense | Unresolved dispute over his unidentified spell during the Blackrazor confrontation (Session 4) |
External
| NPC | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gromph Baenre | Father | Archmage of Menzoberranzan; she left his house behind |
| Sosdrielle Vandree | Mother | House Vandree; deceased or status unknown |
| Jarlaxle | Kinsman | Jarlaxle is also of House Baenre — her kinsman. Whether she knows of his interest in Othorion is unknown. |
| Fiirnel'ther Vandree | Distant relation (maternal house) | Current Matron of House Vandree — her mother's house; no confirmed relationship |
| NPCs/Drow Houses/House Vandree/Valera Jazeera Vandree | Rival | Fiirnel'ther's middle daughter; Othorion's prior love interest (pre-memory loss); now recalled to Menzoberranzan and sending him Sendings. Lireal and Valera have not met. |