Phoebe Ynthimar

Phoebe Ynthimar is a sorcerer and warlock of the Author. She is also a member of the Ynthimar Family and an active companion to the party; serving as Symania's current primary love interest.

Personality
Phoebe's bubbly, effervescent exterior is a mask. While her smile may tell you she is invested or cares about what you have to say, the gears are quietly turning in her head about how to win you over.

Desperate to be the center of attention and gain adoration from those around her, Phoebe is ruthless in her social pursuits. As envoy for the Ynthimar family, she has tirelessly sewn a web of allies at her beck and call.

Yet inside Phoebe is hallow, unable to form lasting connections and fearfully keeping herself at arms reach from everyone for fear of getting too close.

Background
Phoebe was born to Narcelia Ynthimar 26 years ago. She was the second youngest of eight siblings, with only Malkor behind her.

She said she was never close to her brother, and was often unkind to him. The two drifted apart in their adulthood. (1x05)

Phoebe was tasked with venturing outside of the Underdark as an Envoy for the Ynthimar, a lowly task in Drow culture who see the outside world as inferior. She quickly found her footing in Gaenrun, attending Arcor School for Spellcasters.

It is there she met Symania. She continued to remain active at the school, taking students on field trips near the Underdark. Her political pursuits also expanded, as she started endorsing candidates for the Ynthimar family including Biglow Bugle's candidacy in Tinkerer's Row and Ignatious Femok's in Markham.

Symania
Symania and Phoebe's on and off again friendship has been the source of much drama throughout the campaign. The two first met at Mage college. While they were initially friends, Phoebe drifted away from Symania after she began to follow The Author, seeing her religious fanaticism as unhelpful to her social pursuits.

The two reunited in Markham on rocky terms, after Symania had found her sleeping with Ignatious and was immediately suspicious of her intentions. Worse was Phoebe's manipulation of Ara, who Symania warned to stay clear of the Drow. After a heated few days, the two came to an understanding after they bonded over being afraid to keep others close.

This relationship blossomed further when Phoebe saved Symania from an assassination attempt from her sisters, going against her own family to protect her former foe. The two grew closer over this and started to understand each other's perspectives more. This ultimately lead to Symania recruiting Phoebe to the Author's cause.

After the perils of Last Mount, the two became increasingly endeared to one another. It is revealed that Phoebe gave up her hatred of Symania to the Author, as it was something she held onto deeply out of fear of growing closer. This culminates in the pair having sex while in Last Mount.

Ara
Phoebe initially meets Ara on a field trip for Arcor, where she was the troop leader. After discovering that Ara is related to Hadrian, Phoebe realizes the opportunity to use the tiefling to steal the Puzzlebox from Hadrian for Biglow Bugle's collection.

After Phoebe's reluctance to explain the puzzlebox to Ara, she realizes she is being used and smashes the sending stone Phoebe had given her. The two meet again in Markham, where Ara remains friendly but distrusting. Ara eventually rips into Phoebe for lying to her and their relationship never mends from this point.

However, Ara's loss of her memories caused her to forget her hatred of Phoebe. Phoebe attempted to use this opportunity to re-friend Ara but her efforts have been fruitless in wooing the tiefling.

Morgun
Morgun and Phoebe's relationship has mostly been a rocky one. Tasked with guarding Ignatious, Morgun's first encounter with Phoebe was being enchanted to leave Ignatious' side and make a fool of himself on the first day of the job. He remained suspicious of her affections with Ignatious due to Phoebe's kinship with his attempted assassin.

Their relationship came to a head after a shouting match between the entire party, where Phoebe was torn down for her manipulative behavior. Worsening their relationship further, Phoebe asked for Morgun's permission to kill him if Dominus gets out of hand.

Like others, Last Mount allowed for Morgun and Phoebe to grow closer, if at least in a strategical partnership sense. The pair eventually hatch a plot to use Zacharias' Demi-plane to sacrifice prisoners to Dominus to satiate his blood-lust, quelling her fears of losing control and giving Morgun an outlet.

Ignatious Femok
Phoebe managed to befriend Ignatious Femok quickly. The pair became intimate nearly immediately, with Ignatious being far from reluctant that a sorceress just sent his only protection away. Despite the party's distaste, Ignatious insisted that Phoebe join the party at Last Mount.

It is unknown what was discussed between them that night, though they remained in private for nearly an entire afternoon and early next morning.

Trivia

 * Phoebe was a former Player Character converted to an NPC. She was played by the DM in the Hardcore Campaign, a campaign in which if a PC died the player would be removed from the game. There are a few notable differences:
 * She was a Pathfinder exclusive-race, Drow Noble, and was a Sorcerer of the Rakshasa Bloodline.
 * She had no relationship to Malkor or the Ynthimar family.


 * Like the other Ynthimars, "Phoebe" is a nickname for her Underdark name. Her true name is currently unknown.
 * Phoebe is the first character to kill a member of her own family (Rin).