Yrre

Yrre the Sparkstruck was a gnomish inventor and tinkerer.^[1]

Involvement[edit section | visual editor]

Although Yrre cannot be encountered in the game, the party can find many weapons, armours and other pieces of equipment Yrre created as they progress through it. These items have puns, spikes, magic, and most of all electricity; many of them create or benefit from ⁠Lightning.

History[edit section | visual editor]

Yrre became obsessed with lightning when they left the Underdark for the first time and encountered a powerful storm.^[2] Throughout their life, they invented many lightning-themed weapons and equipment, much of which was inspired by their sometime partner and fellow inventor, Lenore De Hurst.

Lenore was the owner of the Underdark's Arcane Tower, where the two lived for a time, working together on their inventions and magic. After a falling-out, Yrre left the tower.^[3] They eventually returned, hoping to reunite with Lenore, but she was long gone.^[4] Yrre waited for some time for Lenore to return to the tower, expecting her to be gone only a few tenday to Baldur's Gate,^[5] but eventually gave up when she never did.

It is unknown what happened to Yrre (and Lenore) after this, but many of their inventions are scattered across the Underdark and Grymforge.

Inventions[edit section | visual editor]

Related literature[edit section | visual editor]

Letter to Yrre

Notes and references[edit section | visual editor]

↑ Item descriptions attributable to Yrre use gender neutral pronouns.
↑ The Watersparkers: "An enormous storm was raging the first time Yrre the Sparkstruck left the Underdark. The deep gnome's interest in lightning at once became an all-consuming obsession, and they would spend the rest of their years trying to recreate that storm's power themselves."
↑ Letter to Yrre: "I don't know if you're coming back ... Despite everything, I still love you."
↑ The Spellsparkler: "Yrre the Sparkstruck intended to give the Spellsparkler to Lenore a cleric of Mystra and old lover. But when the gnome returned to the cleric's tower, they found it empty - inhabited only by dust and abandoned experiments."
↑ Letter to Yrre

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[1] Item descriptions attributable to Yrre use gender neutral pronouns.

[2] The Watersparkers: "An enormous storm was raging the first time Yrre the Sparkstruck left the Underdark. The deep gnome's interest in lightning at once became an all-consuming obsession, and they would spend the rest of their years trying to recreate that storm's power themselves."

[3] Letter to Yrre: "I don't know if you're coming back ... Despite everything, I still love you."

[4] The Spellsparkler: "Yrre the Sparkstruck intended to give the Spellsparkler to Lenore a cleric of Mystra and old lover. But when the gnome returned to the cleric's tower, they found it empty - inhabited only by dust and abandoned experiments."

[5] Letter to Yrre

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