Iola



Iola is a female Half-Elf Bard (15). The Company often travel in her ship, the Folariel.

Role in the Quest
Iola joined the Company ...

Iola was attuned to Taliesin from the time the Company found him. Following the retrieval of Morgana in A Black Star over Sigil, Iola attuned to her for a while, before re-attuning to Taliesin during the journey to Icewind Dale following the victory in the Werewolves of Greenbank.

Notable abilities
Iola has a wide range of spells and being a Lore Bard, her selection includes a number from other classes. Favoured spells include Minor and Major Image, Otto's Irresistible Dance, Polymorph and Mordenkeinen's Magnificent Mansion.

She is particularly proficient at many skills including Deception, Persuasion and Performance. This last is key when she uses Taliesin's ability to Storyweave.

Her Bardic Inspiration has saved a number of the Company from various ills or allowed them to succeed where they might otherwise have failed.

Notes from Slack
Although Iola does love an audience, she will more often be found under a tree with her nose in a book, she loves history, folklore and mythology - they're her favourite stories to tell.

She'd want to hear all about Geyth's homeland, and the stories that they tell, and of course she loves retelling the tales of Alduin the brave to Drumak, his child-like innocence means that he is a wonderful audience.

Quotes

 * Never tell me the odds [To Stiltskin Ribbons]