Deino is a witch and sorceress who rules “the realm of Deino” in Ardis Vala, north of the underground lake in the cavern zone, at the head of nearly fifty beastmen she transformed from legionaries two hundred years ago. She also deals in pacts and gives magic items to mortals.
| Type | Character |
| Domain | North of the underground lake, Ardis Vala |
| Spanish entry | Deino |
Realm and troops
She is called “the witch” and “a sorceress”; travelers’ maps mark “the realm of Deino”. “People like Deino” lived there before the recent adventurers arrived.
Her nearly fifty beastmen are “militarily formed”, with “various conturbios” (Roman-style insignia); several are porcine, among them one named Abroide Porcino. They were legionaries and keep their formation and insignia. Deino has “something somewhat Circe-like”: she transformed them and has held them under spell or control for two hundred years.
Pacts
“She has something to do with pacts.” She gives magic items to mortals; Alumine himself used one she had given. Genies carry out her deals: they fulfilled her side of a deal made while she was a prisoner. She is credited with authority over deals and over opening “new kinds of deals”.
“She likes to eat rich boys” — whether literally, as a pact condition, or as reputation is not established.
Relationships
- Enemy: Lord Petarmis, according to the record of the cavern witch.
- The record mentions “Deino, his/her mother”, without saying whose.
Conflicting accounts
- She was once mentioned as dead; later it was established that “Deino is alive”.
- She is named “prisoner Deino” and also lady of a realm with troops; the order of captivity and rule, and who held her, are unresolved.
Open questions
- Her appearance, age and voice.
- The spelling of conturbios, and whether insignia mark individuals or units.
- What her pacts cost and what the “new kinds of deals” are.
- The limits, entrances and distances of her realm.