Bardus Vellios

Bardus Vellios is an adult human nobleman operating in Northwest Faerun, specifically Neverwinter city on the Sword Coast.

Bardus Vellios grew up as a lesser nobleman, inheriting a small barony between Neverwinter City and Luskan, near the river Mirar. This barony was mostly focused on agricultural labor, producing food and animal products for the Lord's Alliance.

Bardus inherited the barony from his father shortly after the eruption of Mount Hotenow in 1740. In the two decades that followed, Bardus was tasked with the rebuilding of his barony. He developed adequate stewardship skills during this period, as well as martial prowess from fighting the raiding goblins and orcs in the territory.

Somewhere in the 1760's, Bardus became the chancellor of Neverwinter, becoming the cities ambassador in the Lord's Alliance, to Silvermoon, and to Baldur's Gate.

After the early death of the sick and fragile Lord of Neverwinter, Valerian Winterian, in early 1770 DR, Bardus Vellios became ward over the young Edmund Winterian and interim-Lord of Neverwinter.

Encounters with the Groep van Droep
Bardus Vellios became aware of the Groep van Droep thanks to their liberation of the Phandelver Mine. He considered them capable adventurers.

After his rise to interim-Lord, Vellios decided to finally deal with the Venomfang threat in Thundertree that his cousin hadn't dealt with yet. Vellios announced a reward for those that would slay the young green dragon. The Groep van Droep awnsered, and Vellios now officially met the adventuring party.

After the succesful defeat of Venomfang, Vellios was present during Neverwinter's Summers End festival, where he lauded the Groep van Droep, among others, for their contributions to the security of the region. Also during the festival, Vellios relayed a new quest to the adventurers to once again meet up with their first employer, Gundren Rockseeker.