Torio Claven



Torio Claven (female true neutral humanoid) is a recruitable NPC in the Official Campaign.

"'Dressed in an elegant and revealing dress, this woman wears her short hair in a purposefully disheveled manner. While her dour face is devoid of any genuine smile and lacks the beauty of vibrancy, her slender body and predatory stare have a cold, dominating sex appeal.'"

Gameplay
Once recruited to Crossroad Keep, she serves as a talent scout aiding the PC in recruiting talented individuals who might benefit the keep.

Official Campaign
Torio met Black Garius many years ago on the streets of Luskan when she was earning coppers singing and performing in Luskan alehouses. Gairus used Torio to spy on the Hosttower mages who frequented the seedier districts of Luskan and from there he was able to track their movements and plans which allowed to quickly gain power. As Garius' pretige grew, Torio became an effective weapon serving as his eyes and ears and eventually she was given the position of ambassador to Neverwinter. She served as Garius' informant within the Neverwinter and allowed him to adjust his plans accordingly.

After the PC drove out Luskan covert agents trying to enter Neverwinter through the Docks, she and Lorne concocted a plan to have the extradited PC to Luskan and sentence him to low justice. They framed the PC for the massacre of Ember, which was in Luskan territory, and tried to play it as some sort of hate crime. Fortunately, Lord Nasher saw through her deception and quickly made the PC a squire, which prevented the PC from being extradited, but still required that he/she be put on trial in Nasher's courts for the accused crime. One way or another, Torio's scheme is eventually revealed and she is arrested and she is disregarded by Luskan as being a member of a rogue faction and is replaced by Sydney Natale as ambassador.

Just moments before her execution, Sir Nevalle intervened and suggested that the PC should be allowed to determine her fate. The PC can choose to have her executed or spared and assigned to Crossroad Keep. If she is brought to Crossroad Keep, she helps the PC recruit talented individuals to work for the keep. According to Marcus, the seer child, Torio was not a cruel person but she feared Garius so much that she learned to be cruel. After the battle with the King of Shadows (assuming the PC spared her life), she was returned to Luskan and reinstated as their ambassador. After several years of service, she revealed that she was an agent of Neverwinter and her role had allowed her to arrest over a score of Luskan spies who had infiltrated her new home city.