Melith Mathesen

First Lieutenant Melith Mathesen
Sylkress and Melith Mathesen Art by noodlii1029
Alma mater	Arpaton Academy, later Jixaron
Era	Age of Steam
Organization	Planar Marines, Jixaron
Height	5 ft 0 in (152 cm)
Parents	Berukos Darlight (father) unknown elf (mother)
Relatives	Sylkress Quessir (twin sister)
Family	Mathesen family
Awards	Medal of Honor

Lieutenant Melith Mathesen is a half-elf tiefling artificer and member of the Planar Marines.

Biography

Melith and her twin sister Sylkress are the daughters of Berukos Darlight and an unknown elf. The two grew up in an orphanage in the Thenalion Empire until Melith was adopted by the Mathesen family. As part of this wealthy and influential family, she grew up around Thenalion high society and saw first-hand the corruption of the leaders of the Empire. When she was old enough, she was sent to attend Arpaton Academy (which the Mathesen family owns) and was taught magic weapon and armor smithing. After graduating, she left the Empire and instead joined Jixaron and moved there. She became the apprentice of Arch Smith Lingot, and would work with him on many projects including her own creation, the Prototype Xenovoltaic Armor based on moon elf technology.

When the Platinum Covenant attacked Jixaron, she joined the Planar Marines to help defend, joining the demolition team. At first she built explosives for soldiers to use, but as the invasion went on and numbers on the front lines were more desperately needed, she began joining the demolition team in a more direct way, going on missions to the front lines and into enemy territory. For her actions she would be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and be sent on a special mission with Major Azure, Captain Rosco Croppa, and Captain Cynder Vileheart, to investigate the hidden Thenalion base known as Den 26. The mission was a mixed success. The team explored the Behemoth Class Moon Walker, found the stolen Bastion of the Eye manuscript and destroyed the copies being made, uncovered a site where biomechanical "terminator" soldiers were being created, and gathered information on the Thenalion Empire's Operation Chokehold. However, the team was discovered and had to fight their way back to Jixaron, and Major Azure sacrificed himself to disable the Moon Walker and allow the others the escape. Shortly after returning to Jixaron, Melith joined Leonard Voke and the other representatives of the Planar Marines at the world meeting in Stormclaw, Quelxiros. Here she presented her findings about Operation Chokehold.

After the world meeting, Melith was invited to join the Time Anomaly Task Force being recreated by Captain Rosco Croppa and Archmage Emileide Rothenel to return anomalies to their original timelines or convince them to help the world. Melith, along with Second Lieutenant Omac, Oleza "The Cardinal", and Jumbo Humungo teleported to the village of Goram in Jotunrath where they met up with Maribelle Blackpyre "Harbinger of Agony" to deal with an anomaly who appeared nearby and has been causing violent fanatics to rise. The anomaly turned out to be Ivar Warborn from another timeline, who was trying to live peacefully with his wife in a remote cabin. After a peaceful yet tense encounter where Ivar seemed to be becoming more like his equivalent from this timeline, the team eventually convinced Ivar and his wife to return to Jixaron with them.

Trivia

• Melith is named after a character in Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage.

External links

• Melith's character sheet on D&D Beyond