Valder Matthis

Valder Matthis is the Baron of Whitmire, one of the more prominent cities in the province of Grendra in northern Thenica.

The party briefly encountered the Baron of Whitmire in Incertus along with Malon Blackburrow whilst on their way back to Thenica. During a chase through the woods, Aster Cromwell shot the tire off of Valder and Malon's wagon causing them to hurriedly stop their horses and veer off their path. After emerging from the wagon, the two eventually managed to provoke the young half-elf Xilo Anakiir into attacking them, after which Malon retaliated with a blow to the druid's solar plexus using his warhammer.

During this encounter, Malon saw a skull-shaped pendant around the young gunslinger's neck that belonged to his son, Vyland. Malon jeered that the party managed to kill the young adult, to which Valder simply stared menacingly at the necklace and its bearer, Aster.

Safeguarded by some form of personalized magical barriers, Valder and Malon returned to Thenica unmolested, but also without their cargo - a mysterious black egg that eventually hatched into a young umbral dragon.

Valder Matthis has not been seen by the party since this encounter and his whereabouts are currently unknown.