N.O.D.E.

The expedition organization that established the beachhead settlement in the Wildermarch. N.O.D.E. coordinates exploration efforts, assigns parties to investigate points of interest, and works to build a permanent presence in this uncharted territory.

Notable members:

• Captain Marinn (expedition coordinator)
• Captain Embercrest (shipwreck survivor)
• Chef Simon (head cook)
• Smith (foreman)
• Professor Fiddlesticks (artificer)
• Ahmed Noke (transmuter, on probation)

The organization's flag now flies above the growing settlement, a statement of intent against the wild horizon. A second site — the wreckage of Shinebright's Treehouse, north of the Great Tree — has been offered to N.O.D.E. as a forward facility or Bastion, with the possibility of teleportation rooms eventually linking it to camp.