Iarno Albrecht

Biography
Once a former member of the Lords Alliance, he abandoned the Alliance in pursuit of power.

In doing so, Iarno struck a deal with Nezza, the Black Spider, who was attempting to steal Wave Echo Cave from the Rockseeker Brothers. In order to do so, he became the mysterious leader of the Redbrand Bandits and took on the alias of Glass Staff.

Not long after assuming his role, the Order of the Black Wolf, on contract from Gundren Rockseeker, arrived in Phandalin and killed or ran off nearly every member of the Redbrand bandits. During the commotion, Glass Staff was able to escape and with a few secrets he discovered in the ruins of the Tresendar manor, made his way the to lost Crypt of Aldith. Within the crypt he was able to discover unknown secrets and began looking to gain access to the Archives of Erathis.

Through forming temporary alliances with various orc tribes and with a new alias as 'The Ruler', Iarno was able to organize orc raids of the City of Elador and have a false seer go to the Count of Elador in attempts to earn trust that she was truly a diviner by predicting these raids. With his seer in place, Iarno was able to confirm that the Count of Elador did in-fact have a key to enter the Archives of Erathis. Not wanting to reveal himself, Iarno was able to kidnap Alexander Kindraw, father of Bane, and coerce the Order of the Black Wolf to steal the key and bring it to Allura in exchange for Alexander's life.

Placing a simulacra in Allura to perform the exchange while Iarno himself made his way into the Rotten marsh containing the Archives, the Order of the Black Wolf, handed over the key and confronted the Simulacra, but were unable to defeat the duplicate before the key was transported away.

Current Activity
His greater plans are currently unknown.

It is known the Iarno was seen leaving the Rotten March with a magical staff which maybe the Staff of Lazikar. His seer was also spotted in a large tower in the center of Lake Sweetwater.