Ava Mendax

Ava Mendax is an acclaimed gnome scholar and journalist working out of Silos Palirroia. Winner of the prestigious Diur Kalypsi Award and an Honorary Fellow of the Bibliotheca Imperium of Travers Peak, her journalistic and scholarly works have been translated into dwarvish, gnomish, elvish, sylvan, and draconic, with over 100,000 copies in print.

Known for her relentless pursuit of the truth along with a famously sharp tongue that earned her the love of readers world over, Ava has been the catalytic force in some of Borros' most noteworthy investigations into scandal and corruption. Her many adventures and published works aside, she's still best known for the book that launched her career, The Legend of Banesbreak, detailing the adventures of the Banebreakers of lore from eye-witness accounts - the first book of its kind.

Other notable works include: "Geomagical Implications of Mixed-Discipline Jurisprudence: Does Magic and Legislature Mix?" "Divergent Phylogenesis in Drow as a Non-Elven Genus: The Argument For Convergent Evolution"  "A Study in Time: Geotemporal Displacement by Manipulation of Negative Evocation Potentials"  "The Gradual Sprint to Despotism: A Study of Fascistic Nationalism in the Age of Oris Ki'dyr-Southmarch"