Eugene H. Holmes

Eugene Holmes has large, buggy eyes and a bright shock of red hair. He first made his presence known to the group in a cavern outside of Gleamholm. The party at first believed they were fighting him, only to realize that they were in fact fighting an illusion. Holmes had left behind a creature that he thought would finish them off, but instead his creation has gone on to assist them in many adventures.

It didn't take long to figure out that Holmes had in fact been interacting with the group far earlier. In Quintessence, he had sent tiny clockwork creatures to Amelia's mother's clothing shop. Ms. Elizabeth Rowe then led Amelia into a trap, and the group had to fight their way through a large array of creatures and traps set behind. The tiny creatures had inscribed onto them "E.H.H." which later revealed to be referring to Holmes.

Later it became apparent that Holmes had joined in some kind of truce with the group's nemesis, Nilrem. Large groups of clockwork/human hybrids were marching in droves across the landscape. The details of this joining of dark forces are not yet clear, but the party can only hope that the joining of their apparent enemies is brief.

Holmes seems to have a bizarre obsession with the curses that the families share. He is interested in where they come from and how they work. Initially he asked them to be guinea pigs for his experimentations, only to be rudely rebuffed. Since them, the group has not heard from Holmes in quite some time.