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The Sovereign Soul-Units: A Dossier on the Victims of the Wheel
You are not merely amnesiacs; you are "Violation Flags" in the cosmic ledger—singularities of existential uncertainty around which the laws of the multiverse are currently contorting.
Here are the recorded histories and current trajectories of the souls traveling within Case REC-Δ-7741.
Gauthak Gathakanathai: The Manufactured McGuffin
- Current Class: World Tree Barbarian
- Backstory: Stolen centuries ago from his giant clan in Ysgard, Gauthak was "soul-stuffed" into a frame powered by infernal-modron machinery. For three thousand years or more, he served as a Line Anchor (K-7//GATH-RUK or G-7) for the War of the Shattered Compact in Acheron, acting as a point of tactical continuity even when reality contradicted his orders. Hosted in a severe, reality-breaking time loop setting designed as a theater of entertainment for yugoloths. He recently escaped through a "Divine Window" into Sigil with Grisland Goldfeast.
- Challenges: Gauthak carries a corrupted Mechanical Core in his chest that threatens to trigger "War Self" protocols if he is pushed into an Overclocked Rage. He is pursued by the Iron Pursuit, who view him not as a criminal, but as a mislabeled weapon that must be returned to its rack.
Grisland Goldfeast: The Clarity Engine
- Current Class: Human Elemental Monk (formerly Dwarf Drunken Master) [Session 4 Summary].
- Backstory: A celestial soul and witness-monk of the Way of the Last Tankard from Ysgard, Grisland was sent to Acheron to witness those denied an honorable death. He recognized Gauthak’s right to die free and helped lure the barbarian into the portal that led to Sigil. He wears the "Knot of Returning Thunder" tattoo, a mnemonic seal from the artist Fell that anchors him to a single incarnation and prevents his mind from collapsing into recursion.
- Challenges: Grisland recently experienced a race-altering Multiversal Glitch after being struck down by the Iron Pursuit [Session 4 Summary]. He must now function as the party's spiritual anchor and "Clarity Engine" while reconciling the fact that his wisdom is currently compressed into a limited mortal form.
Zigga: The Uncounted Variable
- Current Class: Arcane Rogue 4.
- Backstory: An Arane Rogue and the biological sister of Maryn’bl Zagnibs, Zigga was separated from her siblings as a child and survived by moving along the metaphysical edges of the world. She unknowingly stole the "Uncounted Step" from her life in Ravnica (a city of magic, blood and noise). As one of the Uncounted Ones, this feat allows her to bypass multiversal failsafes and move through reality as "causal noise" that constructed entities literally fail to count.
- Challenges: Because she is "underlogged" by the multiverse, modrons miscount her and inevitables detect her only as a "gap" in the record. She is actively targeted by Setekh-of-the-Unwritten, a twin of the Masked Court who views her existence as a corruption of narrative continuity that must be erased. Since the Uncounted Ones in Sigil have made a lot of magical noise throughout the city, Zigga will need to decide her fate with or without them. Will she be loud and make waves? Or will she retreat into the background and be written out?
Farryn Yinhorn: A Ripple Within the Planes
- Current Class: Summer Eladrin Wild Sorcerer (formerly Eladrin Fey Wanderer) [Session 4 Summary].
- Backstory: A magical wanderer, a Planeswalker for lack of a better term... She joined Gauthak and Grisland in Sigil because their presence in the multiverse served as cosmic camouflage, keeping her identity quiet and "unripe". Like Grisland, her lineage and subclass shifted violently during a recent conflict with Acheron enforcers [Session 4], now a Wild Sorcerer
- Challenges: Farryn is currently undergoing "Ripening,"- a process of self-recognition that makes her "scent" an irresistible beacon for the Pale Devourer (Akh’theryx). More to be discovered.
Kayne Mountainstar: The Auditor of the Illegal
- Current Class: Druid / Bard
- Backstory: Before waking in the Mortuary, Kayne was a Civic Planar Irregularities Auditor in Sigil (assumed Level 2-3 Wizard), a licensed inspector who made paperwork matter by auditing planar violations. Traveling extensively for training as he grew up as the son of Director A.P. Valthis, a high-ranking official in Mechanus who manages missing modrons and misfiled souls. His mother went missing when he was a teen, his father sent Kayne to work in Sigil. Recently, Kayne’s memory was administratively quarantined by Mechanus after he discovered a discrepancy in the Wheel’s reincarnation logic that the system could not allow to be noticed (last week, the day before he woke up in the Mortuary with the other PCs).
- Challenges: Kayne faces a profound split between his father’s legacy of rigid law and the memory of his mother who disappeared as a teen; she valued free thinking, research, and nature. His primary struggle is reclaiming his sandboxed memories without alerting Mechanus and eventually filing audit 7741, which will alter the fates of 10,001 souls.
Character Sheet Summaries
Gauthak Gith-Thwacker Gathakanathai
Names:
- ?
- G7 Unit GATH-RUK
- Gauthak Gith-Thwacker Gathakanathai
- Gauthak Jarl-Mauler Gathakanathai (Wild Heart L7)
Goliath, World Tree Barbarian - Soldier Alignment: Chaotic Good
13 pp, 8 pi. Mechanical Core.
AC: 20 | HP 70 | +7 | 45 walk
Belt of Aggressive Grappling - VR (+2 sizes larger than Medium)
Bracers of Defense - R
Longsword of Wounding - R (null regen)
Vicious Light Hammer - R
Cloak of Elvenkind - U
Pipes of Haunting - U (cause fear)
Ring of the Friendly Udder
Cloak of Billowing - C
Candle of the Deep - C
Skills: Acro + Ath (adv), Intimidation (14), Perc., Stealth. Lang: Giant, Gnomish, Minotaur, Acheron Code + Pattern Rec.
Prof: Light + Medium Armors, Shields, Simple + Martial Weapons, Bagpipes, Bowls, Common, Giant, Gnomish
Feats: Mechanical Core, Shattered Code (language), limit INT 5-7
Table Role: DJ + Recording
Grisland "Grisle" Goldfeast (Shadow Monk L7)
Celestial Master MonkAlignment: Neutral-Chaotic
16 pp, 10 pi. Monk Stances + Ysgard Anchoring Tattoo.
AC 17 | HP 63 | +7 | 45 walk
Bag of Holding - R
Ring of Invisibility - Legendary
Clock of Displacement - R
"Ysgardian" Longsword +1 - U
Alchemists Fire & Alchemists Jug - C + UC
Dust of Sneezing & Choking - U
Fistbump Party Mug (shared)
Potion of Pugilism (x3) - U
SP: Acrobatics, Athletics, Insight, Perception, Performance
Prof: Simple Weapons + some stuff, Cook's Utensils, Navigators Tools, Common, Dwarven, Halfling
PP Perc, Inv: 15
Feats: Monk Stances (L1-20)
Table Role: Treasurer, Book Lawyer / Lore Hound
Farryn Yinhorm (Twilight Druid L7)
Eladrin, ScribeAlignment: Neutral Chaotic
17 pp, 14 pi. Balance Rippler.
AC 14 | HP 61 | +7 SS 15
Dagger of Venom - R
Mace of Smiting - R
Necklace of Fireballs - R
Ring of the Ram - R
Scissors of Shadow Snipping - R
Book of PWW
UVO #2
Perfume of Bewitching - C
Skills as Druid: Arcana, Insight, Investigate, History, Perc., Pers., Stealth, Survival.
Prof: Simple Weapons, Calligraphers Supplies, Forgery, Common, Elvish
Table Role: Note Taker / Lore Hound
Glitches: Fey Wanderer Ranger, Wild Sorcerer, Twilight Druid
Feat: Balance Rippler II
AC 15 | HP 48 | +6 | 40 walk
Wand of the Uncounted Claim - R
Ring of Protection - R
Radkos Signet Ring - U
Dagger +1 - U
Ruby of the War Mage - C
Slippers of Mirror Melding
Mimir
Talking Doll - C
Cloak of Many Fashions - C
UVO #4 and #7
Feat/Reputation: The Uncounted Step (can't be recorded or tracked by planar records or creatures)
Kayne Mountainstar-Vlathis (L6)
Role: Multiclass Spellcaster
Alignment: Good
14 pp, 12 pi. Arcana* (19), Ath, History, Perc, Stealth. Mechanus Bound. Legal Tome.
AC: 13 | HP 49 | +5 SS 13
Arcane Shortbow - R
Shortsword of Warning - U
Tome: That’s Illegal
Hat of Disguise - U
Talkie (Emergency Arcane Helpline)
Book: UVO #2
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