# Pipe ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Characters/Pipe Main.jpg|480]] ## Category Player Character / [[Time-Touched]] / Scholar / Owner of [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] ## Known Facts - Pipe is [[Time-Touched]]. - Pipe owns [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]. - [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] is a book of rituals used to summon strange or pre-Breaking creatures. - Each time Pipe uses a ritual, markings expand across his body. - The markings appear to form or reveal a map. - Gillian Quill’s location is linked to Pipe’s markings. - Some notes render the name as Gillen; this appears to refer to [[Gillian Quill]] unless later corrected. - [[Lucius Neeve]] desperately wants [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]. - [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] appears to want it because he wants [[The Engine]]. - Pipe’s grandfather, [[Perturbias]], was captured by [[The Order]]. - [[Perturbias]] worked with [[The Order]] and [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]]. - [[Perturbias]] is now believed or suspected to be a prisoner in the [[Errowshire Lab]]. - Pipe is connected to [[Oxentrout University]]. - Pipe is an academic and researcher. - Pipe is associated with zoological, arcane, or creature-related study. - Pipe has summoned creatures through [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]. - One of Pipe’s newer summons is Silver Glass, a strange being capable of duplicating itself, used for protection and hunting. - Pipe was once pulled into a portal after a ritual went wrong. - For Pipe, only seconds passed, while days passed for the party. - Pipe suspected the place he went resembled the [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Astral Sea|Astral Sea]]. - Pipe theorised that time may pass differently there. - Pipe has researched [[Arcturox]] and recognised links to advanced stored-spell technology and devices. - Pipe identified or studied documents relating to [[The Brotherhood]], [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]], [[Ko]], Ko’vatar, [[Ko'van|Ko’van]], and the [[Voice of Ko]]. - Pipe possesses or has studied the [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]]. - Pipe identified the orb [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] carried as an [[Orb of Direction]]. - Pipe examined Zuri’s strange circular golden device and noted that its runes suggested plane-shifting or conjuration magic. - Pipe has shown interest in Elena’s scripture and religious material, though [[Elena]] does not allow him full access. - When Pipe touched or brushed Persephone’s conjured dagger, he felt horror and dread. - Pipe is brilliant, curious, reckless, and easily distracted. - The party often relies on Pipe’s research, arcane understanding, and pattern recognition. ## Current Personal Threads - Understand [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]. - Complete or decode its rituals. - Understand the map growing on his body. - [[Find Gillian Quill and The Engine]]. - Save [[Perturbias]]. - Understand why [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] wants the book. - Learn more about pre-Breaking creatures, [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]], and impossible effects. - Understand [[Arcturox]] technology and its link to [[Keth]], [[The Order]], and plane-shifting devices. ## Captured Loved One - [[Perturbias]]. - [[Perturbias]] is Pipe’s grandfather. - [[Perturbias]] worked with [[The Order]] and [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]]. - [[Perturbias]] is believed or suspected to be in the [[Errowshire Lab]]. ## Connected Factions - [[Oxentrout University]] - [[The Order]] - [[The Eyes]] - [[The Brotherhood]] - [[Arcturox]], through research links - The party ## Connected Items - [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] - [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]] - Pipe’s body-map markings - [[Weirdstone]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]], through [[Time-Touched]] status - Cloak of Protection - [[Orb of Direction]] - Zuri’s circular golden device - Ritual components ## Connected Places - [[Oxentrout University]] - Tinkertop - [[Errowshire Lab]] - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Astral Sea|Astral Sea]], possibly - [[Arcturox]], through research - [[Gambon]] - [[The Brotherhood|Brotherhood]] monastery - [[Voran's Well|Voran’s Well]] - [[Peaks Point]] - [[Vekuda Archive]] ## Connected Gods / Powers - [[Ko]], through [[The Opus Codex|Opus Codex]] research - [[Ko'tan|Ko’tan]] - Old Gods - [[Myvendra]], through dream encounter and interest in “the one with the book” - [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]] / [[Time-Touched]] power - Pre-Breaking creatures ## Connected Characters - [[Perturbias]] - [[Lucius Neeve]] - [[Gillian Quill]] - [[Fink]] - [[Raphius Sunward|Raphius]] - [[Elena]] - [[Persephone Amoransia Damnari|Persephone]] - [[Mealla Glynn|Mealla]] - [[Merric Veil]] - [[Keth]] - [[Warwick Thistlebloom]] - Vanthar ## Open Questions - What exactly is [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]]? - Why does [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]] want it? - What does it have to do with [[The Engine]]? - What is the map growing across Pipe? - Why is Gillian’s location linked to Pipe’s markings? - Can Pipe complete the rituals safely? - What happens if the markings fully expand? - Where did Pipe go when the ritual pulled him through the portal? - Are his summons from the [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/05 - Nations & Regions/Astral Sea|Astral Sea]], Pre-Breaking [[Tarin]], another plane, or somewhere else? - What does [[Perturbias]] know? - Is [[Perturbias]] alive? - Was [[Perturbias]] willingly working with [[The Order]]? - Why did [[Myvendra]] ask for the one with the book? - What is Zuri’s device? - Is Pipe’s curiosity going to endanger the party further? ## Character Arc Notes Pipe is one of the party’s main keys to the wider plot. His book, his markings, and his knowledge connect directly to [[Lucius Neeve|Lucius]], Gillian, [[The Engine]], [[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/09 - Items, Artifacts & Documents/Aetherite|Aetherite]], [[Arcturox]], and the deeper history of [[Tarin]]. His danger is not malice. His danger is curiosity without caution. ## Session 49 Departure and Research - Pipé entered the restricted section of the [[Vekuda Archive]] with Rothlo Goldfolly’s help. - He learned about [[The Night Council]], [[Q'ruhm|Q’ruhm]], [[The 26th Page]], [[Anima Mundi]], [[Vanthar Pendrick]] and [[Vanthar's Sanctarium, Volume Three|Vanthar’s Sanctarium, Volume Three]]. - Pipé temporarily left the party to keep [[Vanthar's Sanctarium|Vanthar’s Sanctarium]] away from [[Lucius Neeve]], continue the map, seek the third volume and search for [[Gillian Quill]] and [[The Engine]]. - He asked the party to rescue [[Perturbias]], and Raphius gave his word that they would. ## Current Status Separated from the party by choice, still an ally and pursuing his own part of the mission. ## Artwork ![[Lineage of the Veiled Kin/99 - Attachments/Characters/Pipe Ritual.jpeg|420]]