Planewalker Party Planning: The Past

So now we have our three planewalkers. How do they know each other?

Ragados had been a Harmonium officer to many years prior to leaving Arcadia. When he did leave, he ended up between the two gate towns of Arcadia and Mechanus. The Modrons started their march early, this is known, and 12-Bar (former name unknown) had been one of the first to fall in that great expedition. Unlike the other Modrons though, his body had not immediately fallen to dust. So Ragados cracked open the hood to see what was inside.

Not liking Modrons (The Harmonium recently lost a plane of Arcadia to Mechanus and is fucking desperate to get it back), Ragados had planned to patch up the Modron and send him on his way. Ragados gave the Modron a sense of smell and taste, and fixed him up. Opening his singular eye to a small, heavily armoured gnome standing over him, smelling flowers on the breeze, tasting the grass, a rogue and deeply curious modron was born.

Back in Sigil, they founded a company together: Truetemper’s Solution. Ragados would make bespoke weapons and armour for those with the jink to buy it, and 12-Bar would be the Facilitator, Customer Liaison, Sales, and “Business Development” Officer. M’narr joined later as the accountant and tax adviser. Loopholes abounded. M'narr had found his way to Sigil after his curiosity for magic and relative aversion to violence made him a bit of a black sheep among the Githyanki. He kept in touch from time to time, but had been allowed to go his own way. As long as he remembered where his ultimate loyalty lay...

Next up: Initial Forays

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