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Brutor Ruby Eye

Summary

Brutor Ruby Eye was a dwarf abjuration wizard of Tor and one of the five creators of the Dome / Barrier, with deep knowledge of containment, pylons, and prison lore.

Known Details

  • His skull became a consulted source of lore and was transferred to the party.
  • The Dome / Barrier was created by Everard Browning, Ennuyé, Brutor Ruby Eye, Valenth Cardonald, and Lady Evalina Hartwall.
  • He identified Garadul as the only void they could find and one of eight whose escape would weaken the Barrier.
  • His laboratory contained pylon plans, memory orbs, void containment, museum artifacts, alarm systems keyed by blood or hand, and lore about the first crack.
  • He was described as powerful, possibly a demi-lich figure, and interested in immortality, runes, sacrifice, and containment.
  • He was killed by or strongly associated with conflict against the black dragon Infestus.
  • He visited Cardonal’s desert laboratory 47 times, last around 908 years before day 23, and had requested a copy of a book after seeing it at Aquaria.
  • Valenth Cardonald was Ruby Eye’s best friend and is the same person described as wanting to craft herself into an object and continue in that form.
  • He created his own prison-status readout using a humanized effigy of the spirit, runes, and links to the prison and prison runes.
  • Rubyeye described Grand Towers technology beneath the towers, the overseer controls, Valentinhide prison, and an automaton guard.
  • On day 30 Cardenald resurrected him from the skull; Rubyeye returned with glowing red eyes, made a beard, and helped gather Counterspell scrolls and orbs.
  • On Day 32, Geldrin attuned to Tremon’s skull, not Ruby Eye’s skull, and saw visions linked to the Barrier and ascension lore.
  • On Day 36, Ruby Eye appeared still convalescing, travelled in the party’s bag, and wanted the Skull of Tremon because it helped with passage through the Barrier.
  • Day 36 revealed Ruby Eye’s pact with Wrath, made after he saw how much power Browning had through Pride; Ruby Eye later shouted Wrath back into his eye.
  • Ruby Eye explained that the Grand Towers trinkets were part of a bargain, that gods required favours, priest communication, and boons, and that Ennik and Browning made many deals.
  • On Day 42, a false Ruby Eye illusion was found in an Ashkellon dome while the real Ruby Eye dispelled trap magic, taught the party ring activation as proof of identity, and said the rings activate in the Barrier so Joy cannot leave.
  • Ruby Eye said his pacts with Kashe were his downfall and that sacrifices by him and Joy’s mother kept Joy safe; after the battle, Ruby Eye was missing and out of Bleakstorm’s sight.
  • Day 43 records that Ruby Eye was no longer welcome at the pale-skinned, black-dreadlocked king’s city; later Cardonald could not find Ruby Eye and thought he might not be on the same plane.
  • Day 44 places young Ruby Eye in the old Riversmeet mage school, working on a final project to remove his eye, recruiting Geldrin into a group with Everard, Thomas / Ennuyé, and Valenth, and using a self-reincarnation spell.
  • Mr Moreley recognized Geldrin’s ancient dragon scroll as something still being worked on and suspected Hartwall was keeping things from the Gold Dragon Council; a later draconic book was left where only Ruby Eye would find it and said Battery is the clue.
  • On Day 46, Errol the Obsidian Raven hid ruby messages connected to Rubyeye, Ennuyé, Browning, and Squeal. One clarified that Squeal did not ask for weather through the Barrier but for the loss of everything; another message with red glowing eyes, a water Excellence, and a whirlwind being was refused by Errol.
  • A false message said Bread & Circus and pretended to be Rubyeye, while Platinum said Errol was possessed by one of Squeal’s things.
  • A Rubyeye / Squeal warning said to be careful at Riversmeet and that Ennuyé had trapped Rubyeye in a room before Rubyeye went to his wife’s place and was imprisoned.
  • On Day 48, Wrath brought Rubyeye to the party saying he needed rescuing and Cardinal had been useless.
  • In a huge underground dwarven city, Rubyeye was arrested for ancient crimes: 174,312 herfolk babies murdered, elemental spirit entrapment, tower construction, and downfall of ancient race.
  • Rubyeye remembered Hannah and said there were six elemental forces all along, matching six arms on the exhausted.
  • After the party broke him out, Umberous demanded Rubyeye be delivered to Infestus but agreed not to reveal Rubyeye’s presence if the party owed him a favour.
  • Rubyeye’s attempt to teleport the party back misfired to a snowy sky fort and then to a scared dwarven prison room; he recognised it as a prison, possibly Throngore’s under Lewshis and Aneurascarle, before his eyes glowed red and he disappeared at 21:00.
  • On Day 56, Rubyeye’s eye and Dotharl located Rubyeye and Cardinal through Hracency’s death: Cardinal was in a Brass dome on a beach with air elementals, while Rubyeye was in a dwarven stone corridor or endless loop far airwise.

Timeline

  • day-01: Brutor is cited as a source on Garadul and the Prison of the Sands.
  • day-15: His skull and containment lore become active campaign tools.
  • day-16: The party explores his hidden laboratory and memory records.
  • day-17: Security council discussions rely on Brutor-related knowledge.
  • day-20: Huntmaster Thrune says Ruby Eye often spoke to the church.
  • day-23: Silver and Cardonal’s lab records establish Rubyeye’s old visits, book request, and links to missing dwarf and Goliath cities.
  • day-25: Rubyeye’s prison-status readout becomes relevant to Rimewatch and the Ice prison.
  • day-28: Rubyeye explains Grand Towers and prison-control architecture.
  • day-30: Cardenald resurrects Rubyeye, and he resumes active support.
  • day-36: Ruby Eye returns to Grand Towers and Hartwall-related crises, explains bargain lore, and is revealed to have been entangled with Wrath.
  • day-42: Ruby Eye proves his identity with ring lore, explains Joy-related sacrifices, and then goes missing.
  • day-43: Cardonald cannot locate Ruby Eye or Errol, possibly because they are not on the same plane.
  • day-44: The party encounters young Ruby Eye in old mage-school history and finds a draconic book intended for him.
  • day-46: Hidden ruby messages and Errol’s possession complicate Rubyeye’s status, Squeal’s request, and Rubyeye’s imprisonment at his wife’s place.
  • day-48: Wrath and the party rescue Rubyeye from an underground dwarven city; ancient charges, six elemental forces, Umberous’s demand, and Rubyeye’s disappearance from a dwarven prison complicate his status again.
  • day-56: Rubyeye and Cardinal are located in separate prison-like places through Rubyeye’s eye, Dotharl, and Hracency’s death.

Open Questions

  • Did Brutor intend to become immortal as a demi-lich?
  • What exactly was his sacrifice?
  • How complete and trustworthy is the skull’s account?
  • What book did Rubyeye obtain from Aquaria, and did it contribute to the death at the desert laboratory?
  • Why is Rubyeye connected to both the missing dwarf city and the missing Goliath city?
  • Are the skull visions showing Rubyeye’s last witnessed events, current surveillance through moon reflections, or both?
  • Where is Ruby Eye after Day 42, and why can Cardonald and Bleakstorm not locate him?
  • What was Ruby Eye’s eye-removal final project meant to accomplish?
  • What does Battery is the clue mean in the book left for Ruby Eye?
  • What is Squeal, and why did it ask for the loss of everything?
  • Is Rubyeye truly imprisoned at his wife’s place, and how does that relate to his earlier disappearance?
  • How accurate are the Day 48 ancient charges against Rubyeye?
  • Where did Rubyeye go when his eyes glowed red at 21:00 in the possible Throngore prison?
  • What favour will Umberous demand for not telling Infestus about Rubyeye?
  • How is Rubyeye trapped in the far-airwise dwarven stone loop, and who controls it?
  • Why is Cardinal in a Brass dome on a beach with air elementals?