Torhd

Torhd Barnabas is a Reborn human currently traveling the Forgotten Realms.

Human
When Torhd was around 4 years old he participated in a popular play in his town. Throughout his childhood he felt incredibly lonely. The town Torhd lived in was burned to the ground during an unknown event while Torhd was still a small child. He stands in the ashes of the town and cries before being picked up by a figure in black robes.

Oh Deer! The Adventure Begins
Torhd awoke in a field surrounded by dozens of horribly desecrated bodies with no memory of who he was or how he came to be there. After untangling himself from the corpses of his possible comrades, Torhd wandered until he found a small river to wash the carnage from his body. As he washed, he noticed his skin remained grey no matter how hard he scrubbed. Torhd instinctively realized he was a Reborn, however he was unsure how or when this initially happened to him. Desperate for answers, Torhd began to head through the clearing towards the nearest town to begin his search for his identity. During this time he purchased his horse Blossom. Together they continue through different towns until arrive upon Phandalin. Although currently Reborn and not needing rest or food, Torhd is driven by his innate human instinct for food and shelter which leads him to the Stonehill Inn. As he enters the Inn the door frame above Torhd splits mysteriously but Torhd does not notice. He meanders over to the bar and gets the attention of the innkeeper who eventually introduces himself as Liam. Torhd rents a room and purchases an ale before noticing a poker game occurring at one of the tables. Interested, he heads to the table to watch and notes that the participants are a young girl, a young boy, and a fairly older Dwarf. The young girl introduces herself as Jeis and invites Torhd to play with them. Torhd plays and loses a round and as the other two leave, the table mysteriously splits under him. Torhd doesn't notice that he is the cause of this bu this attracts the attention of Liam who storms over to confront them. Jeis blames the human and the dwarf however Liam does not seem convinced and decides to have them complete village tasks in payment.

Roped Inn
Convinced by Liam to help work off his debt, Torhd joins the small party consisting of Reytna, Banks, and Jeis. They all head to the town square to look at any villager requests and find a current request by the mayor to help relocate a woman who lives outside of town. Once they make it to the woman's house, they see a manticore guarding the woman's front door and preventing them from leaving. Torhd attempts to fight off the manticore but is unable to defeat it initially. When Jeis scales the tower, she discovers Adabra and Korgu hiding inside. She convinces them to leave down the rope and once they make it to the ground Torhd escorts them to the edge of the forest. Torhd and Banks head back to the battle and discover Jeis and Reytna are trapped in the tower and injured. Torhd distracts the manticore so Banks can get up the tower and heal Jeis and Reytna. Torhd fights off the manticore and ends up decapitating the manticore.

Dead Trees and Flying Things
After collecting their gold and returning to Liam's tavern, the party recuperates and meet a warlock named Riras Tallfellow. Torhd takes an immediate liking to Riras and feels terrible when Jeis cons him out of gold for a non-existent membership fee. Riras requests that the party investigate a tree nearby in the morning. Whilst Torhd is meditating during the night, Jeis comes to his room and asks him to come along with her to find something. Torhd follows Jeis out past a field of nightshade and to an area with a tree in the middle. Torhd finds a box hidden in the tree however due to his initial experience of waking up, he is wary of magical items and refuses to touch the box. Jeis takes the box and opens it, showing a broach inside with a symbol. Jeis puts the broach on since Torhd refuses to touch it. Torhd and Jeis return back to the Inn with Torhd a little grumpy. Once back at the Inn, Torhd is present while Liam and Banks talk. Liam begins to cry and Torhd begins to cry sympathetically. Phihana and Broselle enter the inn and explain that their party had been ambushed and two of their members kidnapped and taken towards Leilon. Banks offers the party's assistance and convinces the crew to help.

Decisions and Departures
Torhd wakes up first and goes for his daily walk. As he walks around Phandolin he notices a crow circling the Inn and stopping to knock at one of the windows every so often. He leaves the crow alone and returns to the Inn where he notices Phihana looking particularly upset. She tells the party her story of the attack with more detail than the previous night and Torhd realizes that if the bandits had wanted Rune or Finn dead, they would have done so initially. The party heads to Leilon and as Torhd enters the city, he feels a sense of familiarity although he can't tell what it is. As they approach Tymora's temple, Torhd offers up a silver piece in offering to Tymora. When Torhd enters the temple's storage room, he is immediately hit with a familiar smell. "Torhd looks down at his hands and see a beautifully crafted longsword. The hilt is pure and sparkling like glass and the blade itself looks to be made of glass. As he holds the sword he experiences a wonderful feeling. He holds the sword out and beneath it he can see a monk in robes holding their guts in while blood pours from the wound. The monk whispers in an unknown language and a stained medallion hangs around the monk’s neck. The medallion presents a face up coin; the symbol of Tymora."As Torhd returns to the present he realizes that Rose is wearing the same medallion as the monk in his memory. Torhd stays back from the crowd of people and instead looks around the room. He observes halfling writing along the wall and a basket with 5 gold pieces inside. As he recovers from his memory, he listens to Phihana tell the story of Rune and why she was marked by the bandits. Rose suggests that the party stay at Crusty's tavern. Once they arrive at Crusty's they see a small group of rowdy people at a table and a man standing by the bar. Torhd approaches the man and attempts to talk to him, however the man is deaf and cannot hear Torhd. Another man approaches and introduces himself as Crusty and the other man as Porter. Crusty interprets for Porter and while Torhd is speaking with them he decides that Porter and Crusty are trustworthy and knowledgeable. Torhd notices that Porter wears Tymora's symbol on his armour. Porter goes over to the table of people and brings back a tall woman with antlers who introduces herself as Tar'an. Torhd has never seen anyone who looks like her. The party invites Tar'an and Porter to investigate the bandits outside of Leilon and they all head to the forest. They find the cabin surrounded by bandits and manage to sneak inside. Once inside they find maps and weapons however Torhd and Banks head to the bedroom. They discover the wardrobe is boobytrapped and both attempt to disarm it, but neither can get it. Phihana discovers them and easily disarms the trap, revealing a cellar with a ladder. Once in the cellar they find Rune and Azariah and set them free. The party returns to the main floor of the cabin, only to alert the bandits when they try and leave. After defeating the bandits the party returns to Crusty's. Torhd lays on one of the tables and begins to meditate."Torhd stands before a Heart Tree, holding his glass blade. As he stands before the tree he drives the sword into the earth in frustration."

The Hunt Begins
Torhd wakes up first as usual and prepares to go on his daily walk. Tar'an sits at one of the tables eating breakfast and offers Torhd food but because he doesn't eat they both just sit in silence as Tar'an finishes her meal. They both go on a patrol walk together towards the docks however Torhd misinterprets it as an attempt at a date. He starts walking faster to stay ahead of Tar'an who also tries to get ahead of Torhd. This results in a mini race that ends with Torhd accidentally tripping Tar'an. He helps her up and they go to the docks. Tar'an tells Torhd that she knows he is a Reborn and Torhd explains that he does not remember any of his past but he believes he might have been a bad person. Tar'an tell Torhd that she is the daughter of Beshaba, the deity of bad luck and misfortune, and was raised as a member of the Black Fingers. Despite this, Tar'an now fights for Tymora with Porter and Crusty against Beshaba. As they return to the tavern Torhd realizes this was not a date and instead was Tar'an's way of trying to help Torhd come to terms with his past. Once back at Crusty's Reytna tells the group they should split up, with half investigating the bandits at Rassalanter and the other half heading to Phandalin to meet up with Broselle. Torhd, Jeis, Banks, Rune, and Azariah return to the Stonehill Inn to discover that Torbjorn has found his way back to Phandalin. Torbjorn seems to be fairly okay for someone returning from a traumatic experience but Torhd thinks nothing of it and returns to his room to meditate. Torhd is awoken from his meditation by a scream from the downstairs. He grabs his sword and runs down to the main area of the Inn, discovering Broselle fighting off Torbjorn. Torhd battles against Torbjorn with Jeis, Banks, Rune, and Broselle and they discover that it isn't Torbjorn and is instead a Doppleganger. After killing the Doppleganger, Broselle demands that Banks bring it back to life so that they can determine the whereabouts of the real Torbjorn. Banks does and Broselle begins to torture the Doppleganger for information. Torhd goes to stop Broselle, grabbing her arm."Torhd stands on a battlefield surrounded by dead bodies. As he looks around at the bodies, he notices they are all clad in robes, similar to monks or priestesses. Torhd reaches froward and pulls on someone’s shoulder to get them out of the way and in front of them a prisoner is knelt. The prisoner is in robes and has the symbol of Tymora attached to their tunic. The prisoner spits at Torhd as Torhd lifts his glass sword to execute the prisoner."Torhd yanks his arm back from Broselle and steps back, moving away from the group and the Doppleganger. The Doppleganger tells them where Torbjorn is before Rune kills them, Torhd removes the body and buries it in the backyard. The party heads towards the direction that the Doppleganger gave them with Torhd and Jeis leading at the front. They find they cave with Torbjorn and Banks revives him so that they can return to the Inn. The following morning, Torhd is packing his things and hears a whistling sound coming from the box with the broach. He picks the box up and the whistle stops.

Birds and Pray
Torhd takes his morning walk and returns to the Inn, waiting for the rest of the party. The party gets on the road to Neverwinter, with Azariah staying behind. During their travels Banks and Torhd hear a voice coming from the forest a ways off the path. Nobody else in the party hears the voice so Torhd and Banks push through the foliage and discover an old man fallen over in the woods. Torhd decides to help the man up and when the old man asks for money, Torhd gives him 2 gold. Banks and Torhd help the old man back to the path where he asks the rest of the party for money as well. Having forgotten that he already gave the man money, Torhd gives the old man another gold coin. The old man heads back towards Phandalin and the party continues their journey to Neverwinter. Once they make it into the city they are greeted by members of the Church of the Golden Sun. One of the members approaches Torhd and tries to interest him in the cult however Torhd believes he is being propositioned by the man. Banks tries to explain to Torhd that it is a cult but Torhd believes the members in the yellow robes are part of a brothel. The party enters the inn and meet Khlo whom they pay for rooms and food. Torhd attempts to meditate while the rest of the party eats, he tries to focus on the Box of Remembrance but has trouble concentrating. He unlocks the box and realizes that the symbol on the broach is eerily similar to the symbol for the Church of the Golden Sun."Torhd watches himself traversing a battlefield, cutting down people dressed in light clothing. The scene flashes and shows Torhd once again swinging his sword through the air, this time cutting down members of the Ashen militia. The images flash once more and Torhd watches himself slicing down orcs and saluting his leaders, his broach shining pinned on his chest. As Torhd slays his final enemy, he lays supine on the bloodied grass. The scene moves again, showing Torhd receiving the broach from a group of hooded figures."Torhd drops the broach in a panic, immediately standing up from the table and walking outside of the Inn. He stays outside until Jeis and Rune come and find him, confirming that they both saw the memories as well. As they all return inside, Banks touches the broach and the box which subjects him to the same memory cycle the rest of the group saw. Banks and Torhd sit down while Banks recovers and Rune and Jeis both leave the Inn to go across town. Torhd admits that he has no memories prior to them meeting and Banks tells Torhd they should wait to discuss the memories. Once they realize that the two girls are gone they head across town as well, finding them in Barley's Tavern. They find Rune and Jeis playing poker with the patrons of the bar, gambling and drinking. Both girls are drunk and Torhd ends up carrying them home, alternating who he carries. Torhd carries Rune up to her bedroom to tuck her in where she says she doesn't understand why he doesn't like her. He explains to Rune that he's not a particularly good person.

The Oni One for Me
Torhd gets up from his usual meditation around dawn, leaving the Inn to go walk around Neverwinter. He heads towards the graveyards initially walking through the main area. He notices a woman kneeling and crying at a fairly new grave. He observes from a distance, beginning to cry as well. Once the woman leaves he walks closer to the grave, noting the name to be Winross Baum-Vonnerick who had died approximately a week prior. Torhd continues his walk into the pauper's section of the grave yard, seeing a man struggling to dig a grave. He decides to offer his help to the man, quickly digging a very clean grave. The man thanks Torhd for his help and in the process tells Torhd that this is going to be his own grave. The man introduces himself as Umeric and says that he is doing this in preparation for his death so that his family won't have to worry about it once he's gone. He shows Torhd his infected leg, which would either need a master healer or an amputation, and tells Torhd that the medical care cost would be about 25 gold. Torhd gives him almost all of his money, 2 gold, in an attempt to help. Umeric tells Torhd he is a good person which Torhd vehemently denies and continues to tell Umeric about his memory loss. Umeric invites Torhd to his house to have dinner with him and his wife but Torhd refuses. Instead, Torhd walks Umeric home where he meets his wife Petra. As Torhd leaves, Umeric tells him he is welcome any time. Torhd returns to the Inn, sitting down at one of the tables. Jeis comes running down soon after, telling Torhd that Rune is dead in her bed. Torhd goes upstairs with Jeis and finds Rune unconscious in bed with a burning mark in the shape of a coin that wasn't there yesterday. Torhd is unsure of what to do so him and Jeis take Rune to a cleric's shop in the Arcanist's Quarter. They enter a shop called Clairemont's Cleric Clinic and pay the receptionist the co-payment. They sit in the waiting area for 2 hours before the cleric finally calls them back only to tell them that he cannot help them. On their way out of the clinic Jeis tries to steal the coin purse from the receptionist desk but gets caught. The cleric goes to report Jeis to the authorities but Jeis charms him before he can report her. As they stand outside they see that Banks has caught up to the, and correctly identifies the mark on Rune as the mark of an Oni. Banks realizes that they are all in danger of getting marked since they all encountered the individual who he believes is the Oni. They return to the Inn and Torhd catches Jeis trying to go upstairs alone. He tells her that she has one minute before he's going to come and get her. Just as he is about to go upstairs to find Jeis, she hops back down with her arms full of snacks. They all set up guard in the Inn and chase any remaining patrons out with Torhd chasing out multiple individuals who attempted to enter the Inn. An old man enters the Inn and Torhd immediately believes that this individual is the Oni. Despite the rest of the team telling him not to, Torhd draws his sword and almost cuts him down in the middle of the Inn. Before he can kill the old man, a young man steps down from the stairway and reveals himself as the Oni. The party fights the Oni, with Banks calling upon his deity for protection. After defeating the Oni they are banned from the Inn and so they all head to Tymora's temple to sleep for the night.

3 and 1/2 Dads
Torhd waits until everyone is awake before requesting that they visit Umeric so that Banks can heal him

Crossroads of the Fallen
As the group goes to leave Tymora's temple, they enter the sanctuary to find The Wolf (Lex) as well as a multitude of backup soldiers. The group immediately flees the temple, and after a quick battle, escape the city on horseback. The group rides as quickly as possible to avoid being caught by Wolf as she begins to track them no matter which path they ride. Wolf pursues the group for a week, chasing them throughout the Sword Cost and attacking them wherever they stop. As they are hunted, Torhd begins to get headaches during which he struggles to orient himself as past memories overlap with current ones. While he does not have time to do his normal meditation, he comes to the realization that he was betrayed by Ishku when he was Criton, in order for Ishku to take over as High Revenant. Although the headaches are acompanied by memories, none of these memories include why he joined Ishku in the first place, as if this knowledge is blocked. Slowly they make their way towards the mountains and stop in a forest clearing outside the city of Triboar. Once they stop, Reytna confirms that they are not currently being hunted and will have enough time to actually rest before continuing on. Banks and Torhd both pull out their bedrolls, although Torhd offers his to Rune and Jeis since Rune is injured. Reytna makes a sleeping area from extra clothes and the group all go to sleep with the exception of Torhd. When the group wakes up Reytna, Banks, and Rune all go deeper into the woods to forage for food with Torhd and Jeis staying at the camp. Torhd continues to sit at the base of a tree and stare up at the sky until Jeis comes over. Jeis asks him how he is doing and reveals that she saw and hear everything that happened in the cult's basement. As she makes small talk with him she mentions that her 'mother' is a demon from whom she gets her Warlock powers and that her 'mother' is very interested in him. Slightly surprised at the mention of a demon mother, Torhd looks up at Jeis. Jeis pulls out a small toy figurine and asks Torhd if he knows what it is. Torhd takes the item from Jeis."As he touches the toy figure, he gets taken back into another memory. He stands in a ruined village, looking in on a little boy who he knows is himself. The boy is crying and holding the toy while he stands in the bloody ruins of the recently destroyed village. The boy is scooped up by a figure in black robes and the memory changes. Torhd sees himself as a young man, looking at the toy on a nightstand. He sees the figure in robes motioning him out of the room. The young Torhd picks up his sword and is lead to a sacrificial alter, where he slices his hand and lets the blood run on the alter. A voice like gravel speaks out and tells the young Torhd that he must travel to Neverwinter and kill the man Premal. As the memory changes, a young Torhd stands in his bedroom covered in blood. He holds the toy in his hands as teardrops fall onto the toy. He tosses the doll to the side."Torhd immediately throws the toy figure to the side as he did in his memory. He scrambles away in panic as he is unable to tell the difference between his memories and real life. Jeis helps calm him down as Torhd begins to reorient himself. Torhd goes off to process his new memory while the rest of the group eats breakfast. The group heads to Triboar and the closest Inn with each member taking a room. Torhd starts to settle in his room however Reytna comes by and knocks on his door, telling him there is a team meeting. Once he opens the door, Reytna grabs him by the arm and tows him to Jeis' room. They force him to hold onto Jeis' arm while they keep ahold of his other hand, forcing the entire group into a jumbled circle. The entire group is then transported away from the Inn and to Rexali's realm. In Rhyxali's realm, everyone is allowed to make a plate and take a seat. As Thyxali talks to other members of the group before addressing Torhd, who tells Rhyxali that he is suffering from headaches due to his memories. Rhyxali gives Torhd a drink and tells him that he won't have to worry about the memories or the headaches. Rhyxali informs the group that before being brought back to life, Torhd (Criton) started the The Golden Sun and was a devout follower of Bhaal. Criton had been stolen by a child of Bhaal to be a ruthless soldier and killer. As he worked through the ranks of the Reverent, Criton eventually acquired Godsbane and the essence of Bhaal in the form of an orb. Rhyxali explains that the Reverent and Criton were working to bring Bhaal back, which would affect all planes and all people. There are four steps to bring back Bhaal - 1. Obtain his essence 2. Pervert pure souls 3. Cut the heart out of the heart 4. Kill a god of opposition. Criton had chosen the Orkish god to kill as an act of revenge. Rhyxali explains how to combat these steps to prevent Bhaal's return and informs the group of their next steps. Before they leave, Torhd asks Rhyxali if he can stay in her plane because he is afraid of making things worse. She tells him that Criton and Torhd are separate and that she believes he can do good and make good choices. An offer is made for him to stay in her plane but she tells him that he should return to the material plane, where people love him. Once they return to the material plane, Torhd decides to rest. Rune eventually comes to talk to Torhd and tells him that he means a lot to her and thanks him for being around. Rune leaves but Torhd decides to go keep Rune company before bed. He ends up joining Banks in Rune's room and tells them both a story until they fall asleep.

Haffle Wouse and Find Out
Torhd and Banks sit in Haffle Wouse while Banks eats breakfast. Torhd stays at the Inn while Banks and Reytna leave for the library. Jeis joins him at the table and shows him a map, telling him that they need to leave right now. Jeis explains that she hasn't heard from Liam for a week and a half and that she is going to find him. Once Banks and Reytna return, Jeis tells the group that Liam is in the area around Sundebar and that they need to leave immediately. The group packs up their things and begin the 3 day journey to Sundebar. After arriving at a crossroads Torhd, Banks, and Reytna disguised as Rune meet Liam. Liam speaks with them until Torhd goes to put his hand on Liam, when his hand goes through the illusion and destroys it. Reiras steps out of the woods and mocks them but is soon hit with a magic missile launched by Rune hidden in the woods.

Those That Are Lost
A fight breaks out between the group and Reiras and his army. Torhd fights off multiple warriors before tackling Reiras to the ground. When they try to interrogate Reiras, Reiras summons a dragon to the area. Torhd threatens to kill Reiras if he does not reveal where Liam is. Reiras refuses and Torhd begins to choke Reiras before Jeis stabs Reiras in the chest. They move off of Reiras to go fight the dragon where they are joined by Liam and two other fighters. The dragon is defeated by Jeis who is then reunited with Liam. They return their focus to Reiras and Jeis holds a dagger to his throat. Reiras confirms that Ishku has taken Criton's place as high Reverent and that Criton was initially too worried about the people on the ground and avoided bringing back Bha'al. The group decides to keep Reiras alive and takes him back to camp.

Can Be Found
Banks and Torhd tie Reiras to a tree and start to set up a campsite. Torhd sits and listens to Liam introduce his friends before Liam and Jeis leave to perform a ritual to summon Rhyxali. Torhd talks to Shoni while waiting for everyone to return to camp. Once everyone returns to camp, the group goes to discuss what they want to do with Reiras. When they return to camp, Reiras has charmed his way out of his restraints and fled. The group searches the area for hours but do not find Reiras. They go back to the crossroads and find that one of the clerics survived and is also gone. The group decides to travel to SilveryMoon where they stay at Aryn's current home. Once they all settle in at Aryn's home, Torhd goes out back to wander in the gardens. He sits on a bench and a bird lands next to him. He tries to work through his internal conflict about Reiras being allowed to live, and tells the bird so. The bird asks him to help move its nest, but Torhd refuses because he is convinced he would just ruin it too. He discusses his distrust of demons and asks if the bird knows where Godsbane in. The bird does not know but brings Torhd a daisy which he places behind his ear. Eventually Torhd heads inside to get ready for the nighttime. As he lays in bed he gets the sensation of being watched.

Reborn Torhd and the 30 Dwarves
Torhd realizes he is too restless to stay in bed and so gets up in the middle of the night to take a walk. He still feels the sensation of being watched as he heads to the clocktower in town. He tries to go inside the tower but when he tries the handle, it's locked. He tries it again and this time rips the handle off the door and heads upstairs. As he explores the tower, he notices that the window has recently been opened. He turns to leave and gets surprised by a rat in the tower. The rat runs away and Torhd decides to chase the rat down to the sewer. He crouches down and listens in the sewer where he can hear two rats excitedly having a conversation. Eventually he stands up, where he bumps into someone standing behind him. This scares him and he slaps the person, who is an old gnomish man with glasses. He immediately apologies while the man laughs and introduces himself as Arty. Arty remarks that this isn't the first time Torhd has slapped the glasses off of him but Torhd says that he would remember hitting the glasses off of someone. Arty retorts that he would have remembered in his old life but not this one. He then says that he has been watching Torhd and means him no harm. Arty asks Torhd if he is going by 'Torhd' now, which Torhd tries to deny. Arty asks if Torhd remembers anything from the lab and says that Torhd has not been back to SilveryMoon since the last time he walked out of the lab. Arty calls Torhd Criton and says that they were friends and that he has inventions to show him. Torhd asks Arty if he is a wizard but Arty says he is an Artificer. Unfortunately, Torhd thinks Arty said he was an "Art Professor" and is further confused. Arty admits that Torhd hit his head while being revived. He then tells Torhd that he saw him break the table back at Liam's Inn. Torhd immediately becomes suspicious but Arty tells him that he is not part of the Reverent. Torhd is still confused and upset at being watched which makes Arty sad. Arty tells him that he can continue to keep a distance but he is happy that Torhd is back and part of the prophecy has been fulfilled. Torhd asks Arty if he knows where Godsbane is and Arty says he has an invention he has been working on with another friend named Lirzu that can locate the sword. Arty tells him they would do anything for Criton, however Torhd is confused by the prospect of science. Torhd refuses to believe science is real because he has only ever seen magic so Arry gives him a mechanical metal bird. Torhd is not convinced that is it not magic, but he loves the bird and keeps it. Arty invites Torhd and the rest of the group to visit him at his shop, but Torhd is suspicious of a trap and says he does not want his friends to meet Arty. They agree to meet the next day at dusk and Arty tries to hug Torhd, which he turns down before leaving.

Torhd joins the group for breakfast in the morning and informs them about Arty and his request to meet at dusk. Aryn confirms that 'Archibald' is a clock maker on the other side of Silvery Moon. The group leaves Aryn's and visits the market before heading to the clock shop on the other side of town. When the enter, Torhd feels comforted as a memory flashes over him. "A decade earlier, Criton stands in the clock shop admiring on the of the clocks on the wall. Arty walks over and remarks that he's pretty proud of that one and invites Criton to dinner. Criton doesn't remark on the clock but tells Arty that he doesn't accept invitations. Arty says that they just want to wish him well.""In a memory about 6 months before he is killed, Criton is back in the shop looking at the same clock again. Arty approaches him and tell Criton that he misses him and says that he (Criton) has been distant. Arty asks if Criton is doing okay to which Criton responds by crying."Torhd returns back from his memory, crying in real time. Liam tries to help but Torhd turns him down.

A lady greets them in the clock shop, saying that Torhd looks familiar. Torhd tries to play it off and tells the woman that he's never been there before. Reytna tells the woman they need to speak to Arty. When Arty appears, Reytna says that they didn't want to wait until dusk due to Liam and Banks having a date later. Arty invites them back to his workshop and Reytna inquires why Arty wanted to meet with them. Arty tells them that he knew Torhd before he had died as the human Criton and that him and his wife had taken Criton under their wing. Arty reveals that he was the one who brought Torhd back to life because Arty and Criton's followers believed that he would change the world. Arty asks if Torhd is a leader to which Jeis laughs and says that no, Reytna is the leader.

Arty invites them down to meet the other follows and leads the group down below the clock shop into a speakeasy. When Torhd enters the room, everyone gasps and begins to whisper that Criton has returns."Still around 6 months before he died, Criton is at the bar being served by Arty. He tells Arty that he knows things are going to turn bad and that he's pretty sure Reiras and Ishku have a plan together, but he's not sure what to do. Arty asks if he is friends with them and Torhd says no and that he hates them both. Torhd reflects that he is the one that started this so he needs to be the one to finish it. Arty insists that Criton is doing good to which Criton bluntly replies that he has killed hundreds of people and is actively seeking the destruction of this plane. As he reflects, Criton says that he should start a different group of followers and Arty calls him family."Arty orders an entire round of drinks for the table while announcing to the bar that Criton has returned. When questioned about Torhd's revival, Arty explains that he found Torhd in a mass grave site, revived him, left to get more supplies, and when he returned he found Torhd had left. He informs the group that he has a crystal that allows him to watch Torhd wherever he goes and has been watching him since the beginning. Torhd continues to talk with Arty while Rune, Reytna, and Banks leave and talk with Lirzu. When Reytna gets up from talking with Lirzu, Torhd spots her and gets a familiar feeling.

Facts
Liam, and possibly other characters, believes Torhd is illiterate.

Torhd is mildly suspicious of magical items.

Torhd is allergic to berries.

Torhd prefers scrambled eggs (although he does not need to eat).

Torhd is suspicious of individuals in Neverwinter wearing the color yellow.

Torhd is a sympathetic crier and cries at the sight or sound of another person crying.

As a human child, Torhd used to be very lonely.

Torhd has been able to stop himself from sympathetically crying once.

Torhd can speak to animals and anthropomorphic creatures

Torhd struggles to believe in science and believes all science is a form of magic

Torhd has a great relationship with his horse, Blossom.

Torhd writes his name on the tag of all his clothes.

Torhd is ambidextrous.

Torhd has a fear of fire