## Uncover Ven's Past **Status:** 🔄 IN PROGRESS ### Quest Giver Self-initiated ([[Ven]] has amnesia) ### Objective Discover who Ven is, why he was in a crate, what happened to his memories, who created him, and what his purpose is. ### Description Ven awoke in a storage crate aboard the [[GSS Ozymandias]] with no memories of his identity or past. He appears to be a constructed or heavily modified being with mysterious origins. ### Rewards Understanding of identity and purpose ### Evidence Discovered **Physical Evidence:** - Brand: XV 27 - Arcane equations written in his eyes - Scars on head from torture/modification - Bio-alchemy and necro-arcana components in his creation **Memories Restored by [[Chigpin]] (Session 5):** - A box - A ship - A rune - Being watched - Pain - Black feathers and black beak - Struggling (gender unclear) - "Taking" something - Returning to the box **Additional Memories (Session 9):** - Dead Kenku - Drawing a rune in reverse - Eyes peering into box through cracks (pale, wide eyes) - The glyph he wrote killed the Kenku - Same Kenku now alive on ship (shapeshifter) **Visions (Session 4):** - Strapped down - Metallic and flesh hands with needles - Multi-armed entity torturing him - "It's for a good cause" **Other Visions (Session 3):** - [[Sea of Rust]] with enormous statues in storms - Killing a crab creature - Black sand turning to red sand ### Key NPCs Who Know About Ven - **[[Kessari Dustspanner]]**: Knows Ven from before, said "Fuck, he said that could happen" about the amnesia. Who is "he"? - **[[Chigpin]]**: Told him "You are more than you were made to be" and "the path behind you is yours to uncover" - **[[The Handler]]**: Killed by Ven, was controlling shapeshifters - **The Toymaker**: Sent assassins, connected to Ven's creation ### Connections to Other Mysteries - Black Kenku with purple eye necklace was following him - Shapeshifters were connected to him - [[The Toymaker]] is hunting the party - Fadalkan woman on ship has no memory of him - He stabbed a crab (recovered memory Session 9) - [[Captain Roxanne]] sympathetic to his situation, discussed legal status ### Chigpin's Gifts Gave Ven a [[Ven's Quarterstaff|quarterstaff]] that he immediately recognized despite his amnesia, suggesting it's from his past. ### Related Quests - [[Investigate The Toymaker]] - [[Investigate the Morningstar Journal]] ### Sessions 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 15