Collins

Collins, also known as Michael Collins, Q, Mephistopheles, Old Scratch, Gabriel, Gamereon, Soren, Jay English, and Caspar Loach, is an incredibly powerful, possibly artificially-created, humanoid entity believed to have come into existence around 1000 years ago. He was responsible for and has been involved in many important events over the last millennium, including the sealing of Ugashi Nephret and the founding of Corcoran. He is also the founder and current leader of the Sovereigns.
== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
Collins appears to be a 6' human man in his mid-30s. He has medium-length white hair and wears a black blindfold.
=== Notable Feats and Abilities ===
Rapid movement speed
* Was able to move faster than the blink of an eye during The Knight of Ruin fight
=== Unconfirmed Abilities ===
Foresight
* He has placed letters addressed to the party in places where the party would find them in the future (most notably in Hajun Crane's library in Magnostadt, 246 years before the party would arrive there)
Reality manipulation
* He caused the #1 flipstone to disappear from Castor's pocket (however, because Sylas said he never made the #1 flipstone, it may have just been a magical item disguised as a flipstone)
Blindsight and/or tremorsense
* He wears a blindfold but appears to see perfectly fine 
== Campaign History ==
=== Sessions 1-3: Collins ===
Starting in Session 1, the party began to find various letters addressed to them, written by an unknown source. Many of the letters were obtained through seemingly unrelated, unpredictable means, including being on the body of a Sovereign killed by the party.
At the beginning of Session 3, while traveling through Magnostadt for the Founder's Festival, Castor noticed a small engraving in the center of William's flipstone, that said "call it." He checked the flipstone's list of recent calls, with the last one being 15 years ago to a flipstone with ID #1. Upon calling #1 with William's flipstone, he felt a small "buzzing" coming from under the street. Breaking open a brick under their feet revealed the flipstone with ID #1 and discriminator GOD. A recorded message was saved on the flipstone, which was found to be a conversation between William and a man who identified himself as "Collins." At the end of session, another letter (planted on Mar in the Founder's Square) was written from the perspective of an astronaut who again called himself Collins. This letter was in the same handwriting as the previous unidentified letters, to which the party attributed to Collins as well. As one of the earliest letters was found on the body of a Sovereign, the party also assumed the "master" of the Sovereigns to be Collins.
=== Sessions 4-5: Q ===
While following The Knight of Ruin through the town of Holbeck towards Alvalan, the party was told by Slim Al to stop at a magic-item store owned by one of his friends, Quincy. Upon arrival, the store was on fire, likely caused by the path of destruction left by the Knight. A bystander yelled out that a boy was trapped in the building, and before the party could react, a human man with white hair and a blindfold burst out from inside the building holding the boy. As the party asked the man what his name was, a large letter "Q" fell from the sign on top of Quincy's store -- the man said that the party could call him Q. Though the man spoke in a strange and somewhat silly manner, the party quickly befriended him. He then proceeded to disappear down an alleyway or, according to Castor, "walk off into the sunset."
Some days later in Alvalan, the party encountered Q staring at a brick wall and murmuring to himself. Quickly disregarding this as normal behavior for Q, the party reunited with him, who said he was traveling to The Sacred Land. On the way to the same place, the party invited Q to travel with them, which he accepted. Q only stayed with a party until they arrived at the border of Alvalan, however, at which point he said he would reunite with them later in The Sacred Land.
=== Session 6 ===
Near the end of the party's battle with the Knight, when he was on death's doorstep, he began to charge a magical attack which likely would have killed the party if it had activated. However, at the last moment, Q appeared from behind the party and punched a hole through the Knight's chest.
Later, the party met Godric Galahad, a nearly-blind tiefling and wielder of the Door of Ruin, who was sealed in a cave in The Sacred Land by the Knight a century ago. After learning about more the Doors, the Universe, and Collins from Godric, he offered to teleport the party to the nearby King Mountains that they were on their way to. While the teleportation circle was charging, Godric gave them one final warning about Collins, saying that he only saw Collins once in his life a century ago, and only for a moment. He said that Collins had long white hair and a blindfold. At this moment, just as the teleportation circle activated, Q stepped behind Godric and snapped his neck. Q then called the party with Godric's flipstone, virtually confirming that he was Collins.
=== Session 7: Mephistopheles; Old Scratch; Gabriel ===
After being teleported out of Godric's cave, the party read Godric's research notes on Collins, which stated that Collins went by several different names throughout history, including "Mephistopheles" and "Old Scratch." In addition, because it is known that Ugashi Nephret was killed while fighting the leader of the Sovereigns, and that Ugashi was told to "kill Gabriel" during his subsequent resurrection by King Nephret, Godric believes Collins to also be Gabriel, the founder of Corcoran.
While in the King Mountains the following day, the party discovered a cavern with ancient writing on its walls and a statue of Collins in its center. The writing on the walls of the cavern read: "Man-God Mephistopheles."
=== Session 8 ===
In Maryn's vision with Iramsol, he describes a "truth at the root of everything," of which learning about would cause one's mind to "cripple under its immeasurable might." Iramsol stated that "only one singular being across all of existence has overcome the weight of that truth through sheer force of will." This being is presumed to be Collins.
== Biography ==
Largely unknown. Has an unclear relationship with William Vaelin Krenting.
Collins has gone by various names throughout history. Those known by the party, and their usage, are as follows:
* Michael Collins
* Q
* Mephistopheles
* Old Scratch
* Gabriel
* Gamereon
* Soren
* Jay English
* Caspar Loach