Foq Eweard

Official image of Foq, drawn by @grace.pptx on Instagram

Foq Eweard is a Player Character of Arc 11 played by Aram.

## Description

Foq is a level 9 Arcane Trickster Rogue and a Satyr. He is about 22-23 years old during Arc 11, and for a Satyr, he is rather tall with his 5'7". He has big straight horns coming up from his forehead between big tufts of black hair, ending in siler capstones, and a beard that wraps around bright pink eyes. He dresses extravagantly, wearing a fur coat with a partially translucent cape showing the image of a silver tree that can be seen from either side, and a high collar neckpiece with body chains. His legs are covered in ombre fur going from black to white.

On board of the Ascendant Engine, Foq is disguised as a stunningly beautiful Human with violet eyes, calling himself Hugh Mon. He wears a tuxedo and carries a cane and a top hat.

Until shortly before Arc 11, Foq was a member of a Feywild court, but flees from there and is running away, just trying to get as far as possible with the item he stole. He cannot even access what he stole, because it is inside a locked box that he cannot open.

He has a ring of the fey court he was part of, which allows him to cast *Disguise Self* at will and keep up his false identity.

His magic item is the Pendant of Good Vibes Only, with which he can cast *Calm Emotions* once per short rest.

## Backstory

Foq is the youngest of three siblings, and part of a Feywild court, specifically the spring court. His older sister Kyk is going to run the army, and his older brother Smäk is in line for king. Foq himself is mostly just kept around in case something should happen, but has no actual purpose, and is generally overshadowed by his siblings. So, as he is presented with the opportunity to take what he is assured is a very powerful magic item, he takes it and runs. It is his first real journey out of the Feywild, and he doesn't even actually know what a train is. He just gives someone an emerald, and receives a ticket in return, being assured that this is the mode of transport that can take him away the farthest.

Despite not being in line for any major role in the court, his noble upbringing makes him believe to be anointed. He is aware that there are people helping him every step of the way, but takes this help as something they do gladly.

## Character Arc

Introducing himself as Hugh Mon, Foq boards the train in full disguise, uncertain of what a train actually is. He does not know how to behave like a human, and quickly attracts the suspicion of the other passengers by talking about how normal he behaves and that he wants to file some taxes, in combination to his misspeaking, during which he basically reveals that he is on the run and from the Feywild. However, at first they do not care that much, and just accept him as another weird and entitled customer.

As the Ascendant Engine starts behaving weirdly, he more or less conincidentally becomes involved in the staff's efforts to try and fix it, mostly because he happened to be in the same room when things were being discussed. Finally, Atelut has enough of his games and casts *Dispell Magic* on him, revealing his true appearance. He then tells them his name.

After the second plane shift, the train re-appears in the Feywild, on its way towards the spring court. The train is attacked by a fairy dragon, and while Foq does not want to kill it, he sends it far enough away that it cannot follow. The fairy dragons are connected to the spring court, and so he admits to the rest of the group that he is a fey prince on the run for treason. He flicks his fey court ring into one of the vats of the train, hoping that he won't be tracked anymore then, despite claiming that it is very dear to him. For the rest of the day, he mostly tends to the bar, where he mixes drinks that don't exist, gets the passengers drunk, and tries to offer them some comfort, while also, knowingly or not, being very threatening.

The next morning, Foq notices that his box is warm, and starts trying to open it. When he doesn't manage to do so immediately, he asks Atelut for help, who helps him get past the first level of security with a *Dispel Magic* and then tells him to ask Chet and Rian. Rian solves the puzzle box, revealing a second, silver box inside it. To open it, he has to pass a Wisdom saving throw, but then finds a white golden ring that is so cold he takes some damage just from touching the silver box. Foq admits that it is possible the item he stole from his family might have been stolen from the winter court before, and Rian is immediately concerned that a ring hidden behind three layers of security might be too dangerous. Suds proposes that a powerful magic item might be helpful to have in their possession and under their control, and Atelut finally decides that it is Foq's right to decide over the ring. He puts it on and becomes unconscious as the train planeshifts again, into the second layer of hell, the city of Dis.

The others are concerned about him, and as he wakes up again, his fingertips have turned white, and his eyes also are no longer purple, but milky white. He is possessed by the sentient ring Jeh'baqqan, the frozen fool, and tries to attack the party, and specifically the train. He runs into the engine room, uncaring for collateral damage, and tries to destroy the train, until Rian finally downs him with a *Witch Bolt*. His eyes turn back to purple, and he says "I could really use a drink", before he dies.

His soul tries to find his way back to the Feywild, where he belongs, but gets stuck in Hell until Scenda opens a sort of doorway for him to be in the train with her, where he meets her as a vaguely humanoid shaped light. He is not angry or unhappy that he died, and thinks he lived a very good life, but as he sees an opening to go back into his body, he still tries his best to do so. However, while he is able to communicate with the others in the train and do magic, he cannot pass through the wall separating him from them. Only with the help of Scenda and his belief in her is he able to *Vortex Warp* himself back out of this liminal space into the actual train car, where he first exists as a ghost, and then manages to merge back with his body.

As the train reaches a celestial train station, Foq helps the other staff and passengers to pull out the newly ascended deity Scenda from the train, although he uses a mage hand instead of his own physical hands to do so. He gives her some advice on being a powerful being, despite her being an actual deity. Scenda helps them get back to the Material Plane, and Pistol City Station Town, where Foq just wanders off to see more of the world, starting with vending machines. He has forgiven Rian for the murder, and concluded from his revival that he is free of consequence.

## Trivia

* The original character concept Aram gave was just "malicious twink".
* Foq does not like very sweet drinks.
* He can wear clothes "off the rack".
* Foq speaks Common, Elvish, and Thieves' Cant, but no Sylvan.