Ellis

## Backstory

Ellis's backstory is still largely unknown. They are a man-made automaton originating from the syndicate of Voxforge, produced by [REDACTED] and labeled with the model number LS-28. The LS line, along with a few other related models, were purpose-built for the construction of buildings, roads, large machinery, and other structures. These being industry automatons, it is uncommon for them to be made sentient. Nothing yet is known about Ellis regarding why they left Voxforge aside from a vague statement that they're "researching magic," but they decided to join the adventuring party to travel through Machimagi on the way to the capital.

## Activities

### Balmoral

* Ellis was observing the magical shows at Balmoral when they had an awkward first encounter with Murz at the local tavern, and met Nic, Eris, and Hurley shortly after.
	+ Nic gave Ellis a piece of salad, which Ellis politely held on to throughout the group's conversation and then returned shortly after.
* Ellis spent that night with the Murz and Nic at the Birch Inn, opting to stand in the corner of the room and shut down rather than take up a bed.
* The next morning, Ellis went down to the inn lobby early and rejoined up with Hurley, who he quietly observed steal money from the inn register before the two left to catch up with the others back at the tavern.
* The group left Balmoral together to follow Eris on their quest to the Capitol.

### Cinnevale

* Upon entering Cinnevale, Ellis searched the intake list for familiar names and found none.
* Ellis split a pretzel Eris.
* Ellis bought and now wears a yellow sunhat that grants resistance to radiant damage, which he paid for with half the pretzel. He also bought a rain umbrella.
* He and Eris spent the night at a nice family's house and rejoined the party at a cinnabun bakery, where Nic bought Ellis a cinnabun.
* Ellis eavesdropped on Nic and Eris as they talked outside the bakery, and was caught.
* Ellis buried his cinnabun under a large tree in the park. Eris observed.
* Upon being faced by Melondrak, Melonddrak remarked that he recognized the model number LS-28 as "prestigious." Ellis immediately then failed Melondrak's test of power.
* Upon leaving Cinnevale, Ellis pressed all the buttons in the elevator and accidentally delayed the party long enough that charm person (cast by multiple party members) wore off on Melondrak. The group was still able to successfully pass into the next syndicate.

### Meckedge

* Upon entering Meckedge, the group took a long rest. Ellis used his two-person tent and offered to share it with everyone.
* Ellis received an assortment of bread from the central hall.
* While the rest of the group argued, Ellis noticed a human and a sickly looking tiefling alone in the hall, and went over to talk to them.
* The rest of the group noticed shortly after and went to join Ellis, when suddenly Murz had a surge of wild magic and fired magic missiles into the nearby wall. Ellis moved in front of the two strangers to protect them, and got impaled in the back with a wooden plank.
* The human, acting quickly, lifted Ellis and fled the scene to a small community on the edge of Meckedge to bring them to a healer. Just before they left, Ellis gave a brief shocked and angry wordless look at Murz. Eris chased long enough to see where they were going and the rest of the party stayed behind.
* A tall women healed Ellis with pink magic upon arrival.
* Ellis, healed, checked the sickly tiefling named Pelypsis and detected no poison, disease, or magic behind her condition. Her parent, Breer, revealed himself to be a druid.
* The tall lady gave Ellis a cookie.

## Trivia

* The character Ellis was made long before the start of this campaign, and though his story has changed, his design has stayed fairly constant.
* Ellis adds stickers to his chestplate to symbolize events in his life or friendships made. He currently has three - a red heart, a blue butterfly, and a yellow smiley face.
* His preferred weapon is a warhammer.
* His model number, LS-28, is based off of the naming convention for machines from the video game *Don't Starve* by Klei Entertainment, which also uses 2 letters, a dash, and 2 numbers.
	+ Additionally, the name Ellis comes from saying the letters LS out loud.
* Underneath the model number written on his chest there is something else written, but it has been scratched out to the point of being illegible.
* Being an automaton, Ellis does not eat or sleep, though he does shut down to pass time at night.
* Ellis can be severely and sometimes permanently damaged by being waterlogged.