VG-10

VG-10 is a Warforged Druid who served on A Corsair Named Desire: A Ship Called Wanda and helped end the Aboleth-assisted time fuckery of the Mal'Shoka Chieftain. "Ten", as he was known by his crewmates, was afflicted with a speech disability, leaving him only able to speak from a vocabulary of 26 words. This led to considerable misunderstanding, but Ten was a stalwart companion valued for his versatlity and willingness to confront danger head-on. Ten's speech impairment was eventually fixed, first temporarily by the mysterious Ikthigonklu, and afterwards permanently by Oonderteau Tidefall casting the Wish spell. After being finally gifted with the ability to "speak the entirety of the common language, using the full alphabet and understanding syntax", Ten's first words were, "You could have done that the whole time!?"

## Origin

VG-10 (VanGuard no. 10) was originally created to fight the Illithid hordes in a long forgotten war. While fighting through a forest, VG-10's speech circuit was damaged in a magical attack, and since he was viewed more as a piece of equipment than a person, he was abandoned as a defective unit. Lacking any innate purpose and no other command, VG-10 stood motionless in the forest for hundreds of years as the forest grew around him. Over time, VG-10's chassis became a support for creeping vines, a nursery for seedlings, and a shelter and home for small animals. And as the forest grew through him, so did the spirit of the forest. And in that spirit he found his purpose - to be the supporter and defender of nature, through patience, care, and if necessary, force.

## Leaving the Forest and Arriving at G-Rash Bay

Nature is intimately entwined with the flow of time, and sensing a great calamity approaching, the spirits of the forest sent their stalwart protector to find a way of averting disaster. After wandering for some time he found the bustling port town of G-Rash Bay. It was there that he found the future crew of A Corsair Named Desire: A Ship Called Wanda and calculating that these were the most probable instigators of calamity, joined their crew to observe them and determine how to undermine their plans. It turned out they were *not* the villains as he had first surmised, and in fact his key to defending time itself and all the diversity of nature within.

## Vocabulary

After being left in the forest, Ten could express only 26 words. They were:

1. Ten
2. One
3. All
4. Some
5. Not
6. In
7. On
8. To
9. Here
10. There
11. Affirmative
12. Negative
13. Hurt
14. Look
15. Take
16. Grow
17. Help
18. Halt
19. Friend
20. Rain (water, to fall, trouble)
21. Pine (green, young, weak)
22. Redwood (huge, red, strong, old)
23. Blueberry (small, blue)
24. Banana (generic flora, yellow)
25. Cat (generic fauna)
26. Geoff (generic person)

### Flashback Disks

Additionally, three "flashback disks" were found which, after showing Ten a brief flashback scene from his forgotten past, added one word to his vocabulary.

#### War

In this flashback, Ten was part of an advancing army, fighting an opposing army of Illithids.

#### Family

Ten is badly damaged after battle. Another warforged finds him and effects repairs, reminding him of their shared bond and the strength of family.

#### Enemy

(I don't remember this one - I think it was in the Illithid stronghold before Ten gets his wings and assaults the party, but I don't remember what the flashback was.)

## Epilogue

Having averted total temporal disaster, Ten returned to the forest, where he resumed his place at its heart, letting the forest again grow through him as he waits, perhaps forever, for the next time he is needed.