Octavia Crane-Milestone

### Class

Banneret (Formerly) Echo Knight 3/Great Old One Warlock 8 (The Emptiness campaign)Battle Master 9/Mage of Lorehold Warlock 8 (The Longest Night oneshot)

### Allignment

Lawful Neutral (The Emptiness campaign)Chaotic Good (Longest Night oneshot)

## Relationships

### Family

Maxine Crane-Milestone (Wife)Atlas Crane-Milestone (Son)Sable Crane-Milestone (Daughter)Redd Crane (Father)Gerald Crane (Father)Cain Crane (Brother)Unnamed Woman (Mother)

## Meta Information

### Appears In

The Emptiness CampaignThe Longest Night Oneshot

### Player

Malik

Octavia is a PC featured in The Emptiness Campaign. She was originally a private in the town guard of Starcrest, but now she is busy being a mother to three children. She is a Halfling Fighter/Warlock played by Malik.

## Background

Octavia Crane-Milestone was once a Private in the Starcrest Town Guard. During this time, she was a very violent and brutal member of the group. Though she likely was able to rank up, she chose to stay in her place. She enjoyed being able to filter her anger and anxiety into those that were against the law.

During this time, she was with a Half-Sea Elven woman named Minerva Cinder. Minerva was a bard that played all over the small world they live in, getting astounding applause wherever they go. During this time, Octavia was astounded by the way she viewed the world, but noticed that she was always a little distant and dismissive. One day, she found Minerva in bed with her gig director and she left, never to see her again. After that, she passed herself around the barracks rather flippantly to fill the hole (pun intended) that she had left behind.

## Personality

Octavia is a very stoic and serious woman, some would say to a degree that makes her seem funny to some. She is determined to do her best at anything when the time arises and she finds herself falling flat on her face when she tries those things often. That being said, she is a protector at heart, and she will never allow herself to be afforded any luxury without making sure every one else that she can viably reach also has that same luxury.

Once a lost soul with nothing but anger to filter out to people, she has grown to become someone who is able to control that rage and use it to help those in need.

## In Game Stats and Items

Octavia currently has the following ability scores:

* Strength: 20 (+5)
* Dexterity: 14 (+2)
* Constitution: 16 (+3)
* Intelligence: 8 (-1)
* Wisdom: 10 (+0)
* Charisma: 18 (+4)

She has an Armor Class of 19, wearing half-plate armor, and an initiative modifier of +7 (this is also made with advantage because of her magical item.) She has 9d10 and 8d8 hit die because of her Fighter/Warlock Multiclass.

#### Feats

* Alert- You can't be surprised while you are conscious. You gain a +5 bonus to initiative. Other creatures don't gain advantage on attack rolls against you as a result of being unseen by you.
* Sentinel- When you hit a creature with an opportunity attack, the creature's speed becomes 0 for the rest of the turn. Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach. When a creature makes an attack against a target other than you (and that target doesn't have this feat), you can use your reaction to make a melee weapon attack against the attacking creature.

#### Notable Items

* Morbius- Octavia's Pact Weapon. This weapon will often take the form of a Light Crossbow or Axe. Initially, it took the form of a sword, but Octavia left the sword behind in The Longest Night. It is an all vantablack weapon made of the black ooze that was revealed to be Naiion's blood.
* Sentinel Shield- While holding this shield, Octavia has advantage on initiative rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks. The shield is emblazoned with the symbol of an eye.
* Snake Dagger- A +1 Dagger given to her by Dester. She then gave it away to Redd Crane to help with his cooking. She later got it back during The Longest Night.
* A Cute Rug- A 5gp rug that was made by Weaver. It was revealed in The Longest Night that the rug was actually so well made that it was on a lease. It was a very basic black and yellow rug.

#### Spellcasting

Octavia is a spellcaster as a Warlock, making her a Charisma Caster. Her Spell Save DC is 18 and she has a +10 spell attack bonus.

* *Cantrips:* Sacred Flame, Booming Blade, Infestation, Green-Flame Blade
* *1st Level:* Comprehend Languages, Arms of Hadar, Armor of Agathys, Protection from Evil and Good
* *2nd Level:* Knock, Locate Object, Flock of Familiars, Earthbind, Shatter
* *3rd Level:* Speak With Dead, Spirit Guardians, Remove Curse, Spirit Shroud
* *4th Level (2 Slots):* Arcane Eye, Stone Shape, Shadow of Moil

#### Eldritch Invocations

Octavia, at her current level, has access to four Eldritch Invocations.

* *Cloak of Flies:* As a bonus action, she can surround herself with a magical aura that looks like buzzing flies. The aura extends 5 feet from her in every direction, but not through total cover. It lasts until she's incapacitated or she dismisses it as a bonus action. The aura grants her advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks but disadvantage on all other Charisma checks. Any other creature that starts its turn in the aura takes poison damage equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). Once she uses this invocation, she can't use it again until she finishes a short or long rest.
* *Eldritch Mind:* She has advantage on Constitution saving throws that she makes to maintain her concentration on a spell.
* *Improved Pact Weapon:* She can use any weapon she summons with her Pact of the Blade feature as a spellcasting focus for her warlock spells. In addition, the weapon gains a +1 bonus to its attack and damage rolls, unless it is a magic weapon that already has a bonus to those rolls. Finally, the weapon she conjures can be a shortbow, longbow, light crossbow, or heavy crossbow.
* *Beast Speech:* She can cast speak with animals at will, without expending a spell slot.

#### Spirit of Naiion

After losing Naiion, the remnant magic left behind inside Octavia felt discordant with the absence of Naiion. That anxiety manifested a spectral version of the old Naiion that inhabited Octavia's mind during The Emptiness Campaign. This spirit shares no affiliation with the true Naiion aside from likeness. This version of Naiion is much more like the version of Naiion from The Emptiness than the more developed version from The Longest Night. Mechanically, this spirit comes the from the Ancient Companion option from the Mage of Lorehold subclass feature. with the Warrior option.

*Spirit of Naiion*

Medium Construct, Chaotic Neutral

Armor Class: 16

Hit Points: 50

Speed: 30 ft.

* Strength: 14 (+2)
* Dexterity: 9 (-1)
* Constitution: 15 (+2)
* Intelligence: 14 (+2)
* Wisdom: 14 (+2)
* Charisma: 11 (+0)

Saving Throw Proficiencies: Constitution +8, Intelligence +8, Wisdom +8

Skill Proficiencies: History +7, Perception +12

Damage Immunities: Poison

Condition Immunities: Charmed, Exhausted

Senses: Passive Perception 24

Proficiency Bonus: +6

Ancient Fortitude: If damage reduces Naiion to 0 hit points, they can make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is from a critical hit. On a success, they drop to 1 hit point instead.

Spirit Strike: Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target Naiion can see. Hit: 1d8 + 8 force damage.

Reaction: When a creature within 5 feet of Naiion makes a Strength or Dexterity saving throw, they impose themselves between the creature and the danger. The creature can roll a d4 and add the number rolled to the saving throw.

Ancient Knowledge (Warrior): If Octavia uses her action to cast a cantrip, she can make one weapon attack as part of that action. If that weapon attack hits, the target takes an additional 1d8 radiant damage.

#### Battle Master Maneuvers

Octavia has access to six total Battle Master Maneuvers. Five of which are from her Battle Master Subclass Feature and has d8 superiority die, and one of which comes from the Superior Technique fighting style which has a d6 superiority dice.

* *Brace:* When a creature Octavia can see moves into the reach she has with the melee weapon she's wielding, she can use her reaction to expend one superiority die and make one attack against the creature, using that weapon. If the attack hits, add the superiority die to the weapon's damage roll.
* *Evasive Footwork:* When Octavia moves, she can expend one superiority die, rolling the die and adding the number rolled to your AC until she stops moving.
* *Parry:* When another creature damages Octavia with a melee attack, she can use her reaction and expend one superiority die to reduce the damage by the number she rolls on your superiority die + your Dexterity modifier.
* *Precision Strike:* When Octavia makes a weapon attack roll against a creature, she can expend one superiority die to add it to the roll. She can use this maneuver before or after making the attack roll, but before any effects of the attack are applied.
* *Rally:* On Octavia's turn, she can use a bonus action and expend one superiority die to bolster the resolve of one of her companions. When she does so, she chooses a friendly creature who can see or hear her. That creature gains temporary hit points equal to the superiority die roll + her Charisma modifier (4).
* *Riposte:* When a creature misses Octavia with a melee attack, she can use her reaction and expend one superiority die to make a melee weapon attack against the creature. If she hits, she adds the superiority die to the attack's damage roll.

## Story

### The Emptiness Campaign

#### Beginnings

Private Octavia Crane began her journey around the blood of her comrades. Through environmental causes, she found herself face to face with a deity. This deity revealed themselves to be Naiion, and forced themselves into Octavia's mind. This led to her leaking viscous, black ooze out of every orifice of her body. Reeling from this, she tried to bury herself into her work by going back to her commanding officer. The commanding officer ultimately dismissed her, so she used her newfound powers to kill him with her mind.

After this, she began to wander towards Starcrest in hopes of finding someone that could rid her of what she viewed as a disease. Being mentally affronted by Naiion, she struggled to find a way to silence the noise. Upon asking, Naiion did allow her some quiet, but she found that it was more deafening than anything Naiion could throw at her.

When she arrived at Starcrest, she found the annual event taking place where they celebrate the beheading of criminals. While she was initially planning to try to sneak her way through and not deal with any of it, a large caravan wagon crashed through the event with a flamboyantly dressed boy and a murky water genasi. As if on instinct, she ran in to protect them from the guards that were bearing down upon them.

After locking in battle with another outstandingly trained Starcrest guard, the group was faced with the leader of the city, Annabelle. Putting them all in a state where they were unable to attack or run, they were told that they must retrieve a certain stone from the town of Maioness and bring it back to her. If not, then she will hunt them to the ends of the earth and kill them. With that, whether she liked it or not, she had a new party of friends.

#### Traveling

As the party wakes from their rest, they set their sights on Mariness. They made note of the absence of Atlas, and they surmised that he used his owl wings and flew away. Unconcerned beyond that, Octavia followed the party to the city. Everyone in the party played tag on the way there aside from Octavia. She decided to keep watch on all sides to make sure they made it there safely.

Eventually, they reach the city, only to find a force field surrounding it. After much effort trying to force it, the party gathered that Puddin' was the key to getting through the field. Octavia initially tried to refuse the offer to enter, but Meno pulled her in anyways. She suffered burns on the way in because of the ooze that was constantly leaking out of her, but she lived. Immediately after this, Puddin' fell over, unconscious. After the party stopped worrying about Puddin', she advised the party to move towards the city so they can get out of the force field.

#### Mariness

The party made it to the city of Mariness to find beautiful living conditions. Everyone made their plans and then went on their way. Octavia offered to go to the temple, something that Naiion didn't want to do. They revealed that Laiion (the deity being worshipped in the town) is their sister, and she is not a desirable being. The argument escalated and Naiion began breaking parts of Octavia's body and causing her great pain. When she proved strong enough to fend off this attack, Naiion left in a fit of rage. She then entered the temple and found a pink-haired halfling woman that was glowing. She was surprised to see Octavia, but there isn't much time for them to conversate. When the clock hits twelve, there is an explosion.

The party woke back up at the entrance of the town. Naiion is returned back to her mind forcefully, a fact that neither of them are happy about. They both argue with each other, which is the first time that the rest of the party sees her interact with (from their perspective) herself. They decided to table it for now, as they have a bigger problem. With little effort, the party puts their heads together to figure out that they were currently stuck in a time loop. They decided to split up and look for clues, placing Max with Octavia.

As they were walking to check on the temple again, Max expressed some concern about the magic that was infesting her. They got into an argument about it, but it is short lived because they soon found the temple. They found it empty, so they made their way back in semi-silence.

The party found out right as they were struck by it that a meteor was the cause of the explosion. They were then woken up at the entrance yet again. They then rushed to make a new plan, which placed Elodea and Octavia going to the temple again.

Elodea and Octavia did their own investigation of the temple because the halfling from before was not present. The two, from their collective investigation skills of which neither were proficient, found out that a half-elf named Astrophel tried to kill the halfing that they identified as Saros. The two then decided to break into Saros' house and do more investigating. After a small amount of rummaging, a council member named Laika knocked on the door. In a panic, Octavia called on Naiion to help, and used the black ooze to alter her form and disguise herself as Saros. Letting her in, she found that Dester was also with Laika, which was more surprising to Octavia than Laika's appearance. After a short conversation, Octavia asked Naiion for a way out of this situation, to which Naiion responds with blowing Octavia's body up. This killed Octavia and Laika immediately seriously injured Elodea and Dester.

While the two wait for the time loop to reset, they met each other in a desolate wasteland that they both seemed to understand was the afterlife. Naiion revealed that the afterlife was normally different, but the same forces that were causing the emptiness was harming this realm. Octavia felt the pain and loneliness that Naiion was feeling, and felt sympathy for them. They both agreed, though reluctantly, to not be hostile with each other while they made efforts to remove themselves from each other's lives.

The world reset with a disgruntled Dester and Elodea asking why she just exploded and killed Laika. Octavia, being avoidant, told them that she would tell them later. This eventually convinces them to drop the subject, but Elodea says that she will not be leaving Octavia's side because she does not trust her. Stating that the sentiment is fair, the party finally noticed that Puddin' is in a glowing sphere, still asleep, but there are a bunch of dead people in white robes surrounding him. Unable to do anything else, the party split once again,

Octavia followed the party around deftly, just following their investigative whims. Soon after, Saros quickly ran out of the hospital that Max and Dester had just entered. Octavia chose to follow her back to the temple. When she got there, Saros revealed that she only had to kill the two for insurance. She revealed she did this because she was greedy and wanted the power gifted to Astrophel, but quickly realized what she did caused a disaster that she could not fix. In her fight with Astrophel the wishing stone was damaged causing her to be unable to fully save the town. She also revealed that Naiion and Liion have a brother who is a complete asshole. Octavia, enraged by the fact that this person felt that they were comparable to her at all, rushed her and dragged her by her hair through the center of the town. At some point, though she does not know exactly when, Meno and Elodea (disguised as a crocodile) joined her to add to the intimidation factor.

The time loop reset again, and the party agreed on a course of action and that splitting the party was not good for their overall health. The group decided to go to the hospital in hopes of finding Saros there. Knowing that Octavia would have a very hard time sneaking in because of her loud armor, so she decided to work as a distraction. She tried to flirt with the nurse at the front, but was rudely interrupted by Naiion who broke her arms to try and help. This did not win her over, but it distracted her long enough to allow her friends to find what they need.

The party then made their way to the temple for their final showdown with Saros. As the plan stood, Octavia made her way in at first. Saros then explained that she didn't want to fight the party, but agreed to the fight presuming the party fought fair. The party did not necessarily do wonderfully, but Dester was able to snatch the stone from Saros. She ceased the fight and told them that she would allow them to leave if they freed Astrophel from prison. Max and Octavia agree to do so while everyone else tries to get people out as quickly as possible.

As the meteor approached, the party argued with one another. Octavia and Meno argued that they needed to cut the town's losses and get out while they were ahead. Elodea and Max argue that they should wait for another loop to try and save everyone. Neither group ended up making a decision, as Dester snatched the stone and broke it. With the new reality dawning on them, the party rushed away as the meteor leveled the city.

As everyone else grieves the city, Octavia begins violently beating Saros. Her goal was to beat Saros to death, but Dester advises that she stop. He reasoned that Saros' life would be more punishment than death. Agreeing with him, she backed down.

As everyone mourned, Octavia shared her experience and told them that Naiion was a volatile being. That being said, the two of them have been trying to get along. The party is generally accepting of this fact, and support her as much as they are allowed.

#### Sandstorm

After some traveling, Octavia is jolted away in lieu of an impending sand storm. The party is unable to wake up Elodea, so it falls to Octavia to carry her into a cave so they are not bombarded by the storm. As the storm passes, the party decides to do various things, but Octavia does not participate. She instead watches the entrance for people to come in through the storm that they lost. Puddin' tells Octavia that the person is not Meno, but she wants to make sure whoever it was could find shelter as well. As they approached, they noticed that the group was a part of the people in white. Though Octavia tried to get away, the people noticed them and tried to take Puddin'. Octavia fought back, and the three were then caught up in the heart of the storm. Octavia was able to stand her ground, but Puddin' and the woman in white were blasted away by a tornado.

Octavia traversed through the storm until she found the woman in white who was dying. She tortured the woman for a bit for information and she learned that a man that they had met in the Starcrest celebration had alerted the people in white robes of Puddin's existence. After all that, she began forcing the woman to walk with her to find Puddin'. She stated that she would not stop until they found him or both died.

After a while, Octavia and the woman in white find Meno walking through the desert. Horrified of the consequences, she shakily told Meno that she lost Puddin'. When that happened, Meno directed all his anger towards the woman. After some interrogation, he killed her before storming the other man that was with them. As the party began choosing their sides, Octavia decided to join Meno's side because she had already wronged him greatly in that moment. She used her pact sword to hold Samson in place. The party argued over what to do, and Elodea cast Entangle on everyone to try and get them to communicate and work through everything. Unfortunately, Entangle helped everyone but who it needed to. Meno stabbed Samson through the head with a sword and killed him.

After the massacre of the other two people in white robes, everyone spreads amongst themselves. Octavia first apologizes to Meno for losing Puddin'. Then she goes to the entrance of the cave and speaks with Naiion. The two of them surmise that Octavia will leave in the morning when everyone is safe. They planned to go east.

In the morning, Octavia is woken up by Meno being not subtle about his leaving. Even though she initially wanted to go alone, there would be no way for her to justify her leaving as well. The two decided to go together. Both Saros and Rasputin try to come along with them, but they are shut down pretty handily.

#### Leaving the Party

Octavia and Meno began walking due east and they were met with Puddin'. This image of Puddin' begins speaking to them, and trying to bring them back to the group. Initially, the two of them believed this spectre of Puddin', but the two of them caught him in a lie. Unable to identify who he actually was even though they knew it wasn't Puddin', the image of Puddin' exploded. This knocked both Crane and Meno unconscious for a time.

After waking up, the two decided to continue east, and they came across the town of Downham. A charming little town. They happened upon a middle-aged man named Vincent Milestone, who was revealed to be Max's dad who hasn't seen his daughter in years. The two of them are floored by this fact, and they have a disagreement on what they should do. Meno, temporarily swooned by the man, wants to stay while Octavia, flustered by the mention of Max, wants to get as far away from here as possible. Vincent insists that they stay and get some rest, and the two are offered Max's childhood room. Octavia feels dirty about this and wants to leave even more, but Vincent then asks if he can use the black ooze coming out of her as black paint. Though it was a weird question, she was more than willing to give him some. Vincent then gives the two of them bits of wooden jewelry, Octavia received a bracelet with sunflowers on it.

#### Reunited

After a while, the party was not too far on their tails. Just as Octavia and Meno were getting comfortable, they hear the party in the living room. The two of them share a comical moment where they both admit that they are scared of facing their problems, and they try to run away. Max immediately catches them and wrangles them to a spot where they can be yelled at for running away. Though there is a very intense exchange, everyone is deep down happy to see the party back together again.

After all the yelling is finished, the group informed each other of their favorite colors. Octavia and Max both share the color yellow, Dester's is evident with a pink/purple, Meno's is orange, and Elodea's is blue. Some were surprised by Elodea's being blue because of her whole color scheme being green. As the group shares this moment, Vincent offers the party some cider.

Before she is able to leave, Dester stopped her in the room. He tells her to never leave again. She reluctantly agreed, but shared some concern with losing trust and love from the party. To solidify that they do not, Dester referenced a line from her War Journal. She is surprised and confused as to why and how she left it. Dester gives it back to her and they rejoin the party.

Octavia spurred everyone to go join the festivities except for Max and Dester, who both went elsewhere. Octavia gets lost in the event, not really remembering how much she missed these events. She joins the dancing and stands out well past many, but not the best on the dance floor. Meno informed Octavia and Elodea that he saw an image of Puddin' and that they need to go soon. They agreed, but they state that Meno needed to get some sleep. They would be no good for him if they did not rest. Meno reluctantly agreed and joined them in the festivities.

Octavia and Max had a moment in which a drunk Max spills on her emotions both about the passing of her mother and also her seeming fondness of Octavia. Before they can continue their conversation, however, Max passes out. Octavia carried her back to her room and places her in the bed. While unconscious and unable to hear, Octavia called her beautiful before sitting down and adding to her war journal its 71st entry, which simply says "She's wonderful."

#### Attack on Downham

Octavia was woken up to the sounds of violence outside, as was the rest of the party. Many Starcrest guards stood outside and had already violently attacked Meno. The party fought the guards and ultimately won, but they were on the ropes for most of the fight. Meno was taken down for a good portion of it and Max was hungover. Nonetheless, Dester, Elodea, and Octavia were able to land some good killing blows that gave them a win.

After this, Vincent made the party pancakes. Chocolate chip, to be exact.

Before leaving the town, the party went shopping. Meno bought Octavia some Half-Plate armor for her because she had anxiety while buying.

#### Vs. Elodea

As the party went their different ways, Octavia walked back to the Milestone residence together. Making conversation, Octavia asks Elodea where she's from, and she answers about the swamp. The swamp began dying, and Elodea had gone to Starcrest in hopes of finding help. Octavia noted that there was only one swamp in the area, and that was the one she nearly died in. She reached inwards and asked Naiion about it. Naiion admitted that it was bad when they got there, but they also accidentally contributed to the problem.

Octavia admitted this to Elodea, who was angry to the point of nearing violence. Naiion, who was scared of Elodea in the moment, genuinely (or as genuinely as they were able) apologized. Sadly, Elodea could not hear, so Octavia allowed Naiion to take over her body. Naiion expressed genuine remorse for their actions and promises (with some coercion from Octavia) to help fix the swamp. Elodea isn't too comforted by this, but she agrees nonetheless.

#### Echoes in a Dream and Good Buddies

The party decided that it would be best to go get Puddin' first before confronting Annabelle (who they had determined was scrying on them because she was able to send guards directly to their location). As they are traveling, Octavia uses the Flock of Familiars spell to create a bunch of small, spectral axolotls to play with the kids of the troupe. Elodea, in that time, approached Octavia and apologized for the way she acted about Naiion. Octavia said that there were no hard feelings, and presented her with one of the axolotls. She reassured that the swamp will be fixed in due time. This left a much better taste in Elodea's mouth.

After this conversation, Octavia and Max have a very in depth conversation with each other and share their past relationships. She shows off her own tattoo that was dedicated to Minerva, to which Max responds and says that the tattoo is like a battle scar. Octavia, knowing the language of war, finds this to be very endearing. The two of them spoke, Max referred to them as "good buddies," to which Octavia decided to take a shot and ask if they were only just good buddies and not potentially something more. When Max affirmed that they were just good buddies and nothing more, the two left each other's company pretty immediately afterwards out of an awkward panic.

As she fell asleep, she woke up to a memory that was not her own. This memory depicts Naiion running away from Laiion. They are being chased. Eventually, it is presumed Laiion had caught up, because Naiion felt a searing pain and they were falling. Eventually, they woke up in a swamp with guards all around them. In a panic, they sent out a psychic shockwave that indirectly killed them all. Hearing Laiion's voice, they needed to hide, and they hid within a scared, young soldier. That soldier was Octavia.

#### Traveling East Once Again

Octavia took the time to sleep in and not show her face for as long as possible. Supposedly because of the dream, but it was actually out of sheer embarrassment of the events from the night before. She only left the wagon when Max and Dester came in to tell her about the encounter with The Muse they had. She apologized for not being there for it, and left the wagon. This left Max wondering what was wrong with her, but Octavia offered no solace in that respect.

She then asked Meno if she could walk with him, and he said yes. After recounting the events from the night before. Meno listened in horror, not knowing how to help her, but he is there to distract her from it with conversation.

The party walk up on some people in white. Though Octavia and a few others are ready to kill them, Dester says that he has a plan. Reluctantly, the group went along with this plan and found that Dester knew these people. He eventually convinces them to bring the group to where they're based.

Eventually, the party makes it to a cliff that is overlooking a town full of tents. The group makes their way down various ways. Octavia opts to just climb down herself and has not trouble.

#### The Fight in Tent City

The party finds the biggest city that they had ever seen made of almost entirely of tents. Meno notes that this is a place he's familiar with, and takes Octavia's cape to disguise himself. This is also where they meet Weaver, a half-orc man that seemed to be making top of the line rugs. The party declines the offer to buy a rug at the moment, but they say they might get one later. The rest of the party disguised themselves as prisoners while Dester disguised himself as one of the people in white robes. The ruse was only held for so long, as a man named Palladio was doing some sort of ritual on Puddin'. Meno lost his cool, and the party initiated a fight.

Octavia is able to break through the magical barrier that separated Palladio and the party. She is almost banished, but the party is able to counter the spell. Octavia began chasing down Palladio as a distraction for Dester and Elodea, who were gearing up spells to take him down. Eventually, he was enveloped in small rocks that Dester called "The Blender" and Elodea's tried and true Moonbeam. Those two spells largely put Palladio out of commission, but Octavia was able to pressure him enough to not allow him to cast more powerful spells, as they were often used to Misty Step away.

After this, everyone tried to wake up Puddin' to no avail, but Meno found his friendship rock that was attached to Palladio's mangled corpse. After giving it back, Puddin' eventually woke up and apologized to everyone. Some laughed, some cried. Octavia was the latter, feeling guilt for losing him in the first place. She has since vowed to teach him how to tie his shoes.

Octavia also received a friendship rock from Puddin', though she still feels that she does not deserve it to this day.

She also buys a rug from Weaver. This is significant because the state of her house back in Starcrest is bare bones with no decoration. This is the first decoration she has bought since Minerva left her.

#### A Night on the Lake

The party makes it back to Downham and has a night amongst the campfire, and Octavia recites a tale of the souls of dead children being stuffed into animal themed Warforged. After the party dispersed, Octavia decided to go entertain the kids in the troupe for a time until Max asked her if she wanted to go to the lake with her. Though hesitant because of the events from the night before, Octavia agrees, presuming that it was important. Max presents her with a drawing and a flower, both beautiful in Octavia's eyes. Max calls Octavia beautiful, and they relate each other to colors. They also discuss the qualities they find attractive about each other before Max asks if she could kiss Octavia. She agrees, and the two kiss.

After Octavia and Max make it back hand-in-hand, the two of them end up sleeping. Octavia, before sleeping, talks with Naiion about the vision they had. The two agree that they need to share so they can plan their next move. Finally, Dester appears and plays a violin song that sounds just like the one on Max's music box.

#### Back to Starcrest

The party woke up in Downham to the sun not rising. Before the party left for Starcrest, Dester and Elodea used the reincarnation spell to bring back the children that were turned to stone by a basilisk in Mariness. Octavia used her telepathic abilities to communicate with the one that was brought back deaf. Soon after, they went off to their siblings.

Octavia also asked Max to be something more than two people that kissed on a lakeside. Some joked about about the poor timing, but Octavia nor seemingly Max cared. She agreed.

As they were traveling, Octavia noted that the party was not very refined in terms of combat. While they have not done poorly in their time together, they're scattered and unorganized. She went over, telepathically to avoid the Scrying spell, some potential plans and some ways for them to fight the things to come. Though the sun does not rise or set, the party finally stopped to rest.

In the morning, the party is greeted to a Heroes' Feast. Everyone is able to eat as they wish, and it was a wonderful celebration amongst the dreary world at the moment. They then leave, and finish their journey to Starcrest.

#### Vs. Liion

When the party made it to Starcrest, they immediately noticed that a star was hanging over the city. When they entered Starcrest, Octavia's black ooze had now turned bright red and had a similar consistency to blood. As the party walked their way through the town, the party noticed the ground was littered with headless bodies, and people were cowering in their homes. They see Annabelle, the one who sent them on this arduous fetch quest, with her head in the guillotine that was initially broken at the beginning of the adventure. She releases the blade, cutting a part of her head open. Inside, there was a part of an Axolotl that looked similar to Naiion.

Liion urged the party to stop fighting and to accept a painless death, as she had already won and all hope was lost. Max gave a rebuttal about hope, bolstered from the breakfast this morning. Liion is furious and initiates the fight amongst the party.

At the start of the fight, Liion takes over Octavia's mind and tells her to kill Max. Her resolve breaks, and she obliges. Much of the first half of the fight was spent fending off Octavia and the zombies Liion raised as she got ready for the second half of the fight. Eventually, Octavia knocked Max down and was about to finish her off for good, but Elodea was able to snap her out of it right before she kills Max for good. After that, the zombies have been dispatched. Both sides having used up some resources, the true fight begins.

#### All Good Things Come to an End

With all of their resources, the party is still looking on the ropes. Liion has barely been hurt, and is healing herself while the party is only hurting more and more. This is when Dester stepped in and locked the two of them in a cage. As this happens, Dester began saying his goodbyes. For Octavia specifically, he said that he had come to enjoy her company. He initially did not like them because of his past experiences with adults, but came to realize that she was different.

After he said his goodbyes, he broke a staff he had found, killing both Liion and Dester within the wall of force. The fight was over.

#### Restless Night

The party was left with the smoldering corpse of their friend. They tried to cast Revivify on him, but they were short the gold. By the time Octavia was able to get some money off of her father that lives in Starcrest, the spell was past the point of being able to cast. The party is forced to sleep to be able to cast the only other spell they had that could bring their friend back. The party took their time to mourn as much as they could, but it was hard to do.

The next morning, the spell is cast and everyone sacrifices a part of themselves to bring Dester back to life. Elodea spoke of an entire vision that came to her, but (to Octavia) it just looked like she went into a trance for a short period of time. Dester was brought back, now aged up, missing an arm, and having gained the power of a Mortal God. The party then decided to make their way back to Downham, where family and friends are there ready to welcome them.

#### Losing Naiion

The next morning (after blacking out and forgetting the events of the night before), Naiion and Octavia speak with one another and they both agree that it's time for them to move on from one another. Because of this, Octavia relinquishes control of her body to Naiion so they can plan their next move. Using her body, Naiion ends up killing a poacher alongside Elodea and taking over his body. Though Octavia lets go of Naiion, she does stay to help Elodea and Naiion fix the swamp as much as she could, albeit not much.

#### Returning Home

Once Octavia's usefulness has been well spent, she goes back home to her family that she hasn't spoken to in a long time. She is met with neutrality, and also a new younger sibling. During this time, she reveals that she was in a relationship with a woman (to Redd's dismay), and trained Cain in the art of the sword.

#### Hitched

After some time with her family, Octavia and Max move in together. The two of them slowly but surely built up their own home, but they initially lived in the bar that took over random owners from time to time while this process was occurring. Some years later, Max painted a picture of the two of them. After closer inspection, Octavia noticed that there was a ring on her finger in the painting. When pointing that out, Max sheepishly proposed to Octavia.

The wedding was a sunflower themed wedding due to the two of them loving the color yellow. Meno and Dester served as the two people-in-arms while Elodea was the flower girl. Puddin' (now having changed his name to Ebros) was the ring bearer. Though a little chaotic due to Naiion's officiating, it was still a wonderful wedding.

Soon after this, the two adopted two children. An Owlin boy named Atlas and a quarterling girl named Sable.

### The Longest Night

#### Preparing for the Celebrations

Octavia had been juggling between two things in preparation of hosting The Longest Night celebrations. One, she had been working on preparing the ho

## Relationships

### The Crane Family

> "Wheeeelp..."
>
>

Redd Crane and Gerald Crane are Octavia's two fathers. At a very young age, Octavia's mother (whom has not yet been named) passed away. Reeling with grief, Gerald began to hate women. He still held a grudge against women because the woman he loved left him to die. Eventually he met Gerald Crane, a warrior from the now desolate mountains. The two grew together, Gerald teaching Octavia how to fight and Redd trying his hardest to keep Octavia out of the kitchen.

During The Emptiness Campaign, it was revealed that Redd and Gerald had adopted a new son named Cain. Though she was very surprised by this, the end of the world was more pressing on her mind at that moment. Later, she found herself growing rather attached to Cain, really wanting to help raise him to be the man that he needs to be for the world. She is by no means old, but she isn't getting any younger. She immediately took the role that Gerald had in her life when she was that age.

### Max

> "Just good buddies..?"
>
>

Octavia and Max were initially polar opposites that seemed to repel each other, as they both had some form of deity with them that may clash. Over time, though, the two became closer and learned a lot about each other. They also learned of their attraction to one another, but they were both horrendously awkward. This led to many moments that made the both of them think that the other was not interested in them, and seemed to kill any chances the other had. As the saying goes, love found a way and they were married soon after the end of The Emptiness Campaign and adopted two children together.

In the present, the two parent their children, Atlas and Sable. Though they love each child equally, many people often say that Sable is Max's child and Atlas is Octavia's child because of the similarities in their demeanors.

## Trivia

* Octavia was initially supposed to be named Private Finn Crane, but the name was changed due to there being possible confusion on who was speaking.
* Octavia's favorite color is yellow.
* Octavia has more spells known than normal because Finley allows Warlocks to know their subclass' expanded spell lists.
* Octavia has seen the movie Morbius at least 5 times in the span of her lifetime.
* Octavia supposedly knows all the lore of Five Nights at Freddy's.