Twynn Roderick III

**Twynn Roderick III** is an NPC on *Another Bad Side Quest.* He is a Human, described as a tall man, with sharp features, long messy black hair. who wore an antique leather vest, loose brown trousers and large rubbered boots. Twynn lives just outside of *Krak* in a metal home and workshop that often spews purple smoke from its smoke stacks. Twynn is the son of Twynn Roderick II and grandson of the original Twynn Roderick.

**Ep. 37 - "Why Didn't You Lead With That?"**

Twynn was first referenced unnamed by Kane in the *Krak* *Port Harbour House,* when he told RX someone who came from *Vayilcor* lived beyond the walls of *Krak,* in a house entirely made of metal, with a massive smoke stack that burned purple smoke, though he didn't know their name or much else of them. Kane also told Alaerith privately that he was the person would be able to help RX.

**Ep. 38 - Putting Pieces Into Place**

Twynn met the party first time and on their meeting Twynn promptly fainted at the sight of RX, but was quickly brought back by RX who insisted he needed answers. He introduced himself as Twynn Roderick, later clarifying he was the third of that name in his family, and the last he saw of RX he was unable to move on his own, let alone speak and think and that RX was originally his grandfather's project, but had died before finishing so he and his father continued the work, though he later moved to the Puhan Trading Company before his father had finished a few decades ago. Twynn also said the project was started when his grandfather, the first Technomancer of *Vayilcor* was tasked with furthering the advancements of technology and thought might find that in Warforged, but could never understand how to create free thought. He added that RX's designation number, RX-5284, stood for "Random Experiment" and the attempt number, meaning over three generations of Twynn Roderick's RX was the 5,284th attempt.

Twynn on hearing RX's affinity for lightning explained his father and him tried to find the missing piece to making a free thinking robot, had added all sorts of new elements in the machinery to see what might work and RX's lightning might connect to Twynn's father's trip to the Elemental Plane of Air where, after his trip there, came back with ideas and on that idea believed RX was powered by a large elemental, a considering larger elemental as they tended to be the only ones with some level of intelligence. When Sterling tries to say that an Elemental was simply powering RX Twynn corrected him and expanded that the Elemental was not just trapped within the metal shell that was RX, but that it *became* the metal shell as well, and when the party recalled what Ob said of RX potentially levelling a city, Twynn said RX maybe housing an Elder Tempest. When RX asked for a few things to be removed or altered, Twynn readily agreed and was excited to see what his father did to complete RX and also directed RX to his father's last location in the *Sra'jess Hot Springs* in the Principality of Pathu before he started to work on him.

**Ep. 39 - Strands of Fate**

Twynn was briefly mentioned when Sterling cast *Sending* and told Yashani, who was away with Boreal and Alaerith, that he was right about the elemental and that it had destroyed some of the city before revealing it was a joke and all was ok.

**Ep. 40 - On The Meta**

Twynn finished up his work on RX, after the group was reunited, and noted he removed some of the less needed programming to make him sturdier. He also revealed slight knowledge of those like the Skein Witch and later explained the use of the stone Yashani received from her by revealing his own. Twynn commented on the time spent with the remaining group how both Quincy and Sterling were annoying for bitching at each other and also how he, like Sterling, kept files to help with his work. When RX asked more details on what he did to him Twynn noted he had made him more conductive, aligned with how he liked electricity, which also acted as a buffer to diffuse energy to keep him from going pop, but also reiterated he should see his father for more. Twynn later revealed his awareness of Ob and his being a champion, due to his father knowing him, and that Ob was originally from the *Chasm of Spire.* Before they left Twynn gave RX a small black box as a means for him to contact him with any questions.

**Ep. 49 - A Couple of Mistakes**

Twynn spoke to the group, when RX contacted him through the black box he received from him and told him of his impalement he had taken and strange occurrence that happened afterwards. He explained that the barrier inside him had not been fixed and was a matter of time, likely a month, before the Elder Tempest in him got out and would cause an explosion 100 times bigger then a normal one followed by lightning, and all centred from RX, but noted if they got a pound of obsidian it could be used to strengthen the repair as it was a main component used for it. He was asked about escaping demi planes and fighting hags, but noted he needed specific information on which demi plane and what kind of hag to actually help them with that. He revealed that he was on his way to *Luthinus* in Gilesha to pick up certain materials, which might put him out of range for communication for a while, before RX thanked him and ended the call between them.

**Ep. 53 - So. What Now?**

Twynn was mentioned briefly when Yashani noted RX needed to be repaired and brought up Twynn's words of his fathers location so he could be.

**Ep. 56 - The River's Port**

Twynn was mentioned briefly when RX reminded him on his words that he had a time limit.

**Ep. 59 - The Old Artificer**

Twynn was mentioned briefly when RX mentioned to his father how he nearly fainted at his presence and mentioned again when his father noted he was one of three people who knew of RX and the project to make him.

**Ep. 63 - Help Me, Help You**

Twynn was mentioned when RX discussed with Quincy and Sterling the possibility that Masq, and maybe himself, were targets for taking to possibly make more like himself.

**Ep. 70 - Vayilcor & The Clockwork Castle**

Twynn was mentioned briefly when Alaerith, after his father Twynn II said he was heading to *Gilesha*, mentioned he might run into him there.