Robyn Lovejoy

* Arc 2
* Arc 12

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

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

Robyn Lovejoy is a Player Character of Arc 2 and Arc 12 played by Madison.

*This page contains no spoilers for Arc 12 in the Arc 2 infobox and up until the section "Between Arc 2 and Arc 12". After that, please proceed with caution.*

## Description

Robyn Lovejoy is a high elf with golden eyes and dark brown hair. She's tall and slim and has strong, cool eyebrows, which she might or might not fill in. Her hair is almost always made into a french braid with a few strands sticking out. Most of her clothes are made of the same black leather, and she has a hood and a mask that she pulls up when she breaks in somewhere or steals something. She wears earrings and a necklace with a gem. For the heist itself, she puts on her "fancy rogue outfit", which has a longer cloak train.

She is the second youngest Lovejoy and 54 years older than Hope.

Robyn is a Mastermind Rogue, a talented burglar, and on her way of making a name for herself. She has been working for a long time to become a skilled thief, but has not worked a lot together with other people before; nonetheless, she has dreams of being a leader. When working as a thief, she usually only goes by her first name, but there are still people who know of her Lovejoy connection, although it's nothing that is usually talked about.

She assumes that her family does not know that she is a criminal, but instead thinks she is a birdwatcher and somehow makes a living of that, although they don't really care that much, since she is so far down the line of children. Her room in the Summer Mansion, though, implies that at least her mother Gem Lovejoy might know about her secret identity.

While Robyn is quite good at her job, she thinks she is more badass than she actually is.

Usually, Robyn is not home at the Lovejoy Residence that much, especially at night. She often sneaks in and out through the kitchen. The kitchen staff knows about her escapades and secret identity, are in on it and keep quiet because they think it's funny. They also taught her some cooking.

Matching to her edgy appearance and rebellious behaviour, she smokes, and rolls her own cigarettes. She has a favourite smoking spot behind the Lovejoy Mansion, where she has met Lyndell sometimes, too.

She likes to be on the rooftops of Glaceria, where she hides when she runs away from her family, which she has done a lot when she was younger, and still does. There, she enjoys looking at people and buildings, and finds inspiration for heists.

Deep inside, Robyn is a very lonely person, who would really like to have some friends, as well as a tight-knit family, instead of the cold, estranged family she has. No matter where she was, she never really felt like she fit in.

Her patreon submitted item are Gloves of Infiltration, which for her are fingerless and have little zippers on the knuckles. Additionally, she has a dagger that can cast the spell Ice Knife.

## Background

As a member of the Lovejoy family, Robyn grows up in a life of luxury, but with not very many close emotional bonds. While she is more or less close with Hope and her only slightly older siblings, she does not have close ties to her older siblings or parents. Being a Lovejoy child means being escorted around all the time, and her only way out is sneaking out, so she spends a lot of her younger years running away from family celebrations, dinners, and balls to the rooftops of Glaceria. Because of that, her bodyguards, in turn, including Lyndell, spend a lot of time trying to chase her to get her back. Usually, she doesn't attend celebrations, including the Lovejoy Family Decennial Family Celebration of Love and Joy, for longer than absolutely necessary.

Taking after her role model in the family, Aunt Liberty Lovejoy, who refused to wed the elven man she was supposed to, Robyn becomes a rogue. But in the criminal underworld, too, she doesn't really find good friends either.

Viktor and Borys know of her as a skilled thief, and want her to join the party because she is a Lovejoy. They also knows her as a skilled poker player, and they have played together before. She already knows Lyndell quite well before the beginning of Arc 2, since Lyndell used to be her bodyguard before she got promoted to guarding older siblings, and they are still friends. Robyn is, however, oblivious to Lyndell's feelings for her.

## Character Arc

### Arc 2

Robyn gets in on the heist through Viktor and Borys, who value her as a thief and as a member of the Lovejoy family. Her main job for the preparation of the heist is to sneak into her mother's room and switch out the diadem that is attuned to her, and through which she can identify herself, with a replica made by Sasha. Apart from that, she tries to convince her sister Penny, who is responsible for the organisation of the celebration, to let her to the party and bring a plus one, even though the deadline for giving notice of guests already passed a week ago.

She manages to convince Penny to both let her in and invite a plus one by telling her that Sasha is her girlfriend, who she thinks might propose soon. However, she feels really bad that the first time she and her oldest sister seem to get warmer to each other, she has to betray her, even though she would really like to have a good relationship with her. This feeling of guilt gets worse when she manages to switch out the diadem, but is actually caught red-handed by her mother entering the room. Robyn jumps out the window and escapes, but knows that she cannot come back. Still, it is important for her that nobody gets hurt during the heist.

After the heist, as Ash goes back to visit the Lovejoys and access the portal, Robyn has a "phone call" (through Sending Stones) with her mother, in which Gem tells Robyn that she hopes they can talk. It ends with Lyndell, who does not think very kindly about Gem Lovejoy's parenting skills, hanging up on her for Robyn. As Lyndell then asks Robyn to run away with her, Robyn says yes and decides to join her on her journey. Before, Ash already offered her to stay at her place whenever she needs to.

### Between Arc 2 and Arc 12

Robyn and Lyndell go on adventures together and quickly become known as "The Lion and the Serpent". "The Serpent" is the name she often uses for herself, as she doesn't want to use her family name anymore. She gives her heirloom necklace to Lyndell as well. Only as they are going on adventures together, Robyn realises what she has in Lyndell and falls in love with her, and they eventually become girlfriends. On their journeys, Lyndell takes care of Robyn and lets her decide where they are going next, allowing her to explore the adventuring life in a safe environment. Robyn also gets most of their magic items.

Now, she tries to steal from "shitty people" and give back to those that deserve it, in part to attone for her family. She tries to heal from her childhood, which she has since realised was priviledged, but still full of hurt, and stays in contact with a few of her siblings, specifically the younger ones, but not her mother. Lyndell shows her what family can be like and shows her her own, Lyndell's mother adores Robyn.

She gets a tattoo on her arm depicting a huge serpent going around it, and a flame, rose, lion, and some gems as well, to reflect her past. It was designed by Mischka, but made outside. First, she wears her hair in dutch braids, and later cuts it into a bob. She still wears her Gloves of Infiltration, and her Blade of the Upnorth has since become a Weapon of Warning. She also now wears Bracers of Flying Daggers, a Cloak of Invisibility, a Ring of Tracking, to which Lyndell wears the matching ring, and Gloves of Thunderous Applause.

They visit Glaceria for the wedding using fake identities, which is not easy to do. Immediately afterwards, it becomes known that Gem Lovejoy was arrested, and Robyn and Lyndell stay in the city for some more time.

### Arc 12

The arc opens with Robyn visiting her mother in prison, trying to get closure. The two of them talk, and for a moment Robyn believes that there might be some understanding and some guilt from her mother, until her mother again tells her that everything she has and everything she is, she got because of her family. It takes Lyndell's words and hands on her shoulders to get Robyn to leave, and they enter a bar where they realise that the infinite money from Ember's *Wish* spell is gone. Meeting up with the other party members, they decide to go to the Plane of Fire to check up on him.

On the journey, Robyn repeatedly checks in with Ash. Ash isn't just concerned about her dad, but also lonely, and a bit hurt that none of her friends visited her. Robyn takes time to explain that it wasn't easy for her and Lyndell to get back to Glaceria.

In the casino, Robyn immediately tries to steal from a patron, and gets banished. Because Clementine doesn't break concentration, she is back in the Material Plane, specifically Lovejoy Manor. There, she meets Richard, and reluctantly decides to bring him with to the Plane of Fire as to not travel alone.

## Trivia

* Inspiration for Robyn Lovejoy was Matt Damon in Ocean's Eleven.
* Madison hopes that Robyn will get friends out of the arc, since she never really had those.
* Usually, Robyn is very punctual, but purposefully arrives a minute late to seem cooler.
* Robyn is Bi (confirmed by Madison on the Discord