Rye

## Synopsis

Rye is devil turned mortal, and a musician with an aptitude for making dynamite. His personality is generally jovial and carefree, if somewhat scatterbrained - although he has bouts of seriousness when it comes to his past life as Louche.

## Physical Description

Rye appears to be a tabaxi of average stature and muscular build, with siamese fur patterns. In battle, he occasionally grows appreciably taller and more muscular, and takes on a fiendish form. Though he nearly always wears shaded goggles to conceal his eyes, he has revealed to some members of the party that his eyes depict musical staves.

## Notable Equipment & Belongings

Rye is outfitted with little more than his clothing and basic supplies, and a pair of shaded goggles that he wears nearly always. He has demonstrated the ability to craft dynamite, and often carries a supply of it with him. He also carries a trumpet and an ocarina, both of which he has used to produce magical effects.

Rye does not have a license to practice spellcasting. When asked, he seemed unaware that they were required, and unconcerned about getting one.

## Strengths & Capabilities

Rye has shown the ability to produce magical effects using music, and is has also demonstrated aptitude at fighting with improvised weapons and dynamite. He has also exhibited the ability to undergo a brief transformation into a larger, more muscular, seemingly-infernal version of himself in battle, which also seems to unleash infernal magic effects.

## Flaws & Weaknesses

Rye seems to have no training in wielding weapons. Despite his proficiency with improvised weapons, he is inept when it comes to the use of actual weapons.

## Relationships

### Gragnok

Rye has expressed some misgivings towards Gragnok, accusing him of narrow-mindedness due to his hostility towards undead and fiends.

### Israphel

Rye claims to be best friends with an individual named Israphel, who he describes as an angel of music. In the Imlaq Colossus, the party encountered an angel that Rye identified as Israphel, and the two had a brief conversation.

### Lane Coronato

Rye claims to be the father of Lane Coronato.

### Mahadi

Rye claims that a devil named Mahadi was his friend in the Hells when he was a devil, and gave him the amulet that is now carried by Malkoth.

### Malkoth

Rye claims to be Lane Coronato's father - and, by extension, Malkoth's grandfather. He seems to take special interest in Malkoth's safety and wellbeing.

### Odell

Rye has something of a tense relationship with Odell, who seems to mistrust his fiendish nature and begrudge his hesitance to share information.

## Story

Rye was formerly a devil named Louche. He somehow became mortal, in an attempt to avoid his role in fulfilling an apocalyptic prophecy. He can only remember the past 700 years, but the party has found indications that he was alive 1,000 years ago during the Age of Arcana, and died in the Gods' War. He is unsure whether or not he was a devil prior to his death.

Unbeknownst to the rest of the party, Rye has had several strange visions - seemingly memories - of his past life as a mortal, working with the forces of Asmodeus during the Age of Arcana.