Avlon Buckle

### Titles

The High Gish of the Peak, The Creator of Time, The First Time Lord, The Mother of Time, The Writer of Time,

### Occupations

Master of Time, Amateur butterfly collector

## Physical description

### Species

Lichborn

Avlon is the writer of time magic and creator of The Time Lords.

Avlon created 33 Time Lords, and then finished writing the rules of time magic. Her new Time Lords however, had other ideas. They quickly pushed the boundaries of what Avlon had put down.

*"A witch replaced my foresight with four arms. A curse which has managed to follow me through all of time - even before I got cursed! Crafty witch!"*

## The Buckles

Ava Buckle was pregnant with twins and attempting to run away from an old life. During this process, she was cursed. In an attempt to buy time to figure out how to rid herself of the curse before having her children, she decided to go to the Eternal Archives. Cursed into undeath, she gave birth in the Eternal Archives to the living dead: lichborn. She named them Avlon and Ragabash, then was consumed by the curse.

Lichborn are powerful undead who form a phylactery with the first item they touch, created as a lich from the moment they are born. Both Avlon and Ragabash formed connections with books.

By the nature of The Eternal Archives, Avlon and Ragabash survived as babies without the effect of time on the body. They remained helpless, confused, scared, and alone for many many years. Eventually they were discovered by a librarian researching a thesis - unsure of what they were - she brought them back with her to the material plane.

It quickly became apparent just how impactful the time in the archives had been on the babies. They had a yellow alien-like appearance. At first they interacted with people very little, but eventually they started to talk incessantly, and they would dominate every conversation they were in. They were always incredibly intuitive - there were few things Avlon and Ragabash could not learn and master once they set their minds to it.

## Time Lord's Hunt for Ragabash

Avlon, Farilla, Sophie, and Makoziak investigated Ragabash's study trove after Ragabash was killed and sent to his phylactery by Zyaan. They discovered Furrante with a Lenkos parasite in him, and assumed Ragabash was trying to control a Time Lord and turn on his sister. After talking to Azerius, they learned that Ragabash didn't know about Furrante, and that Zyaan had killed Ragabash and taken his phylactery.

Azerius told them that Makoziak and Avlon fought against each other in the future. Avlon dismissed this, saying that Azerius was looking at a single point in time, and Time Lords existed in all points in time - if they were fighting against each other, that was just temporary. Makoziak however realized he would need something to keep himself alive if he was ever going to stand a chance against Avlon.

Azerius mentioned the False Hydra, and Sophie was the only one who seemed to react in any way. Makoziak noticed this and found it odd that Avlon wouldn't know about something like this. He realized that this meant it was a magic that would work on her, and knew this was the key to being able to survive a fight against her.

Avlon told Sophie to investigate the false hydra, and Makoziak requested to join her. Azerius gave them a tracker pointing to Zyaan, and Avlon and Farilla left to find him, taking Furrante with them. When they left, Makoziak attacked Azerius. Sophie intervened, and gave Azerius and the rest of the Wanderers of the Expanse - who were hiding nearby - the opportunity to escape.

## The Bucklebattle

The Bucklebattle, a fight between Time Lords and The Bloodless Centurions, ended up killing and scattering many of the Time Lords. Avlon was travelling through time trying to find the scattered time lords, keeping her quite busy preoccupied.

## The Death of Avlon

5 Time lords, lead by Avlon’s most trusted advisor Makoziak, saw Avlon after the Bucklebattle as an opportunity to take her down while she was most distracted. They agreed to turn on her and laid a trap. They managed to kill her with relative ease, but her mind was mysteriously reincarnated in a random soul at a random point in time. Every time, she retaught herself to travel in time and returned to the point she was killed, only to fall into the same trap. Every time she approached she was sent to a different time and place with no memory of the trap. She would have to figure herself out in a new body and a new time, then relearn to time travel, then fall into the same trap again and again. Eventually she caught on, but only after teaching herself to time travel as a new being over 600 times. The process broke her mind completely, and has left us with the Avlon we all know and fear.

The event was recorded by Nephora, one of Avlon's Betrayers:

> *“For years we had moved through, stopped, slowed, bent, and controlled time. I once watched 40 sunrises without moving a muscle, and at any moment during that time I could have told you the date and time down to the second. Despite all my intimate knowledge of time and its passing, I have no idea how long we were waiting in that hallway before she showed up. The 5 of us stood ready and waiting, eyes trained on the door we knew would open. Mak stood in the center wielding the Staff of the False Hydra: an artifact capable of removing people from time completely. We spent 3 years in a limbo space practicing and preparing everything we could think of for this moment, to ensure we got it right. There was no room for mistakes.*
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> *When the door finally opened, we sprung into action. In one quick spin, Mak charged all our wands with the power of the staff only fractions of seconds before we cast spells using that power. Avlon got one step in the door before the first spell hit her. The power of the staff ate through her armor, clothing, skin, and bone in the span of a second. Still in that second I will never forget the look on her face. It wasn’t surprising or even angry like I had suspected, instead she just looked profoundly disappointed. That look remains burned in my mind.*
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> *Before we could fully realize what had just happened, an orc child came through the door. We hesitated. Within seconds, Klovick paid with his life and Tarphorius paid with his arm. The child showed a mastery of magic and time that could only have been learned by training under Avlon - did she make a secret order or time travellers behind our back!? Mak was the first to react of course, clubbing the kid with the butt of the staff. We barely had time to stop the bleeding from Tarphorius’ stump before the next creature came in, this time a young gnome. Before the gnome’s body even hit the floor, an elf followed. Then a Loxodon. Then a human. Then a Tabaxi, a Dwarf, a Dragonborn, Elf, Gnome… all of them young, all of them angry, and all of them trying to kill us. Still none of them could get past the magic of the staff, and they all fell into the same trap again and again and again..*
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> *They continued to pour in and attack, one after another, all falling to Mak and the staff. I do not know how long we were in that hallway killing these creatures before it began to slow. They started to come in slower, and each creature seemed less stable than last. Eventually, they stopped coming. We counted the bodies; 630 creatures had attacked after Avlon went down.”*
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*-Nephora, 19th timelord*

## Influence

Avlon was listed by The Serpent of the Deep as one of the ancient ones who has equipped and trained mortals to ascend to a level of power to compare to celestials, along with Asbenterriloth, Ragabash, Sollus, and The Celestials of Imbalance.

## Descriptions and Quotes

"This is a story quest. If you continue past this point, the world will change and certain quests and NPCs will no longer be available. Are you sure you want to continue?"

> *-Text on a sign Avlon installed in front of the Wanderers as they approached a quest location*
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*The door immediately opens revealing a hobgoblin woman with 4 arms in a colourful battledress. On her back is a shield and a short staff with a scimitar blade on either end. She wears an elaborate crown made of interwoven crystals.*

*"*P&J Adventuring Company, you are expected. Come in*"*

*She opens the door further and gestures for you to enter. As she does, you notice that she seems to be wearing a pair of flip flops.*