Arathia

Race: Human (player-known assumption)
Role: Former infiltrator and planner; Reesio’s missing wife
Appearance:
Described only through Reesio: formerly alive and capable, now believed dead.
Something resembling her has been seen in Master Rayenburg’s private chambers, but its nature is unknown.

Backstory

Arathia and her husband, Reesio, spent years planning a heist on the Emporium vault.
Their plan involved exploiting weaknesses in the Emporium’s security system, navigating two vault doors, four switches, and avoiding various traps and wards.

During the heist, Arathia attempted to move ahead on her own initiative. She stepped onto a teleportation circle inside the Emporium and was transported to a chamber containing a massive anti-magic crystal and a figure that appeared to be Master Rayenburg.

She escaped the chamber and returned long enough to retrieve a chest, then made Reesio swear not to follow her.
After that, she disappeared.

Reesio now believes she was killed, based on the figure currently occupying Rayenburg’s chambers that looks like her but is not her.

Personality & Traits

(All traits below are inferred through Reesio’s descriptions—no firsthand party interaction)

• Careful planner but capable of bold action
• Independent-minded
• Highly skilled at infiltration
• Protective of Reesio
• Willing to act alone if she believes it will ensure success
• Did not want Reesio endangered; insisted he not pursue her after her escape

Role in the Story

• Arathia is central to the Emporium’s mysteries and the dangers within its vault.
• Her disappearance provides the emotional and narrative trigger for the quest Capture Master Rayenburg.
• Her last known actions revealed critical information about:
  • Teleportation circles inside the Emporium
  • The anti-magic crystal chamber
  • The presence (or imitation) of Master Rayenburg
• Her reappearance—if the figure in Rayenburg’s room is her—could dramatically shift the party’s understanding of what is happening inside the Emporium.

Notable Moments

Session 13

• Reesio explains to the party how Arathia was teleported into a chamber with a massive anti-magic crystal and a figure resembling Master Rayenburg.
• He reveals she returned long enough to take a chest, then made him swear not to follow her before disappearing.
• Reesio states that something that looks like Arathia is now in Rayenburg’s chambers, but believes his real wife is dead.
• Her involvement and disappearance inform both the Emporium vault dangers and the party’s new quest to capture Rayenburg alive.

Relationships

• Reesio – Husband; co-planned the Emporium heist; deeply impacted by her disappearance.
• Master Rayenburg – Last known contact; something involving him (or something imitating him) is tied to her fate.
• Faction/Organization: None known. Formerly targeted the Emporium but was not aligned with it.