Voss

At a glance

A human prisoner freed from the crypts beneath Castle Avernus. Voss claims to remember nothing of his former life, though he feels he was once someone powerful.

Portrait

Voss standing warily in worn prison clothes within a shadowed passage beneath Castle Avernus.

  • Primary reference: Voss Portrait
  • Canonical status: Visual baseline for Voss’s bald head, close black goatee, stern features, lean build, prison clothing, and wary uncertainty during his amnesia.

Known facts

  • Was imprisoned behind a barred cell guarded by two large skeletal beings.
  • Battered the bars with animal desperation while the party fought his guardians.
  • Was freed when Rage smashed open the cage.
  • Calmed after Carver used the dried black lily’s calm emotions magic.
  • Gives his name as Voss but claims to remember nothing else.
  • Feels that he was once someone powerful.
  • Pledged himself to the party after they freed him.
  • Waited with Ooru and Siv in an antechamber while the party entered the Bone Chambers.

Description

A lean, bald human man with a close black goatee, stern features, and penetrating eyes. His appearance suggests little about the life he has forgotten.

Current relationship

Newly freed companion. His gratitude appears sincere, but the party cannot verify his identity or the extent of his amnesia.

Current status

Traveling with the party aboard the River Dancer after its departure from Martira Bay. Carver found him doing better after the party’s escape from the Rat House.

Open questions

  • Who was Voss before his imprisonment?
  • Why does he feel he was once powerful?
  • Who imprisoned him beneath Castle Avernus, and why?
  • What memories, if any, can be restored?