Young Jester believed with such unconditional childlike faith and wonder in Artagan's 'divinity' as the Traveler that Artagan pretended to be the god she believed him to be, only to discover he actually started to become newly empowered from the unconditional faith she bestowed in him.Įxhilarated, Artagan (as The Traveler) began to seek out others like Jester and himself who also believed in joy, mischief and the act of exposing arrogance and hypocrisy, becoming increasingly deified by their gathering faith.

Does he wish to become a new god, or is this all still just a game?Īrtagan's 'Traveler' persona began after sensing a kinship and discovering a spark uniquely similar to his own within a little blue girl named Jester Lavorre.

Those who hear of his tenets are prone to disbelief, but the occasional 'miracle' serves to reinforce his influence. Lending his powerful fey magics in the guise of divine boons and weaving a spreading myth surrounding his secretive purpose, the Traveler appears when least expected and leaves when least preferred. There, he embarked on his latest plot of dubious divinity under a new identity: the Traveler.Įccentric, fickle, and prone to whimsy and impulse, the Traveler wanders Exandria, seeking allies and followers who entertain him.

Banished to the Feywild and barred from the mortal realm, Artagan wandered his home plane for hundreds of years, sowing chaos for his own enjoyment-until he struck a deal with the heroes of Vox Machina that enabled him to return to the Material Plane. This powerful archfey of selfish and anarchic intent, who was once known by the name Artagan, drew the ire of Corellon a millennium ago when his prank-like dabblings on the Material Plane left an entire nascent elven culture worshipping a whale carcass.

Nott the brave alignment