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Jane Graybreaker

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Any Graybreaker worth her salt knows it's better business to pay someone to do the dirty work, than to do it yourself.
—Jane Graybreaker

Jane Graybreaker is a master thief and an Operator who oversees the Hand of the Lonely Bastard in Tormsdale. Her illustrious career in the Graybreakers stretches back almost a century, and she's held posts in Arcanum during the Long Night alongside Changelings, worked for the Sultana Meseampur in the Dune Sea, and served the rebellion in Idania during its occupation. Renowned for her cunning, her name is synonymous with the notion of the impossible heist in rogue galleries all over the world. Yet Jane's story is a mystery to all who work for her.

Some say she was born an orphan into poverty and grew up as a pickpocket on the streets of Arcanum. Others insist she was once an Imperial noblewoman, who turned to a life of crime after murdering her traitorous husband. Still others claim she was captured at an early age in a failed raid by marauders in Sirokos, and learned to fight from their dancing masters. Whatever the truth of her youth, Jane's path led her into the service of the Graybreakers, where she's made a name for herself on the international stage.

Jane’s signature tools are poison and ingenuity. She's disarming and witty, with a wry smile that conceals a calculating mind. Jane’s loyalty to the guild and its Operators, however, is unquestioned, and despite her ruthlessness, she's respected for always abiding by the guild's unspoken codes of conduct. Whether Jane will make a powerful ally—or adversary—of the party depends on what they have to offer her.

Adventure Hook

Jane is best played as a fairweather friend to the party, whose allegiance to them is conditional at best. Your narrative foresight as a GM should gift Jane with seemingly supernatural intuition (for example, use flashbacks to explain her advanced planning), in order to depict the behavior of a master thief.

Jane approaches the party with an irresistible offer: join her in stealing treasures from the magic vault in The Peak of Ibel Arithica, one of the most heavily guarded in the world. The heist will pit them against not only Telrain’s well-equipped Nim sorcerers, but also rival guilds who seek the same treasure. As the stakes rise, Jane’s true motives come into question.

What’s inside the vault that makes the heist so irresistible to the party? Is it mere treasure, or something that will help them in their quest?
How does Jane’s unique leadership style affect the success—or failure—of the heist?
What happens if the party discovers Jane intends to double-cross them? What is she really after, and how does it connect to her past

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