Toddleheim

First appearance: S2 Ep1, Fate of the Arbiter (Fate of the Arbiter Part 1) · watch it on YouTube

Toddleheim is a short, gray-bearded dwarf wizard with a hat, nice robes and more than a century of spellcasting behind him. He was framed as a traitor by the Arbiter and thrown into the arena, and he came out the other side with a werewolf’s bite and a role in exposing the Arbiter’s scheme. He won the first round of the war for the Grandmaster’s crown and then followed his fallen friend Flynry into the afterlife. A wizard, a wolf and a terrible traveler, he has become one of the Void’s more unlikely survivors.

Story

Fate of the Arbiter

Toddleheim first appeared in S2 Ep1, Fate of the Arbiter (Fate of the Arbiter Part 1), one of a trio of adventurers alongside Flynry and Locket. The party believed it had killed the Arbiter, but the enemy they struck down was only a visage of him. The real Arbiter disguised himself as the Grandmaster, branded the trio traitors and threw them into the arena.

In S2E6 — FoTA - Sands of the Arena (Fate of the Arbiter, Part 2), the champions refused to fight each other and turned on the Arbiter’s monsters instead. The Box of Chaos handed Toddleheim a single Fire Storm, paid for with his own blood, and he used it to wipe out the entire second wave. A werewolf bit him during the chaos. He kept his mind, and Lyrus talked him back from the brink, but from then on his eyes flashed yellow. The Seer gave him a potion of longevity, worth twelve years off his age, and a dimensional loop ring. The champions escaped the arena with Lyrus.

Along the way, Toddleheim revealed a darker chapter of his past. He had once lost control in a bar and burned it to the ground, killing everyone inside. In his words, they were “not good people, but it wasn’t the death that they deserved.” He also described himself as “a terrible traveler” who still wanted the passport stamps. He was out for adventure and one last hurrah, and he might not make it to retirement.

In S2E17 — Fate of the Arbiter - The Hall of Fates, the trio fought through a sludge elemental and finally reached the Grandmaster. They exposed the Arbiter for what he was. The Grandmaster and the Arbiter agreed to settle the matter with a tournament for the Grandmaster title, one week later.

Battle for the Crown

Toddleheim fought the opening round, S2E18 · Battle for the Crown Round 1, for Team Grandmaster alongside Veronica. They faced Ralzamon and Glub Glub, two fallen champions brought back to fight for the Arbiter. The Arbiter called him “the Great.” Toddleheim announced his credentials: “I have been a wizard for over 125 years.”

Then he chose to become a werewolf, keeping his wizard magic as he did it. The fight got strange quickly. Toddleheim chased Glub Glub’s stick like a good dog, then slapped Glub Glub with it. He was charmed when he picked up Boney. Finally he fell into a blood frenzy and mauled Ralzamon.

Ralzamon’s Eldritch Blast dropped him, but Toddleheim survived. He was raised on an iceberg pedestal as a victor while Ralzamon and Glub Glub died, and their deaths were permanent. The win put the first point on the board for the Grandmaster, though the vote of The Acolytes was still to be decided.

Into the Mirror

After the battle, Toddleheim entered the Grandmaster’s service. When Flynry was killed, Toddleheim spent months searching tomes and libraries for a way to bring him back. He refused to look into the mirrors on his first visit. When he did look, the mirrors showed him his heart’s desire: a warm bosom to rest his head on. He sensed that the sand was made of destroyed souls, and he opened the crack that led to Flynry. That session ended as sand scorpions attacked (Into the Mirror, Session 1).

In The Sands of Eternity, Toddleheim relied on his old learning. Decades earlier he had studied in libraries, and he remembered a book of legends about the Sands; he doubted the Arbiter was strong enough to have built such a place. He called Flynry “my boy” and “brother.” The party destroyed the sand scorpions and a giant scorpion, and then Locket was killed. A soul that dies in the Sands dies forever (Into the Mirror 7–9).

The mirrors later showed Toddleheim his inner self, an old, wise and content wizard, and after seeing it he could take his werewolf form at will. He saw a mirage of Locket comforting him. He made a grudging peace with the party’s newest member, Cerys: “I don’t like her, but she’s all right.” The party beat back four desert outlanders and pressed on toward Mortaurios (Into the Mirror 10–11).

By the next leg of the journey, Elianna had grown scared of him; as Flynry put it, “he’s a wolf.” Toddleheim noted that the last time he used one of these mirrors, he had been “brutally murdered.” He flagged the pattern behind the sand-sickness and kept his remembrance stone in his pocket. When an ice dragon attacked, he shrank it with his magic, burned it, and then went at it as a wolf, and Cerys landed the killing blow (Into the Mirror Session 4). He changed back as he landed on the ledge, still a little “werewolfy,” and he was the first to pick up the orrery (Into the Mirror 14).

As “Toddleheim the Great,” he turned scholar. He drew a line between wanting knowledge and wanting to rule, and he witnessed the blood oath. He dug up books on the Sands and their cities and found the entry on the sword of truth. When Sky’s raiders struck, he weakened foes, shielded allies and cancelled spells mid-cast, all while answering Sky’s offer (Into the Mirror 15–16).

In Into the Mirror 17, The Way Out, the party survived Sky’s ambush by surrendering. Toddleheim gave Sky an old book and received a fine warhammer in return. The party then held off the guardians of The Oasis. Without knowing it, Toddleheim fed Vythorn the line that the key works for only one. Vythorn, the Arbiter himself, escaped through the orrery alone and left the party behind.

Personality and Abilities

Toddleheim is a short dwarf with a large gray beard, a hat and nice robes. He was described as “very suave,” and he carries mason’s tools. He is old and proud of it, with more than 125 years of wizardry and a long life that includes a “past wife.” A potion of longevity has since won back some of his youth. He is driven by adventure, curiosity and the hope of one last hurrah, and he has the decency to regret the people he once burned. Beneath the charm he is a true scholar. He speaks Common, Deep Speech, Dwarvish, Gnomish and Undercommon, and he values knowledge for its own sake rather than for power.

In a fight he is a classic wizard. His arsenal includes Fire Bolt, Magic Missile, Acid Splash, Burning Hands, Cause Fear, Sleep and Mold Earth. He can blink across the battlefield with Misty Step and make things grow or shrink, which is how he shrank a dragon. Poison barely touches him. Since the werewolf bite, he can also become a wolf whose hide shrugs off clubs and blades. He started out barely holding onto himself in that form and now changes at will, with yellow-flashing eyes as the tell. He carries a dimensional loop ring, his remembrance stone and, lately, a fine warhammer from Sky.

Relationships

Flynry: Fellow adventurer and dear friend, called “my boy” and “brother.” Toddleheim searched for months to revive him and followed him into the Sands.
Locket: A companion from the original trio. She was killed in the Sands, and a mirage of her later comforted him.
Cerys: A newer companion he tolerates: “I don’t like her, but she’s all right.”
Lyrus: Talked Toddleheim back from the wolf after the bite, and escaped the arena with the champions.
Veronica: His teammate for the Grandmaster in Battle for the Crown Round 1.
Ralzamon: His opponent in Battle for the Crown. Toddleheim mauled him and was nearly killed by his Eldritch Blast.
Glub Glub: His other opponent in Battle for the Crown, whose stick Toddleheim chased and then slapped him with.
Grandmaster Elusia Skypiercer: The ruler he helped warn about the Arbiter and later served.
The Arbiter: Framed him as a traitor. As Vythorn in the mirror world, he took the way out for himself alone.
Sky: Ambushed the party. Toddleheim gave Sky an old book and got a warhammer in return.
Elianna: Grew scared of him during the mirror journey.
The Seer: Gave him a potion of longevity and a dimensional loop ring.

Memorable Quotes

“I have been a wizard for over 125 years.” (Battle for the Crown Round 1)

“Not good people, but it wasn’t the death that they deserved.” (Sands of the Arena, on the bar he burned down)
“I don’t like her, but she’s all right.” (Into the Mirror 10–11, on Cerys)

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aliases	The Tattletailor, Toddleheim the Great

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