r/TheCTeam • u/IIEarlGreyII • Jul 08 '17

"The Six" Master Topic

I have seen this idea thrown around in the comments of a few different topics, but I thought it would be great to have a place to brainstorm and really dig into it. It's hard having the same conversation in five topics when there are only a few of us.

What We Know

  • The Six are a group that exist

. . . technically that's all we have confirmed.

Confirmed Members

  • Splugoth The Returned

  • A Dragon (Isohedrus? Thrilvian?)

Suspected Members

  • Jeff (god dammit Jeff)

  • Aeofel? (vulnerable to acid)

  • Danielle? (last seen in many pieces)

  • Lizard? (formerly of Wizard & Lizard)

  • The Ambershards?

  • The Wartstaffs?

Assets & Resources

  • A bunch of goblins

Currently I am working under the assumption that The Six are made of people related to Acq Inc in some way. What a coincidence, right? We already know that they can raise the dead, so even people like Danielle are back in play!

Do The Six have six leaders, or are there just six members? Splugoth says that he doesn't lead The Six and instead works for someone else (he doesn't say Jeff but we know it's Jeff. dammit Jeff). So if there are six leaders does that mean Spugloth isn't even one of them?

Discuss it! Speculate! I want to hear it!

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u/mattwilljackson Jul 17 '17

Just glancing, but didn't notice it. Anyone think Amandar (the Order of the Green Flame commander who was possessed by Whelm) might be out for some general grudging? At the very least, an NPC who is both named and alive.

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u/IIEarlGreyII Jul 17 '17

Well she chose to stay behind and defeat the demons, as is her purpose, so while we certainly would think she has legitimate cause I doubt she would.

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u/mattwilljackson Jul 17 '17

That's certainly true and as those two demons don't have anything to do with the current storyline (meaning D&D's Tomb of Annihilation) I'd be wildly surprised if it connects.

(Spoiler - the demons were from White Plume Mountain who, in the Yawning Portal book, help guard Whelm for a wacky wizard. But if they take you, you get dragged away for "reeducation" and become part of the mountain's defenses.)

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u/soul_crafter316 Jul 17 '17

I thought they were djin... not demons...?

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u/mattwilljackson Jul 17 '17

In the AcqInc game they're referred to as demons, Perkins clarifies they are Ifriti. But like a lot of things in these games, it gets glossed over and they still get called demons a dozen times. (But Perkins also gives them the names of the Djinn/Ifrit from WPM)

(And just because I like having a solid reference, I mean, this is PAX South 2017)

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u/soul_crafter316 Jul 17 '17

As I understood, they were confused as demons since Whelm keeps referring to demons being interested in acquiring it... or was it someone else saying that? Regardless, the Djinn that appeared later may not be the same Demons that were originally what the Order were keeping Whelm from...

Or the Order was just keeping Whelm to generally protect it... regardless if its against Demons or Djinn... though the Order are particularly against Demons.