Tar'kiz
Brandon's ascendance to Elder DM means his characters have become NPCs.
Thri'kreen Artificer Artillerist
Spawned from average parents (4 +0 , 2 +1, 1 -1 stat roll) into a standard familial unit, Tar'kiz's (Standard Array) parental units spent their spare income on books to educate their son. Tar'kiz graducated from 5 prestigious universities in artificing with straight E's for Excellence. (He was Expelled from 5 universities for producing hazards). Hearing of the Lemurian Adventure Guild's Fey Portal, he infiltrated the Guild (went on a mission after only sitting around in the Library) where he studies the portal to learn how to weaponize it.
His archnemesis is Trithagerous due to his annoying nature.
Tar'kiz powers his artificer cannon within a Möbius Cube battery powered by a demon he sealed away summoned by Ravinust by accident in the library.
Languages
Common, Infernal, Primordial, Telepathy (don't need to share a language, but the contacted creature must understand at least one), Thri-kreen
"Thri-kreen telepathy has no limitations of language barriers with intelligent creatures."
"Devil engineering makes good weapo... I mean thermodynamics, so I learned their language.
Gnomish since they're known for being tinkerers.
Retiring from Adventuring
Tar'kiz has retired from adventuring and is now one of the primary portal tuners.