Kefz

Kefz is a Goliath Monk and a main protagonist of the Tier 3 campaign. He is played by K.

Background
Little is known about Kefz's background. He grew up in the Underdark, eventually escaping to the surface world with Bingle. The two traveled together for a time before meeting River, who joined the duo for greater protection when traveling the woods. During their journey, the party encountered a group of faulty Duodrones, who stunned the travelers and took them to the Tier 3 Recruitment Facility.

In the Recruitment facility, Kefz passed the Blue test, a strength game in the style of a carnival attraction. As a result, he was enlisted as a Body fighter, and put under the instruction of Chasan. He and Bingle shared a dorm at the Tier 3 complex.

Tier 3
At Tier 3, Kefz made a name for himself in the Training Arena, defeating the Flying Spaghetti Monsters in his team's first match and later working with River, Bingle, and Kinney to secure a ring in an Objective game.

Kefz was present at Tier 3 when Rico announced the placement of a bomb in the facility. Kefz vowed to solve the riddle and find the bomb, working with his team to decrypt Rico's trail of hints and attempting to gain the favor of the Headmasters along the way. Kefz attended the Farewell Ball, hoarding the gourmet food from the banquet and dancing with a member of the Flying Spaghetti Monsters. He was one of the few recruits to remain after the ball, along with Bingle, River, Io, Arrick, Belle, the Cat, Alejandra, and Nico.

His team formed a tentative alliance with Arrick, Belle, and the Cat (ABC), but solved the riddle while working separately. He fought the final guardian, who took the form of Billy, in the simulation room alongside his team. Having won and defused the bomb, Rico and Halley abducted both his team and ABC, testing the teams, who they considered to have tied in effort, against each other in the Labyrinth.

Rico's Labyrinth
Kefz was transported into the Labyrinth with everyone else, and found himself tied up in a large cylindrical chamber. He witnessed Knico's betrayal and Alejandra's engagement to Rico before he and his teammates were knocked out again and woke up in a workshop.

The workshop belonged to a former inventor, although none of the inventions were finished except OTTO (Organic Technology Testing Object), a tiny robot built by Rico years ago. His simple matter-of-factness annoyed Kefz, who continued to be rude to him throughout the maze, but OTTO was allowed to join the crew on their adventures through the Labyrinth. Kefz and the others solved the sudoku puzzle and opened the door to the workshop. When the door opened, Rico's magical image appeared to taunt them and welcome them to his maze. Brushing him off, they continued down the dark hallway.

They came to a large door that Kefz was unable to break down and the lock was unable to be picked. After fiddling with the door for a second, the party heard a strange giggling inside, and Loquax and Anti-Loquax, twin marionette dolls possessed by mischievous spirits, crawled out, taunting the adventurers. After Kefz and the others convinced the dolls to let them through, or in Kefz's case, threatened them, they opened the door into a circular room with cult circles painted in what might be blood on the floor. At the other side of the room, Kefz noticed a large pipe and valve on the wall, but before he could get there, five drow elf vampires appeared.

The party beat the vampires with ease, even though Bingle's fear of Drow hindered his fighting ability. They crawled through a pipe to a small room with two stone guardians next to the door. As soon as the adventurers made it into the room, the pipe slid shut, and the stone guardians moved their large swords to block the door. After trying and failing to break their swords, Bingle cast Command and forced the guardians to lower their swords. When he did this, Rico and Halley appeared, praising Bingle and Kefz for their displays of intellect and strength, respectively.

The next room they encountered was shaped like the inside of a shell, and decorated with beautiful paintings theat River recognized as disguised music. When she played the music, one of the identical doors at the end revealed itself as the correct way. They followed the door into a long room with a dining room table laid with food. Although the adventurers were suspicious, Kefz, never one to resist food, took lots of rolls. He also found some papers describing human and cow anatomy at the end of the room, which Rico appeared to explain away as ramblings.

When the adventurers opened the door to the next room, it was pitch black, and Loquax and Anti-Loquax wouldn't enter, which Kefz was glad about. He wasn't so happy when he went inside, however. The door shut and sealed behind them, and a timer on the wall appeared and started counting down. In the center of the room was a table with an empty leather bound book, a necklace, a handkerchief, and a candelabra. In the corner of a room was a cabinet with a box of candles and matches. The team got more and more entangled into the riddles as the timer ticked down, but they eventually escaped into a small room where they could rest.

Kefz had pleasant dreams about eating meatball subs with the Cat back at Tier Three, and when he and the others woke up, Kefz led the way out of the room and only a precarious platform. Spanning the room was 3 metal spheres suspended in midair, each nested with a ruby in the center. The team was able to make their way across by solving the puzzle and letting the bridge down. They followed the one way passage to what appeared to be a typical church. There's rows of pews, and at the very end of the room, under the stained glass windows, is an altar with two indistinguishable cups. Bingle, a religious man, could tell that the church was a temple in the Church of Zumis. Kefz took a drink of the cup on the right, with no idea of what it contained, and the party was transported into a space much bigger than they were before. It almost feels like they're outside.

The party is in a dark city. Tall buildings arc into the sky made of dark obsidian stone. The sky is dark and stormy, and swirling in clouds. Kefz kicked down a door to one of the buildings, and the party went inside, where a thin man was hunting through a box. He introduced himself as Bar, and led them back to his makeshift home, where his daughter, Lilith, is asleep on the floor. Kefz and the others were creeped out by the eerie demeanor of the little girl. Bar invited them to come with him to fight what he called "The Monster". He led them through the city to a marble columned building where a double headed black sphinx was chained. They defeated the monster and were going to rest with Lilith and Bar, but a ghostly image of Rico appeared, chiding them for being outside of "his little game". He transported them back into the labyrinth, to what he called the "Danger Room".

A giant drawbridge door appeared at the other side of the room, and a giant centipede with mismatched human, animals, and robotic legs. In the middle of the fight, a ghostly window appeared in the wall, showing a laughing Rico and a silent, resigned Alejandra watching the battle. Despite the taunts of the cruel wizard, they won the battle, but were instantly transported to a grassy field outdoors. Suddenly, a frazzled Captain ran up to them, apparently knowing who they were. He asked them what they were doing, and when they appeared confused, the Captain explained that two armies have been locked in battle for six years. He then ushered them off into ranks, where they met Gamhr, a faithful soldier of the army who Kefz quickly became friends with.

In the Labyrinth, Kefz assisted in solving a number of puzzles, drinking the Zoomis holy water, stopping his teammates from falling into the Snake Pit, befriending Gamara, and accepting the penalty in the Mirror Room to allow his team to continue forward. During his time navigating the Labyrinth, Kefz was borderline abusive towards Otto and the other constructs, and was visibly annoyed by their constant pandering. He lost his sixth toe in the final battle with the Minotaur. Kefz witnessed the death of the Cat in the Minotaur Room, but his team was teleported from the Labyrinth by Io before he could react.

Diplomacy
Rescued by Io and Rem, Kefz had little time to grieve for the Cat before being assigned to spy on Rico and Halley. Traveling to the castle Rico was negotiating at, Kefz was disguised by Rem as a courtier to Bingle, their spells altering his features, stature, and clothing. While at the castle, Kefz became involved in the investigation of the Lord's murder, and played a crucial role in recounting information, having slept in the Servant's Quarters that night. Upon solving the mystery, Kefz and the others attempted to flee the castle with Alejandra, but they were identified by Rico and all four fell victim to an unknown spell before Rem and Io could rescue them.

After he regained consciousness, Kefz discovered he had been transported, alongside the other spell victims, to a green field. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

Stats
Kefz is a Level 4 Monk. His highest stat is Strength, followed by Constitution. His lowest stat is Intelligence. At Tier 3, he acquired the Meat Shield feat, allowing him to shield adjacent allies smaller than him from harm by absorbing the damage they would take. Kefz knows how to speak Common, Undercommon, and Abyssal, among other languages.

Personality
Kefz is vain, arrogant, and proud, repeatedly asserting his dominance over the rest of the party by mocking Bingle's size and River's lack of languages. He is loyal and will defend his friends, however, despite his teasing. Kefz has been shown to be socially awkward, befriending only the Cat during his time at Tier 3 and impulsively eating the banquet food when asked to dance. Kefz hoards food, a habit dating from his background as an urchin, and he carried a dozen meatball sandwiches from the banquet with him, even after they went bad, to use as bait in the Labyrinth (or food, were supplies ever to drop too low). Kefz talks only rarely, choosing to let his actions speak for him.

Bingle
Bingle is Kefz's closest friend. The two never part, sharing a dorm together at Tier 3. Kefz relentlessly mocks and derides Bingle, but the two are kept together by the shared bond of their pasts as orphans in the Underdark. Kefz and Bingle often talk in Undercommon so no bystanders can understand them; however, as a Drow, Rico knows Undercommon, and is able to hear what they are saying. Kefz carries Bingle in his backpack when traveling.

River
River and Kefz only knew each other for two months prior to their enrollment at Tier 3. Kefz's self-centered personality creates tension between him and River, with the latter often reacting to his boasts with scorn or exasperation. The two rarely worked together without Bingle acting as a mediator: however, they were forced to do so when Bingle was spying on ABC at Tier 3, and again when they both acted as underlings to Bingle during their time at the castle, bringing the two closer together.

Arrick, Belle, and the Cat
Kefz acted annoyed by Arrick and indifferent to Belle on most occasions, but quickly befriended the Cat over their common ground of growing up on the streets alone. He shared the bread from his sandwiches with the Cat, and Kefz spent most of his free time at Tier 3 talking with the Cat. He was heartbroken by the Cat's death in the Minotaur Room. Kefz referred to the Cat as "Little Buddy", and had just shouted that nickname moments before the Cat died.

Alejandra
Kefz frequently conversed and flirted with Alejandra, much to Bingle's vexation. He later explained to Bingle he'd only been attempting to get close to Alejandra to act as a wingman, but this assertion is up for debate, as he often talked with Alejandra in rare languages which neither of the others could comprehend.

Flying Spaghetti Monsters
Kefz enjoyed the Flying Spaghetti Monsters' pranks, and shared a love of meatball sandwiches with one, who he may be in a romantic relationship with. Due to the bomb's placing, however, the Monsters evacuated Tier 3, leaving this claim unable to develop further.

Otto
Kefz was frustrated by Otto's obsequious manner, and frequently verbally berated him. He harmed Otto physically on one occasion.

Rico and Halley
Kefz blames Rico for the Cat's death, and deeply wishes revenge on the pair. Rico also knows more languages than Kefz, doubtlessly a point of annoyance.

Appearance
Kefz is a tall, muscle-bound goliath with prominent canine teeth, tattoos, and a square jaw. He is polydactyl: however, it is not clear whether this is unique to him, or if all goliaths have an eleventh toe. He has no hair, and his eyes are a blank yellow to white. His skin is blue-gray. He wears lightweight blue training armor given to him by Tier 3.

When in disguise at the castle, Kefz adopted the persona of a courtier. Rem changed his appearance, making him shorter, slimmer, and altering his facial features significantly, as well as removing his tattoos. He wore a dark black suit with a ruffled white collar as a servant. However, upon being hit by Rico's spell, the disguise was removed and Kefz reverted to his old appearance and attire.

Kefz is somewhere in his twenties.