Stodor is a stone giant who lost his family to a Synth Satellite attack and was subsequently captured by The Synth and chained to the Bally Table pinball machine.
Description
- Stone giant
- Lost his wife and two children
- Conditioned to throw rocks at red/golden moons
- Imprisoned and chained to a pinball machine by The Synth
- Tells stories while eating dinner with various body parts
Backstory: The Bad Moon Rising
Stodor told this tragic story to the party during dinner, explaining how he came to be imprisoned. The story unfolded non-linearly through prompts in hollow eyeballs.
The Cave Dwelling
- Stodor lived peacefully with his wife and two children in a cave
- Party of explorers (including Hanzo) tumbled into their home while fleeing from skeletons
- Skeletons were rising from the ground, doubling on respawn
- The giant family helped the explorers fight off the undead
The Bad Moon Rising
Associated with the song “Bad Moon Rising”:
Don’t go around tonight
Well it’s bound to take your life
I know the end is comin’ soon
- An unnatural golden-red moon appeared on what should have been a new moon night
- Actually a Synth Satellite, not a real moon
- The moon raised waves of undead:
- Ogre Zombie
- Beholder Zombie
- Revenant
- Wraith
- Earthquakes and lightning, storm approaching
- Multi-level battlefield on a clifftop
The Tragedy
- Climactic battle where everyone was overrun
- The Beholder Zombie killed Stodor’s wife and children
- In a final desperate act, Stodor threw a boulder at the moon
- The boulder cracked the moon, revealing it as a Synth Satellite
- The spawning of undead ended
The Mourning
Stones have no enemy but time…
- Days turned to months, months to years
- Stodor lived alone in the cave
- Every night, he went out to hurl stones into the sky
- A ritual from giant culture: speak a prayer and throw a rock
- The goddess who grants these prayers was dead
- Yet Stodor continued the tradition
The Capture
- The Synth eventually traced the trail of stones back to the cave
- They investigated what destroyed their experiment
- Captured Stodor alive
- Chained him to the Bally Table pinball machine
- Created a visual illusion: when a ball needs to be thrown, a golden-red disc appears
- Stodor was conditioned to throw rocks at this illusion
- The party fought alongside dream-Stodor during this story
- Hanzo was consumed by the dream and replaced by Velden
Musical Themes
Stodor’s story incorporates several songs:
- “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival - The unnatural moon that raised the undead
- “Spooky Scary Skeletons” - The endless waves of respawning skeletons
- “Pinball Wizard” by The Who - His imprisonment at the pinball machine
Connections
- Victim of The Synth and their Synth Satellite experiments
- Chained to Bally Table pinball machine dungeon
- Story connects to Hanzo’s disappearance and Velden’s appearance
- Present at same location as Bob, though their stories are separate
- Connected to Viscount Bridgerton who operated the Bally Table