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The Collector

Gertie

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Bio

Gertie, known as The Collector, is one of the Power Nine and a divine force of acquisition, preservation, and possession. To her, collection is not simple hoarding; it is rescue from decay, theft from oblivion, and ownership made eternal. Objects, memories, souls, contracts, and entire histories may vanish into the Vault Beyond Counting, where nothing is ever truly lost and nothing is freely returned. Worshiped quietly by archivists, relic hunters, and those afraid of being forgotten, Gertie stands between preservation and captivity. She does not destroy what she wants. She keeps it forever.

Notes

Gertie is The Collector, a Neutral Evil Power Nine deity associated with acquisition, preservation, possession, and the Vault Beyond Counting. The prior Djeebus event notes in this cell were cross-row contamination and belonged to Djeebus, not Gertie. Post-session Power Nine holiday brainstorming tentatively linked Gertie possibly to Easter, but that remains meta-planning unless later confirmed in play.

Session Appearances

10 linked appearances

Illusion architect / forge concealer

Has a final major illusion hiding the route to her secret forge, broken when the party defeats the hags, wedding guests, and house-threat.

Status: Gertie's last major forge illusion falls

Knowledge: Players know the route to her forge is no longer hidden behind the wedding-house scenario.

2025-12-28

Pink Pony Later Session - Auric and the Time-Shifted Forge

Whispwoods / time-altered forge

Forge holder / hag antagonist

Owns or controls the forge route the party is trying to enter while rescuing K’Zhara and the fire djinni embersmiths.

Status: Gertie's forge remains the next major rescue objective

Knowledge: Players know the hags are between the party and Dallas's mother.

Unknown / Pink Pony Act 1

Pink Pony Act 1 Episode 4

Hazy Pastures / Xalaethra’s abandoned camp

Hag beneficiary / unseen planner

Is indirectly implicated by Calithea’s warning that the party has made the hags happy.

Status: Gertie’s larger plan benefits from the commune/Xalaethra disaster

Knowledge: Players know the party’s actions may have advanced hag goals.

Unknown / Pink Pony Act 1

Pink Pony Act 1 Episode 3

Queef Tower / deeper threads

Hag-plot architect / staff thief planner

Has her larger agenda deepened through the Fate Hag attack and Nora-staff plan.

Status: Gertie becomes the long-term hag antagonist behind Pink Pony escalation

Knowledge: Players know the hags’ actions at the masquerade are part of a broader plan.

2026-04-23

Act 5 Episode 5 Scene 42

Abandoned chapel / Aria diary

Hag-deal holder / firstborn claimant

Is named in Aria's diary as holding the firstborn claim her father made on her behalf before she could choose.

Status: Gertie thread intersects Vayne chapel

Knowledge: Players know Gertie's bargains continue to echo through Gravenhurst.

2025-09-01

Act 4 Finale Scene 1

Kaos-controlled chaos maze

Maze-linked chaos figure / prior trial force

Remains part of the chaos-maze context as the party completes the final stages.

Status: Gertie-linked maze material closes into the larger Kaos crisis

Knowledge: Players know her trials were part of the chaos sequence.

2025-08-01

Act 4 Episode 1 Scene 16

Banquet room / red mirror

Mirror taunter / failed-test judge

Appears in the red mirror, mocks Morgan, and throws him a Staff of Necromancy with zero charges because he failed her test.

Status: Gertie judges Morgan and withholds real reward

Knowledge: Players know Gertie directly manipulates Morgan and the maze.

2025-08-01

Act 4 Episode 1 Scene 12

Distorted banquet room

Illusion architect / ambush source

Weaponizes familiar guilt, Solar’s threat, and Morgan’s flesh-obsession to create the banquet ambush.

Status: Banquet room confirmed as Gertie test/trap

Knowledge: Players know Gertie’s maze uses personal fears and desires.

2025-08-01

Act 4 Episode 1 Scene 11

Gertie chaos mirror room / blue portal

Maze architect / illusion force

Her chaos mirror maze continues to test the party through personal visions and false exits.

Status: Gertie’s realm remains active environment and antagonist force

Knowledge: Players know the maze is personally targeted and deceptive.

2025-03-02

Act 2 Episode 5 Scene 11

Furnished sewer room chest

Divine/cosmic force

Appears among the Power Nine chapter titles/divine forces revealed by Maine’s translation.

Status: Gertie becomes part of active cosmology knowledge

Knowledge: Players know Gertie belongs in the Power Nine framework.

Related Story Posts

Act 2, Episode 5, Scene 11

The Alignment of Jericha

2025-03-02 / Furnished sewer room chest

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2099 M.B. / recorded 2025-03-02

Dhaz opens the chest and finds fine clothes, a small bottle, an iron key, and a Draconic book titled The Alignment of Jericha: The Power Nine.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 11

Enemy in the Mirror

2025-08-01 / Mirror room / blue portal

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2025-08-01

Inside Gertie's chaos mirror maze, Maine sees Enemy crush a Lawful-aligned MAI subject before the mirror breaks to reveal a blue portal.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 12

The Banquet Wears Familiar Faces

2025-08-01 / Distorted banquet room

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2025-08-01

The blue portal leads to a distorted banquet where Jeff and Solar are hags in disguise, Morgan is trapped in a cannibal dinner trance, and Darius joins the scene.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 16

Gertie's Empty Gift

2025-08-01 / Banquet room / red mirror

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2025-08-01

Morgan breaks free of the cannibal trance, only for Gertie to mock him through the red mirror and give him a dead Staff of Necromancy.

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Session Log / Adapted Recap / Act 4

The Chaos Maze Collapses

2025-09-01 / Kaos-controlled chaos maze

Recap StoryCurrent Campaign2100 M.B. / recorded 2025-09-01

The party completes the final stages of Kaos's chaos maze, breaking its immediate supernatural hold over Point Pringle.

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Act 5, Episode 3, Scene 43

After the session, the group discussed Power Nine holidays and lore retcons

2026-02-12 / Post-session table talk

Recap StoryCurrent CampaignRecorded 2026-02-12 / approx. 2100 M.B.

After the session, the group discussed Power Nine holidays and lore retcons: Vithyrex tied to Valentine’s Day, Sister Treants to Arbor Day, Krampus to Christmas, Trixie to Halloween, Ewig to Juneteenth, Aboleth to Memorial Day, Djeebus to Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras, Gertie possibly to Easter, and Emrys still undecided.

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Showing 6 of 10 linked story pages. Use the Session Appearances timeline above for the broader appearance history.

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Act 2, Episode 5, Scene 11: The Alignment of Jericha

Dhaz opens the chest and finds fine clothes, a small bottle, an iron key, and a Draconic book titled The Alignment of Jericha: The Power Nine.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 11: Enemy in the Mirror

Inside Gertie's chaos mirror maze, Maine sees Enemy crush a Lawful-aligned MAI subject before the mirror breaks to reveal a blue portal.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 12: The Banquet Wears Familiar Faces

The blue portal leads to a distorted banquet where Jeff and Solar are hags in disguise, Morgan is trapped in a cannibal dinner trance, and Darius joins the scene.

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Act 4, Episode 1, Scene 16: Gertie's Empty Gift

Morgan breaks free of the cannibal trance, only for Gertie to mock him through the red mirror and give him a dead Staff of Necromancy.

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The Chaos Maze Collapses

The party completes the final stages of Kaos's chaos maze, breaking its immediate supernatural hold over Point Pringle.

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Act 5, Episode 3, Scene 43: After the session, the group discussed Power Nine holidays and lore retcons

After the session, the group discussed Power Nine holidays and lore retcons: Vithyrex tied to Valentine’s Day, Sister Treants to Arbor Day, Krampus to Christmas, Trixie to Halloween, Ewig to Juneteenth, Aboleth to Memorial Day, Djeebus to Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras, Gertie possibly to Easter, and Emrys still undecided.

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Act 5, Episode 5, Scene 42: The Chapel Belongs to the Vayne Family's Old Rot

The chapel loot and diaries connect the dead necromancer to Mortellus Vayne, Aria Vayne, Gertie, the Duskborn scroll, and Havyk.

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The Masquerade Makes Nick a Vampire

The masquerade at Queef Manor turns catastrophic: Nick becomes a vampire, Rice Hands dies, and the Von Queef/VQU political threads deepen.

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The Commune Tea Turns Into Horror

Tarria joins the Pink Pony Girls as a commune tea ceremony turns into mass blinding, Havyk gains the Mantle of the Medusa, and Calithea warns that the hags are pleased.

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Auric Shows the Forge's Hidden Way In

Auric leads the party through a portal into a time-shifted version of Gertie's Forge, where they learn about K'Zhara's hidden tunnel.

GM / Spoiler Notes

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