“If Sigil is the City of Doors, then it’s also got to be the city of keys — it just follows.”
So says Alluvius Ruskin, owner of Tivvum’s Antiquities, the largest supplier of gate keys in the Cage. Need a white rose petal to open a gate to Arborea? Or how about a baatezu heart for a trip to the frozen wastes of Cania? Whatever the key, it’s a good bet that the object’s in a bin, barrel, or case at Tivvum’s.
Alluvius, a small, elderly tiefling, speaks in a shaky voice, but she’s fiercely confident about her business. “I’ve had to work twice as hard to get my good reputation,” she says. “It’s almost been the death of me! I know what folks think when they see a tiefling, and believe me, it ain’t ‘Here, take my jink!‘”
Appearance and Demeanor
No one’d guess at the power behind the tiefling. She looks like a weak, elderly, human female, with small horns poking up through thin, silvery hair. Lu’s wispy, gray strands curl up at the ends and hang slightly aloft, as if caught in a light breeze. She’s known to wear eccentric garb for a tiefling of her years — often a long, fitted, dark green jacket with tails, and leggings of a gray and green pattern that define her spindly form.