Tubo

 is a halfling monk working for the Archive of the Cobalt Soul, a library in Zadash. of the Suvo's Secrets. His monk archetype is the Way of the Cobalt Soul, published in Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting. As an NPC, Tubo is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Tubo is a halfling with very dark skin, very short widow's peak hair and a very calm smile.

Personality
Tubo is very well respected within the Archive. He is level-headed under pressure and remains calm and in control at all times. However, even his patience grew somewhat wearied by Beau, showing signs of frustration by her third day of training. He shows great confidence in his abilities as a teacher, able to deduce how much time he will need to train Beau from a single sparring match. He is also less aggressive and direct with his teaching methods, making it a point to - unlike Dairon - not inflict pain when sparring with his pupils. Another difference between him and Dairon is that he still believes in the value of reading, using it as his training method, whereas Dairon preferred to teach student's like Beau through more direct methods they would find more engaging.

Background
Beauregard had seen Tubo around the Archive in the past but never directly interacted with him as he was on a level far above her and wasn't even sure what position he held within the Archive.

On Zeenoth's recommendation, Beauregard reluctantly agreed to seek out Tubo for training whilst Dairon was away. Tubo took Beau to the formal training grounds beneath the Archive and told her to show him what she's got. They sparred for a bit so he could test the limits of her capabilities. He dodges and parries her blows with little effort and his calming smile on his face. He then overwhelmed her with his own assualt, however, unlike Dairon he never hit hard enough to inflict pain. Only ever doing enough to throw her off balance. From this brief match he says he only needs four days with her to take her skills to complete the next stage of her training.

Beauregard agreed and Tubo announced the first day would involve lots of reading books. Beauregard was extremely disappointed. But as she was reading, Tubo told her to focus on what she was trying to find and learn from the books. He instructed her not just on how to read and research but to focus her spiritual energy on the specific things she was searching for and taught her quick ways to improve her investigation abilities.

On the second day, he took Beau back to the training ground and show her how to use her ki at the moment of impact to give of a localised wave of spiritual energy, allowing her to break through the defences of things that were not meant to be touched by mortal hands and bypass the mundane protections, essentially making her fists magical. Beau chose to take this enlightenment to mean she was now a "Ghostpuncher."

On day three, he sat Beau in a chair in the chamber and told her to tell him a secret. She was obstinate and he grew frustrated. He delivered a series of quick hits to her clavical, the side of her throat and underneath her chin that only hurt a little. He proceeded to ask her questions about her youth and family history she wouldn't normally disclose and outside of stopping speaking at all, Beau found the blows she recieved leave her on the verge of giving up the information. He teaches her the technique to pull information from unwilling individuals and extort the truth from them.

On the fourth and final day, he showed Beau how to blend her ki with adrenaline bursts to give herself a moment of reactionary time. After hours of rigorous training he declares it is time to show what she has learnt. Two monks drop from the ceiling, passing Tubo a bow. The trio of monks fire at Beau but she is able to use Tubo's training to catch all three arrows at the same time, gaining only minor nicks. Tubo declares her training complete and said that Dairon was right about her being an apt pupil. He then said that their time was done, he had things to do and four days with her was more than enough. Beau showed no resentment towards Tubo's weariness with her, saying that she got that reaction a lot.