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====== Hiko the Illustrious ======

Character concept by Caileb Linscomb, all rights reserved.

**Current Status:** Adventuring with Eingrim the Gold, [[gaeleth:people:Roland]], [[gaeleth:people:Chimes]], and [[gaeleth:people:Toox]] on the outskirts of [[gaeleth:places:Rilan]].

====== Appearance ======

High Elf, 6', 108 lbs, pale skin, golden blonde hair, blue eyes\\
Yale blue robes with grey trim, floppy wide-brimmed blue wizard hat

====== Background ======


Ornithel Mestenoux was born into a rich High Elf family, the Mestenoux fishing barons of the coastal city of [[gaeleth:places:Teras]]. He was raised in the comfort of his family's seaside manor, spending many days playing with his siblings and practicing his innate arcane spellcraft, a trait shared among all High Elves and one with which he showed great aptitude. Later in his life he studied diligently for many years at the arcane academy of [[gaeleth:places:Lok Magius]], taking particular interest in the school of conjuration. He hoped to use the schools teachings to unravel the mysteries of the multiverse. After faithfully serving the academy's interests for over 30 years, he was abruptly expelled after committing an egregious misdeed. Ornithel was well known throughout the academy for his irreverent and contumacious attitudes about the academy's laws around the the concealment of information thought to be too dangerous to study, and much too dangerous for the wider masses to ever be aware of. It was never the less shocking to the academy staff when it was discovered that he had abused magic in order to infiltrate the Great Library of Lok Magius in an attempt to steal a number of forbidden tomes. Worse yet, it was determined that he not only intended to study said tomes, but potentially to distribute the information freely. He was promptly stripped of his title of Aetherist and banned from the premises and services of the academy and all associated institutions. To make matters worse, he was subsequently disowned from his family for the humiliation he brought to their name. It was after this abasement that Ornithel decided to abandon his former name and remake himself. He adopted a childhood nickname, Hiko, as his new name, and he swore that he would become more powerful than any academy mage, despite the abandonment of his family and peers. It was months after this resolution that he met the Kenku slave Chimes. Feeling great disgust for the practice of slavery, and pity for the poor Kenku girl, he decided to free her from her captors, inadvertently making a life-long friend in the process. The two together formed what would eventually be known as the Black Feather Troupe, and he adopted the persona of Hiko the Illustrious, a traveling illusionist. He feared that his true passion of conjuration would not bring as much amusement to the common folk of Rakore. They would later add an acrobat to their party of performers, a Changeling girl named Toox. The three would become close friends, traveling Rakore and performing for coin, but Hiko would long to once again study the arcane, for he had not forgotten the promise that he made to himself.
====== Character ======
**Personality Traits** - I am obsessed with magic in all its forms. I love to share what I learn eagerly, sometimes too eagerly.\\

**Ideals** - People of all creeds and walks of life should be free to study magic, not just the elite.\\

**Bonds** - My past deeds have left me ostracized from the arcane community, I seek to prove them all fools for scorning me.\\

**Flaws** - I can be easily persuaded by the promise of information or arcane power.\\

**Hobbies** - Reading, Spellcraft, Gambling, Archery\\

====== Spellbooks ======

**Velanna the Brass' Traveling Spellbook:**  An ex of Eingrim the Gold's, Velanna was a generalist of [[gaeleth:places:Lok Magius]] that died aboard the //Drumkin// while it was in Rilan.  She was a mage for hire whose last adventure was a tomb in Lena belonging to a Karatikan druid-battlemage known as Uthinnar that was buried with honors in the land P'thathikir (modern-day Rakore).  Spells:  1) Identify, Color Spray.  2) Levitate, Spider Climb.  3) Gaseous Form, Vampiric Touch.  4) Ice Storm, Secret Chest.\\

**Tome of Pad Taral, damaged by acid:**  Pad was a gnome that hid a treasure room in the ruins of Duradog.  The treasure room had several traps ahead of it, including a greased bridge above a chasm full of spikes.  The tome is damaged, but the following spells were in it:  C) Minor Illusion, 1) Grease, 3) Glyph of Waring, Remove Curse, 5) Wall of Force.\\

**Jollock's Traveling Spellbook:** This book was found in one of the warehouses of Rilan, and is suspected to have been stolen during the Betrayal after the Ogran Invasion.  Unfortunately, the book is heavily damaged.  The surviving spells and writings points to a sociopath with simpleton-like writing:  C) Infestation, 1) Chaos Bolt, Zephyr Strike, 2) Dragon's Breath, Mind Spike, 3) Thunder Step, Summon Lesser Demons\\

**Damathocles' Master Tome:**  This gold-leafed tome is enchanted to stand the test of time.  Damothocles was a conjuration master from before the [[gaeleth:history:Storm Wars]], and contained more than just spells.  It has rich notes on the locations of several pre-war towns, fortresses, and wizard keeps, as well as notes on monsters, summonings, and powers.  There are even some legal notes for dealing with devils and making wishes.\\

**Macintyre's Traveling Spellbook:** Taken from 'Mac' over some ruins to the north of Teras, this sloppily written book had only a handful of spells of note, including //fireball//.\\
* __ArcLight__ (2nd Level), Bonus Action, 60ft range, V/S/M (requires a small quartz crystal that is consumed), Duration 10min, Evocation School; creates a very bright actinic light at the point chosen that spreads for 20ft in all directions and is too bright to look at for more than a moment, bright light for another 20ft, and dim light for another 20ft; creatures on the other side of the actinic light are considered to have full obscurement; once conjured, the arc light remains in place and cannot be moved; within the actinic zone of the light's source, all colors are washed out (monochromatic) and all creatures vulnerable to radiant damage take 1pt of damage per round (on their turn) while within its sphere of affect.\\
* __Lift__ (2nd Level), Action, 60ft range, V/M (requires a feather), Duration Concentration, Evocation School; target one creature or object within range, and an ethereal force reaches out to surround them; make a grapple check against the target (your spell DC versus their Athletics or Acrobatics; creatures with fly speeds have advantage to escape) and if you are successful, you give it a fly speed of 10ft/round that you control during your round (effective that round); the spell ends if the target leaves the range of effect, if they escape, or if you lose concentration; the target may attempt escape checks each round they are being grappled.\\



For more information, see [[gaeleth:campaigns:campaign_x:Campaign X]]

====== 5E Stats ======

Wizard (Conjuration), Level 9\\
Background: Sage (Discredited Academic)\\
Race: High Elf\\
Alignment: Neutral Good\\
STR 8, DEX 16, CON 10, INT 20, WIS 12, CHA 16\\
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**Proficiencies**\\
Proficient Skills: Arcana, Deception, History, Investigation, Perception, Performance, Persuasion, Slight of Hand\\
Language Proficiencies: Common, Draconic, Core Dwarven, High Elven, Mazizhe Ogran, Vridarin\\
Weapon Proficiencies: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaffs, Light Crossbows, Longswords, Shortswords, Shortbows, Longbows\\
Armor Proficiencies: None\\
Tool Proficiencies: Playing Cards, Dragonchess\\
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**Feats**\\
Researcher\\
When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, or that it simply cannot be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign.\\
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Skilled\\
You gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice.
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