Alixtus Meravanchi
Male Human Warlock 1 [Complete Arcane / Complete Mage]
Medium Humanoid
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 146lbs
Hair: Vibrant Red
Eyes: Bright Blue
Age: 21
Str: 7 (-2) [-1 points]
Dex: 16 (+3) [10 points]
Con: 12 (+1) [4 points]
Int: 16 (+3) [10 points]
Wis: 8 (-1) [0 points]
Cha: 16 (+3) [10 points]
Hit Dice: 1d6+1
HP: 7
DR: 2 / cold iron
AC: 17 (13 touch, 14 flat-footed)
ACP: 0
Init: +3 (+3 Dex)
Speed: 30ft Land
Saves:
Fortitude +1 [+0 base, +1 Con]
Reflex +3 [+0 base, +3 Dex]
Will +1 / +4 [+2 base, -1 Wis, +3 vs Enchantment effects]
BAB: +0
Melee Atk: -2 (1d6-2 x2 B&P, morningstar),
Ranged Atk: +3 (1d6 x2 Untyped Magic, Eldritch Blast)
Skills:
Appraise +3 [0 ranks, +3 Int]
Balance +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Bluff +13 [4 ranks, +3 Cha, +6 Beguiling Influence]
Climb -2 [0 ranks, -2 Str]
Concentration +2 [1 rank, +1 Con]
Craft +3 [0 ranks, +3 Int]
Diplomacy +13 [4 ranks, +3 Cha, +6 Beguiling Influence]
Disguise +3 [0 ranks, +3 Cha]
Escape Artist +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Forgery +3 [0 ranks, +3 Int]
Gather Information +3 [0 ranks, +3 Cha]
Heal -1 [0 ranks, -1 Wis]
Hide +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Intimidate +9 [0 ranks, +3 Cha, +6 Beguiling Influence]
Jump -2 (+3) [0 ranks, -2 Str]
Knowledge (arcana) +4 [1 rank, +3 Int]
Knowledge (history) +5 [0 ranks, +3 Int, +2 and untrained use Academy Graduate]
Knowledge (nobility and royalty) +9 [4 ranks, +3 Int, +2 Academy Graduate]
Knowledge (the planes) +4 [1 rank, +3 Int]
Listen -1 [0 ranks, -1 Wis]
Move Silently +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Perform +3 [0 ranks, +3 Cha]
Ride +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Search +3 [0 ranks, +3 Int]
Sense Motive +3 [4 ranks, -1 Wis]
Spellcraft +4 [1 ranks, +3 Int]
Spot -1 [0 ranks, -1 Wis]
Survival -1 [0 ranks, -1 Wis]
Swim -2 [0 ranks, -2 Str]
Use Magic Device +7 [4 ranks, +3 Cha]
Use Rope +3 [0 ranks, +3 Dex]
Feats:
Academy Graduate
Fey Heritage
Fey Skin
Languages: Common, Abyssal, Aquan, Sylvan
Eldritch Blast: 1d6
Invocations
Beguiling Influence
Equipment
Chain Shirt
Morningstar
Traveler's Outfit
Courtier's Outfit + Jewelry
[SBLOCK=Backstory]Alixtus Meravanchi is the heir of the minor noble house of Meravanchi, the son of Zebula and Amneris (NOTE: invented name as wife is unlisted in the player's guide--tell me what to replace it with if that is listed anywhere) Meravanchi. Alixtus has always been...just a bit different. Lux Seoni (NOTE: she was possibly not the Mistress of the tower yet at that point, based on the timeline, so I didn't give her a title), whom Zebula and Amneris paid to inspect him as an infant because of a strange aura around him, called him an 'atavist', a term that nobody else understood. The Witchwarden tried to explain it as someone who displays unusual traits of an ancestor, even moreso than the skipped intermediary generations, but they still didn't know quite what that meant...at least until Alixtus's powers began to manifest fully.
In the Cloudcrystal Academy , his uncanny knack for getting what he wanted seemed almost supernatural, whether it was his way with the ladies, his persuasive arguments to reconsider his scores on a written exam, his skill in debating, or his successful run for class president, which surprised everyone since he edged out the heirs and scions of some of the much more important noble houses. This created a bit of resentment, though it would have been a lot more if his rivals didn't find him so darned likeable and difficult to resent--in fact, notably Trisha Lidu, a strong rival candidate and daughter of the famed noble house, voted for him instead of herself; she came in second and so was instated as vice president. Of course, he didn't know that she voted for him at the time, and he wasn't really in her circles--he mainly considered Trisha to be a pampered and stuck-up bitch who had everything handed to her on a silver platter.
His way with people was not the problem, however--it seemed more a blessing than a curse. The trouble came one night during a vivid nightmare, when Alixtus woke up with a shock to find his room scorched and burned as if by raw magic. Beginning that night, he began to notice a fey eerie glow that sometimes surrounded him or parts of him, that he tried his best to keep hidden. One day, however, the aura intensified around his hand and vaporised the pen he was using to write. Later, it began to even lash out at things from farther away, without Alixtus actually contacting the object. Frightened and afraid to admit to his unusual malady, he decided to resign the presidency to Trisha in his final term at school. She seemed concerned and demanded to know the full details behind the resignation, and he blurted them out, secretly happy to not have to keep it a secret. He expected her to flee in horror or maybe smirk in self-satisfaction, but she seemed both genuinely concerned for him and not at all repulsed by his strange affliction. They talked for a long time, and this is when he learned that she had actually voted for him. He decided that she was nothing like he'd imagined her to be because of his preconceptions, and he felt a bit shallow for doing so. She convinced him not to resign and promised to keep his secret safe. However, some people saw his strange glow or the destructive lashing blasts, and rumours began to spread. Many of his friends and acquaintances ignored the rumours. To others, the mystery and danger made him even more attractive. For Trisha, at least, it brought them closer as president/vice president and friends during that last term, as Alixtus had tried to ignore her and not work with her up to that point. There was a sizable portion of the student body, however, that was made uneasy, however, and began to be a bit frightened of him. Between those students and the ones who thought the mystery was cool, rumours began to pop up:
"Alixtus was the spawn of a demon--the debauched Zebula Meravanchi mated with a succubus." "Wait, no--a succubus and a mortal always produced a female child, so maybe Amneris was raped by a demon." "Wait, what if Zebula mated with a half-succubus then, could that lead to a male? That could explain why he had no visible demon features." "Come on, he's not part-demon. They're wild and crazy, and he's slick and refined. Obviously, Zebula mated with a devil." "Fool, all female devils are sterile, that can't be right. What if Amneris was raped by a..." "What is it with you and women being raped by evil things?" "Hey, at least I'm not the one who always brings up succubi." "Speaking of succubi, you forgot about erinyes--they're fallen angels, and they're not sterile like the other baatezu. Maybe he's half-erinyes." "That's pushing it." "Well, you know what I think?" "We're not asking you." "Yeah, well I think he's dreamy--what if he's part fey?" "Fey? He doesn't sprinkle people with pixie dust--he zaps them to death with black magic!" "Fey aren't only little pixies, you know. There are dark fey too in the legends, and spirits of all aspects of nature, including the elements, like water, fire, and other destructive forces." "Aren't those elementals." "Not always, elementals are made of the elements, while fey embody the spirit." "Actually, maybe he's part elemental, or dragon. Everything is better with dragons."
With all the rumours abounding, after graduation, Alixtus asked his parents what they knew, and they told him about the atavist finding of the Witchwarden. Alixtus tried to dig up some research on the family tree, and based on some sketchy and tenuous conclusions, he decided that he may be part fey, at least if the atavist theory is correct. Either way, he has been in a bit of a funk after graduation, since he is used to being a social butterfly, surrounded by friends, and now he's all alone for the most part. He hadn't even really seen any of his girlfriends from the Academy (though admittedly he stopped seeing them regularly after his power manifested because he didn't feel they were safe with him at night after the burned room incident) or his vice president Trisha. He has been adjusting to his new life by doing some odd jobs helping with his father's decadent entertainment interests, but he doesn't feel that is the life for him. He needs something more. Secretly, he has been focusing and practising with his powers, and he has learned to control his blasts to the point where he feels safe around others at all times--in fact it has proven an effective weapon. Recently, as he was leaving Shadowshore on an errand (father needed him to check for something at the Black Market) and had just reached the Noble District, he came across a cloaked young woman beset by thugs, knocked unconscious before his eyes and probably about to be robbed and killed, or maybe sold into slavery to the Scarlet Brotherhood. Not one to leave a damsel in distress, he blasted one of the thugs by surprise and took another before they could react. He intimidated the other thugs into fleeing. They no doubt reported their unusual attacker and earned him the enmity of their gang, or worse, the Thieve's Guild, but he didn't care. Surprisingly, with the cloak removed, the young woman turned out to be Trisha Lidu. But why would someone put out a hit on Trisha, unless this was a random attack? A quick search of the downed thugs showed the mark of the Guild, so it couldn't have been random. But why? Her family and her father were well-respected. His only guess was that it might have been someone from the Champion's District. They've had a grudge against the nobles, and thus perhaps against the Lidus, and Trisha is young, unexperienced, and a perfect vulnerable target. Alixtus called the guard to impound the attackers, and he took Trisha back to her home himself, cradling the lithe young woman in his arms, which would have been easier if he had any appreciable upper body strength. Fortunately, his arms were spared when she woozily awoke partway through and requested to walk. She was surprised to be alive, having thought the thugs would kill her, though Alixtus now thought it might have been a kidnapping for ransom or to force her father's hand on a political matter. She was doubly surprised to see Alixtus, and triply surprised that he was her saviour. Even Alixtus's strongest proponents (perhaps especially his strongest proponents), knew that he was a weakling when it came to fighting. She questioned about that, and he simply winked and said, "Worry not, fair Trisha, I have everything under control now," creating harmless light around his fingertips and brushing her cheek to emphasise the hidden meaning of his words. With the rescue of Trisha, which of course the grateful young lady played up when explaining it to her family, Alixtus was hailed a hero by many, a fact which his father predictably exploited in an attempt to drum up his business through the publicity. Alixtus supposed he shouldn't have expected any less from his father, but he really didn't want to make a big deal about it, particularly in that way. Still, thanks to Zebula, for better or for worse, Alixtus may well be building a reputation for himself, a reputation that may cause some to admire him and others, particularly Trisha's assailants, to mark him an enemy.[/SBLOCK]
