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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mephit James" data-source="post: 2676987" data-attributes="member: 37361">Jand BlackstaffHuman Wizard (evoker) LNRegion: ThayHit Points: 4Age: 19Height: 5’3”Weight: 140 lbs.Str 8, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 18, Wis 8, Chr 13AC: 10Languages: Chondathan, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Mulhorandi (native)Patron Deity: KossuthFamiliar: Ramas (raven; speaks Draconic)Skills: (ranks)- Appraise +8  (2)- Concentration +4 (4)- Knowledge (arcane) +8 (4)- Knowledge (geography) +8 (4)- Knowledge (history) +8 (4)- Knowledge (Thayan local) +8 (4)- Knowledge (the planes) +6 (2)- Spellcraft +8 (4)Feats:- Scribe Scroll [Bonus]- Spell Mastery [Human]- Tattoo Focus [Regional]SpellbookBarred Schools: Necromancy, Illusion0-level: acid splash*, arcane mark*, dancing lights$, mage hand*, open/close*.1st-level: burning hands#*, charm person, expeditious retreat, floating disk, light#, mage armor, magic missile#$, mount, obscuring mist*, shocking grasp#.* typically prepared$ bonus prepared specialization spell# spell mastery (doesn’t need to be written in spellbook)Equipment48 gp, 9 sp, 5 cp5 candles2 sunrods1 pound of seed for RamasFlask of alchemist’s fireSpell component pouchQuaterstaff (black, crooked)Scholar’s Outfit[Regional equipment]2 Scrolls or burning handsScroll of comprehend languagesScroll of identifyScroll of low-light vision *Unapproachable EastScroll of magic missileScroll of scorching rayHabits:[sblock]- Having been traveling by himself for some time, Jand has taken to talking out loud to Ramas, voicing his thoughts. Sometimes he does so without thinking, but usually when they are secretive thoughts he unconsciously uses the mysterious Draconic tongue. He isn't really asking Ramas's opinions, of course, but will usually answer the raven as if it has responded to him.- Though he is reasonably well-read on the geography and history of Faerun, Jand universally refers to countries besides Thay as "hinterlands" and "wilderness." When stepping off of the merchant vessel he rode to Cormyr, for example he scoffed. "Such a buzzing," the wizard complained, "as if these barbarians have any tasks of consequence in these Cormyrian hinterlands."- When engaged in combat, Jand enjoys gloating over well-placed spells. After striking an enemy with a magic missile, for example, he might yell: "Perhaps now you will better appreciate real power, mongrel!"[/sblock]It would be very hard to mistake Jand Blackstaff as anything other than a foreign wizard in Cormyr. His crimson robes are marked with ostentatious sigils, with a similarly complex sign marking the tanned skin of his bald forehead. His spell components sway constantly in the breeze whenever he throws his cloak over his shoulder in a self-important manner, which is frequently. On his shoulder perches a sleek, black raven who watches everything with a sharp eye. Lastly, the casual-but-firm manner in which he holds his crooked staff of dark wood causes onlookers to eye the object with suspiscion.If his appearance marks him as a wizard, his attitude marks him as an arrogant one. He makes no effort to hide his Thayan accent and flaunts his homeland as if he were a zulkir, which makes him either powerful or naieve and a fool.Background[sblock]Jand Blackstaff was born very recently. In the past year, in fact, between Aglarond and Cormyr on the Sea of Fallen Stars. Before this the short, thin wizard who now bears this name was known as Jaindis al'Tezc of Eltabbar. He was a rich merchant's son and attended a prestigious academy of Thay in his father's footsteps. He excelled at his studies, easily surpassing other students and developing a fierce pride. The professors at the academy praised him highly, increasing his sense of self-worth, and he graduated with honors and returned home to eventually take over his father's business.To friends, Jaindis's life seemed charmed, but to enemies it looked like an easy mark. Risk comes with every success in Thay, and Jaindis's father's success had earned him many enemies. When the boy returned, the threat of a legacy was too much for rival merchants and they set a trap.  After his father's poisoning, Jaindis found his world rapidly crumbling and he found he had no choice but to leave Thay. He traveled across the oceans to western Faerun where he hopes to make a name (and fortune for himself), adopting the name Jand Blackstaff on the way. He  worries often about being pursued by his father's killers, who he believes fear him for his magical ability. In truth, no one cares much about young Jand as long as he doesn't try to reclaim his father's business. Despite this paranoia, Jand is still a braggart and prideful. Changing his name had much more to do with an air of mystery and adventure than with hiding his identity, and Jand certainly makes no secret about being a Thayan and aspiring to be a Red Wizard some day. At the academy, reading about foreign wizards and lands, he began to develop a wanderlust and has used his father's death and the collapse of the family business as an excuse to strike out in the world. His plan is to make his own way for a while and then return to Thay to enter the service of the Red Wizards, using his (then) considerable travel expertise to establish enclaves and pull strings in nations across Faerun and perhaps beyond.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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