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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 1933607" data-attributes="member: 840">Mejin A'kossCN(G) Rogue of indeterminate level. Age: apparent 45, actual 83Height: 5' 11"Weight: 170 lbs. Description: Mejin is of Baklunish descent possessing their trademark golden skin, a perpetually stubbly 3 day old beard, blue-grey eyes and long, wavy, blue-black hair with increasing amounts of grey as the years go by... It is braided in a few areas and loosely tied in the back. As a celebrity in Greyhawk he is always attired the latest fashions mixing Baklunish elements along with current Greyhawk styles. Currently he favors his long, midnight blue coat with silver embroidery and sleeves that end at the elbow, a casual white shirt, dark, green-grey breeches and near-black boots with an inordinate amount of silver buckles to match his belt. Mejin carries with him two beautifully pattern-welded adamantine/black mithril shortswords which emit a deep violet mist-like radiance. Mejin's most distinguishing trait however is the incredibly stylized plate armor that adorns his left arm. It appears to be made of black iron with burnished, silver edges and ending in a talon-like guantlet. Mejin will happily tell you the tale of how he simply woke up one morning and it was there, on his arm, and curiously irremovable. If your interest has been piqued, he'll happily direct you to his 3 volume biography, available at all fine bookstores. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> History: Mejin's career as the quintessential adventurer has spanned almost five decades. Bumbling from one adventure to the next, a member of no fewer than 17 different adventuring bands, his life would seem by many to be guided by the insane hand of Zagyg himself... This amuses the demigod greatly as it happens to be true. However, that is not his only patron from on high...  The strange relationship shared by the Demon Queen Lolth and Mejin A'koss can only be described as... well, it's best not to speculate. The story goes something like this - Many years ago Mejin was a member a renoun adventuring company called Silver... something-or-anothers. Anyway, repelling a seemingly simple giant raid led to the band to uncover nefarious plots that involved the mysterious drow and their dreaded Spider Queen. The band was very successful in following the trail deep into UnderOerth... right up until the Vault of the Drow. AFter a pitched battle with powerful clerics in Lolth's Temple, Mejin once again found himself the sole survivor (*sigh*). With the drow city now on high alert, Mejin weighed his options...  Yes, killing Lolth seemed the best idea.  "Word to the wise...", Mejin would say. "Even if you think you can get away with it, don't try and backstab a goddess. Really, just don't." It seems that Mejin tumbled onto the idea of leaping down from a balcony high in the grand temple, blades in hand, onto the oblivious back of Lolth in her enourmous spider form. After bouncing off her impregnable carapace he found himself flat on his a.. butt staring face to face with an, albeit puzzled, Demon Queen of Spiders.  "You must be the stupidest mortal in existence." "Well... it was either this or life as purveyor of women's shoes. I think we can both agree I made the right decision." "..." "Would it help any if I said I really, really hurt my bottom?" Apparently, Lolth has a sense of humor after all. Not much more is known of what transpired between the two but several weeks later Mejin was seen riding into Greyhawk City... on the back a giant spider he named "Ick". Portrait: As far as how I'd want Mejin to be portrayed, there are a couple of ways you could go to really capture the true essence of the character. One, Mejin bouncing ignomiously off a rather surprised Lolth or... Two, Mejin chatting up some impressionable young thing on the streets of Greyhawk with Ick in the background rolling all 8 of his eyes in disgust.   'nuff said. A'koss.</blockquote>

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