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<blockquote data-quote="Bloodcookie" data-source="post: 3174551" data-attributes="member: 33085"><p>Hey, good to see the campaign is still going to happen <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <s>I'll have my background put together by sometime tomorrow.</s> Ok, so I got carried away - behold! Fhetek Ghot!</p><p></p><p><strong>Background and Sociopolitical Context</strong> </p><p></p><p>Were they not all completely bald, the hair of every Red Wizard in Thay surely would have stood up in excitement at the news of King Azoun of Cormyr’s death. </p><p></p><p>Not least among those practically salivating at the sudden vacuum of power was Samas Kul, Master of the Guild of Foreign Trade. While Tharchion Kren was no doubt petitioning some Zulkir or another for permission to lead a flotilla against Marsember, Kul immediately began arranging for the establishment of an enclave in the heart of Suzail. By no means lacking in the Machiavellian aspirations of his colleagues, Kul is simply a proponent of those means of expanding Thay’s global stranglehold that will also expand his personal fortune.</p><p></p><p>Fhetek Ghot was born the only son of a doctor in the city of Bezantur. Like all children of freeborn Thayans, Fhetek was examined at an early age for signs of magical aptitude. It was discovered that he did, in fact, possess no small capacity for the art. Indeed, perhaps due to years of exposure to matters of life and death concerning his father’s patients – births, illnesses, the slow wasting of age – he seemed intuitively apt in the practice of necromancy. Unfortunately, the Tharchion of Priador is also the Zulkir of Evocation, and, in true academic fashion, his research interests find almost exclusive reflection in the Tharch’s institutions of arcane education. So, possessing no real wealth or influence, Fhetek was unceremoniously shunted off to a small school in distant Surthay; in fact, a decrepit estate on the edge of the Surmarsh, administered by an eccentric (to put it politely), but powerful necromancer. Fhetek’s tutor, Ghorus Khraat loathed taking on students, and much of Fhetek’s time was spent maintaining the animated corpses patrolling the grounds, or enduring such bizarre instructions as standing barefoot in the marsh for hours on end, in order to “truly internalize” his understanding of “the nature of decay.” Nevertheless, by assisting in Khraat’s rituals and experiments, Fhetek gradually attained the rank of outermost circle initiate, and was released from his apprenticeship.</p><p></p><p>Realizing that a necromancer had no hope of even playing the games of power among Priador’s Red Wizards, and being absolutely penniless, upon his return home, Fhetek went straight to the Guild of Foreign Trade, seeking an assignment abroad. As luck would have it, preparations were nearing completion for the opening of the Guild’s Cormyr enclave; the only setback was the difficulty in finding anyone willing to risk appointment in what would be, initially at least, hostile territory. Having nothing to lose, Fhetek signed up without a second thought.</p><p></p><p><strong>Appearance and Personality</strong> </p><p></p><p>A fairly typical Mulan, Fhetek is about 5’9” tall, and a somewhat gaunt 114 lbs. His complexion is rather more pale than typical, even for one of his ethnicity, and his scalp and face are kept clean-shaven. His scalp tattoos, given to him by his old master, and forever setting him apart, even in his homeland, are a complex pattern of arabesques and stylized skulls. Not yet a true Red Wizard, Fhetek typically wears a simple, undyed linen or woolen robe. His duties in the enclave are mostly of an industrial nature, assisting in the brewing of potions and assembly of magical devices prior to their enchantment. He has little cause to interact with the public, which leads him to fall into a somewhat disheveled appearance.</p><p></p><p>Having endured unremitting frustrations to get where he is, Fhetek has no intention of complacently accepting what comes his way; he considers his current circumstances just a stepping stone on the path to power and prestige he knows he has more than earned. He approaches everything with an analytic calm, prepared to claim an advantage as soon as he discerns it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bloodcookie, post: 3174551, member: 33085"] Hey, good to see the campaign is still going to happen :D [S]I'll have my background put together by sometime tomorrow.[/S] Ok, so I got carried away - behold! Fhetek Ghot! [B]Background and Sociopolitical Context[/B] Were they not all completely bald, the hair of every Red Wizard in Thay surely would have stood up in excitement at the news of King Azoun of Cormyr’s death. Not least among those practically salivating at the sudden vacuum of power was Samas Kul, Master of the Guild of Foreign Trade. While Tharchion Kren was no doubt petitioning some Zulkir or another for permission to lead a flotilla against Marsember, Kul immediately began arranging for the establishment of an enclave in the heart of Suzail. By no means lacking in the Machiavellian aspirations of his colleagues, Kul is simply a proponent of those means of expanding Thay’s global stranglehold that will also expand his personal fortune. Fhetek Ghot was born the only son of a doctor in the city of Bezantur. Like all children of freeborn Thayans, Fhetek was examined at an early age for signs of magical aptitude. It was discovered that he did, in fact, possess no small capacity for the art. Indeed, perhaps due to years of exposure to matters of life and death concerning his father’s patients – births, illnesses, the slow wasting of age – he seemed intuitively apt in the practice of necromancy. Unfortunately, the Tharchion of Priador is also the Zulkir of Evocation, and, in true academic fashion, his research interests find almost exclusive reflection in the Tharch’s institutions of arcane education. So, possessing no real wealth or influence, Fhetek was unceremoniously shunted off to a small school in distant Surthay; in fact, a decrepit estate on the edge of the Surmarsh, administered by an eccentric (to put it politely), but powerful necromancer. Fhetek’s tutor, Ghorus Khraat loathed taking on students, and much of Fhetek’s time was spent maintaining the animated corpses patrolling the grounds, or enduring such bizarre instructions as standing barefoot in the marsh for hours on end, in order to “truly internalize” his understanding of “the nature of decay.” Nevertheless, by assisting in Khraat’s rituals and experiments, Fhetek gradually attained the rank of outermost circle initiate, and was released from his apprenticeship. Realizing that a necromancer had no hope of even playing the games of power among Priador’s Red Wizards, and being absolutely penniless, upon his return home, Fhetek went straight to the Guild of Foreign Trade, seeking an assignment abroad. As luck would have it, preparations were nearing completion for the opening of the Guild’s Cormyr enclave; the only setback was the difficulty in finding anyone willing to risk appointment in what would be, initially at least, hostile territory. Having nothing to lose, Fhetek signed up without a second thought. [B]Appearance and Personality[/B] A fairly typical Mulan, Fhetek is about 5’9” tall, and a somewhat gaunt 114 lbs. His complexion is rather more pale than typical, even for one of his ethnicity, and his scalp and face are kept clean-shaven. His scalp tattoos, given to him by his old master, and forever setting him apart, even in his homeland, are a complex pattern of arabesques and stylized skulls. Not yet a true Red Wizard, Fhetek typically wears a simple, undyed linen or woolen robe. His duties in the enclave are mostly of an industrial nature, assisting in the brewing of potions and assembly of magical devices prior to their enchantment. He has little cause to interact with the public, which leads him to fall into a somewhat disheveled appearance. Having endured unremitting frustrations to get where he is, Fhetek has no intention of complacently accepting what comes his way; he considers his current circumstances just a stepping stone on the path to power and prestige he knows he has more than earned. He approaches everything with an analytic calm, prepared to claim an advantage as soon as he discerns it. [/QUOTE]
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