nonamazing
Explorer
Dr. Anomalous said:
Thank you! That's very kind.
I've been mulling over the character, and here's what I've come up with: as an infant, Xid was adopted by a Cyran noble family. He never wondered about his biological parents; he grew up well-adjusted and happy with his adoptive parents. He was educated at the best schools from the earliest possible age, and grew into a powerfull intellect, one which set him well apart from the other students. After being drafted into Cyre's military, Xid quickly rose through the ranks and displayed his talents as a master tactician, helping bring decisive victories to Cyre on several occasions. After finishing his required term, Xid was invited to study at an exclusive House Cannith university, which he happily accepted. After a few years, however, the war began to go badly for Cyre, and Xid re-enlisted, this time in the military's espionage department, where he undertook several dangerous missions infiltrating the military structures of rival nations. Xid was out of the country, on a mission deep inside Karrnathi territory, when Cyre was destroyed. Eventually, Xid made his way to Sharn, and settled down with a handful of Cyran refugees. Now just past 50, he believed it was time for him to retire and devote his energy to magical studies.
But things were a little more complicated than Xid would have believed. He found that he was beginning to lose his memories, which he would have merely assumed was due to the natural process of aging, if it wasn't for the fact that he also appeared to be slowly growing younger. This puzzled him greatly, and no amount of magical research could bring him any answers. Until he was contacted by a mysterious woman who claimed to be a captain in some organization known as the Nameless Legion.
The woman, who turned out to be a foul-tempered tiefling, told Xid all about the Legion. It seems that Xid's real father was a Legion member, as had been his father before him, and his father, and his father, and so on, appearantly almost all the way back to the founding of the Legion. The reason for this was a hereditary contract--it stated that when the current bearer of the contract died, their descendant would be obligated to fulfill their duty to the Legion. Xid's father had just passed away; thus, Xid was now (to his surprise) a conscripted member of the Legion.
The Contact is magical, dating back to the earliest days of the Legion. No one knows how Xid's ancestor came to be coherced into signing such a thing, but ever since then, every male descendant of that line has been forced into service with the Nameless Legion. The Contact's power is such that it places a powerful, unbreakable Geas on the subject, compelling them to loyally serve the Legion. The Contract also grants a sort of unnaturally extended lifespan on its subjects, making them younger but consuming their memories in order to do so.
Because of the Contact, Xid has no choice but to be part of the Nameless Legion, though he's always looking for a loophole or a way out. While he doesn't mind being in a younger body, he definitely knows he's paid far too high a price for it, and wishes he could be old again, with all his memories restored. Until he can figure something out, though, he works dutifully for the Legion, as an agent of D.E.L.V.E.--just like his unknown father.
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I've decided to go with three levels of Human Paragon and two levels of Artificer. Why Artificer? Well, I feel that it meshes with the sort of James Bond, superspy kind of character I'm shooting for (with the artificer items representing the nifty spy gadgets). He's going to have an incredible intelligence (probably 20) and be an excellent planner, but not much of a leader.
This is all still a little rough: if you like it so far, I'll come back with more details later. Or if there's anything you don't like, just let me know. Nothing's set in stone at the moment.
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