Neir'Zyn

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Neir'Zyn

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First Name: Neir'Zyn
Last Name: (none at first, joined house Selmiyeritar later)

Appearance:
A handsome well built male, blue eyes with a hint of purple, white hair covers part of his face. Leather coat is his day to day clothing, but recently he started wearing beautifully decorated mythril fullplate of the highest quality craftsdrowship.
Race: Drow
Age: 120
Height: maximum allowed in character creation
Weight: slim but tough
Eyes: Blue with some purple
Hair: White
Facial Hair Style: none

Personality Profile:
Well mannered, charming, well behaved around drow females. Tries to not make enemies, first to save his own life, then to not make trouble for his new house but he can be rather cocky. Is pragmatic despite being drow supremacist and prefers to interact with other races for personal gain and gain of his house. Sees life as a big gamble and partakes in it with enthusiasm. "So you're telling me there's a chance" explains this trait the best. Is interested in gaining more powers but has complications. Tries to always pay what he owes to maintain status. Loves feeding hungry upperdark tribes with corpses of their brethren, as he sees a fun irony in it. His way of thought leans to always find a way around an obstacle if he cant power trough it. Loves poking holes in other's perception of things sometimes. From time to time he's seen being in great pain ant attempting to endure it, keeping stoic look.
Does not know surface common but started to learn it.

General Health: Good with body, but something is wrong with his soul.
Deity: Vhaeraun
Initial Alignment: Neutural Evil
Profession: Pact Mage
Base Class & Proposed Development: Warlock/Blackguard/Hellfire warlock
Habits/Hobbies: Always bows to females upon meeting. Tends to hold on to gems.
Languages: Drow, undercommon, elven, common (in process of learning), and whatever the one of his hellish patron: either abyssal or infernal (my lore is lacking, but evidence suggests his patron is a baatezu).
Weapon of Choice: Long sword and a shield, eldrich blasts and invocations.

Background:
Neir'Zyn was born in a Lolithe house in Ched Nasad. He was taught to behave and some general things about history and way of Lolth, but not too much detail - they had no time. His house was wiped out by another as the way of the Lolth dictates, but he somehow managed to hide well. Stricken by grief and anger, he swore bloody vengeance and it was at this moment he heard some voice in his head promising power and ability to enact vengeance with most effectiveness with a pact in exchange for his soul... Neir though he's going to be smart and argued with the voice "You will have my soul now for a time, and after the vengeance will be enacted by my hand, i will get it back ending our pact!". Surprisingly, the voice agreed for those conditions, and with a laugh, became silent.

Neir honed his new powers in secret, wanting them to be a trump card when the battle comes, as he searched for a new house to join. But none wanted to accept an impure drow male whelp once they saw his eyes, to them he was useless and he did not demonstrate any of his powers.
One of the next cycles, he hears news that the house he swore vengeance upon was exterminated by yet another house, that saw the opportunity. How did they know was a mystery to Neir. He rushed to the ruins only to see aftermath of a battle with no survivors. He was happy at first, but his powers were still with him. He did not kill anyone from the hated house. His hand, as per conditions of the pact, did not bring vengeance upon this house. The pact was now permanent. In panic he searched for possible survivors, but to no success. He was devastated. And a new problem has arisen: as his pact powers grew, he started to feel pain in his chest, and it was growing.

Most of the houses already declined him entry, and he was already rumored to be unpure and useless in the whole city, so he saw no chance of success and he started to travel from city to city with caravans, sustaining himself with minor jobs of "bring-give" and on bats he was able to blast. That way he grew, and eventually he arrived at Sshamath at the age of 120.

This city was something else. Not ruled by priestesses of Lolth but by a conclave of mages! It was a city of trade, where creatures he previously saw only in slave pens and cages were walking freely and trading. He was most curious, and for the first time in many years, he saw opportunity.
In his pursuit of becoming able to stand on his own, he stubled upon a half-drow female named Shi'ne, but he was not on position to look down at her, as he had no house behind his back and was just a jaluk. To his surprise, she informed him about existance of several houses he had a chance to join, including some unothrodox ones. Neir's interest was peaked, and shortly after a meeting with matron of house Selmiyeritar occured. Trough a long talk he was questioned and had questions and concerns answered. He mentioned he says he tells everyone he follows Lolth just because he thought that is what he's supposed to do. With a grin on her face, Matron introduced him to Vhaeraun, and had him tested. She didn't care he was unpure. She didn't even question it. And so, he became Neir'Zyn Selmiyeritar.

During his stay at the compound many of his questions related to his patron asnwered. He now knows that his patron fooled him. He now knows how contracts with them work. He now knows about true names and that they can be used to end pacts and gain control over demons and devils, and he assumed his patron has some limited access to his soul because of the wording in their pact, but not fully owning it as per laws of the underworld. And now he had a clear goal. First - he wants to break his old pact and make a new one, with conditions he understands and accepts, with stronger patron who would grant ability to use hellfire. Second - he wants to enslave his old patron, making him suffer just like Neir did all those years. For that, he needed to learn exactly who he is and to know his name. And house Selmiyeritar offered it's aid.

Later, growing more confident by the day, he decited that after his problems are solved he want to expand his influence across Underdark and even surface world, after he learned much from his new house, members of which started to teach him surface common. But he had his priorities - his soul was tormented and pain intensifying, as his powers as a warlock grew. He now assumes this is the way his silent patron wants to kill him.
He decided to take a different approach for now and looked into Vhaeraun with great success. He granted Neir his dark blessing, awakening minor divine powers within him, somewhat soothing the pain.

One time, a surface group came to negotioate with his house. He met a candlekeep scholar named Lucia, who was a feylock. After some questioning, she told him about candlekeep archives, which contain unimaginable amounts of knowledge. "So you are telling me there's a chance?" he said after Lucia answered "i don't know but possible" on his question about there being a list of true names of devils and demons. He now has a lead.

At the moment, he just continues his work for Selmiyeritar.



Goals:
Breaking his pact and getting a better one. Enslaving his old parton.
Long term growth of power and influence in underdark an on the surface.

Quirks:
Has to roll fortitide one or more times per day to endure the pain of his tormented soul.

Possible events:
1) Hiring an associate/visit/infiltration of candlekeep to search for names of devils.
2) Breaking his pact and forging a new better one.
3) Enslaving his old patron in revenge.
4) Having contact with powers of hell and possibly bringing some of the Devil-Demon blood war to Faerun, as he uses this contact to further his influence.
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