L:PC/Nict

Nict Gern

Sorcerer (Fire Elemental bloodline)
Level 3

Characteristics Human; Male; Age 17; 6'1"; 160 lbs.; Red hair; Green (L)/Crimson eye(R)

Abilities STR: 10 DEX: 14 CON: 12 INT: 12 WIS: 12 CHA: 18

Saves FORTITUDE 2; REFLEX 3; WILL 6

Base Attack Bonus +1 AC 13

Feats Eschew Materials; Improved Initiative; Iron Will; Weapon Finesse

Special Trait +2 to DC of a fire spell 1x per day

Faith Selene (chaotic neutral), goddess of travel and roadways

Equipment Ring of Protection +1; "The Club" (d6)

Spells LVL 0: Detect Magic; Detect Poison; Light; Flare; Prestidigitation; LVL 1: Firebolt (Magic Missle); Heat Cushion (Feather Fall); Burning Hands; Disguise Self

Skills Appraise 4; Bluff 9; Diplomacy 4; Disguise 4; Escape Artist 2; Fly 2; Heal 3; Intimidate 9; Knowledge (Planes) 5; Perception 1; Sense Motive 1; Spellcraft 5; Stealth 4; Survival 3; Use Magic Device 9

Personality Nict shows a happy, agreeable face to the world developed from years of training as a merchant. He is lawful and will follow the spirit of the law as opposed to the letter although he is passive-aggressive to authority figures. Although not malignant, he does have the tendency for expediency at the cost of someone's feelings. He makes quick shallow bonds easily but has a harder time making meaningful connections to people.

Biography Nict Gern is from a family of outcasts. His family has what they perceive of as a "curse". Every once in a while one of the children in their line is born with a crimson eye. He is the latest to have the curse. His aunt, uncle, & his parents are currently the leaders of the caravan they travel which. It has recently bounced back from near disbanding. His parents are responsible for it recovering. Although proud of his parents, he also resents them because their focus has always been the safety of the caravan over the safety of any particular inhabitants, including their own children.

Nict practically raised his sister Sehra & his cousin Sheiah. He has a stronger affection for them than anyone else & has taken great care that they learn all they need to be able to leave when they are old enough. Neither of them has the crimson eye although Sehra has shown an attraction to fire.

He leaves the caravan at 17 to find a new life for himself with a contact he made in one of the caravan's regular stops.

Curse Origin The "curse" that the line suffers from comes from an ancestor who went and fought in a war far in the past. After some incident that he never spoke about, he came back from the wars with crimson eyes. He was quieter and more stoic. Before the war, he was arranged in a marriage. After he returned as he did, the girl's father tried to annul the marriage but didn't have grounds for it according to the village chief. After a few years, the woman gave birth to twin girls. Each one had one of their eyes like their mothers (green) and the other like their fathers (crimson). Yvette had her left eye green and the right crimson. Yvonne had her right eye green and her left crimson. The town circulated with rumor about these children and their odd interest in fire, & they were treated as outcasts by the other children for their odd eyes.

Eventually, when the girls turned 15, they ran away from the village unable to take the ridicule and cruelty of the villagers. Being young and untrained in life in the woods, they would have died in their excursion except fate intervened & a caravan came by. The caravan leaders found the girls cold & hungry & took them in. This group was special. They took in others cast away. Each person who stayed in learned a trade in the caravan. Some came & some left at every stop it seemed. The girls quickly leaned the easiest tasks first: taking care of the animals, setting up stalls when they came into towns, collecting water for the community, etc. Eventually they moved on & took the trade of merchants in the caravan.

Yvette & Yvonne and every generation after that have lived & worked at various levels in the caravan. Their line is always small. Only ever having 1 or 2 children in each of the 2 original lines. The crimson eye and draw to fire occurs in a small number of their line every couple generations. Each member with the curse is told to always keep that eye bound and only ever tell those that are closest to them about the eye.