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About Qa'pelos

Qa'pelos grew up as a young man in Osirion. His life was nothing more than the mundane mediocrity of a carpet merchant's son, filled with the hot sun of the desert.

As he grew, he served in the Ruby Prince's armies, and eventually came to realize that he had a calling that was a little greater. He felt a pull toward his ancestors. He felt that he had an obligation to honour and defend them. He sought out a legendary person called a "Living Monolith" that (according to the stories) can turn himself into a living statue and stand within the tombs of his ancestors for decades on end, as a silent and vigilant guardian of the honoured dead.

He found a paticular craftsman while investigating "The Citidel of Flame" (a one-eyed dwarf with an evil glare and a disquieting giggle, named Vulcus) that worked in stone, who agreed to engrave a scarab stone for Qa'Pelos and inlay it with gems and precious metals. It was later embedded in his forehead during a sacred ritual held in Osirion with a female sphinx present named Zulfiqar (said to be from mythical Kakishon). This is called his "Ka Stone" and it is inscribed on its inner side with his "ren" (his True Name), as well as his oaths to the gods and pharaohs. The Ka Stone tightly binds Qa'Pelos's mind and spirit to his body.

Qa'Pelos uses his position in the Pathfinder Society to help him discover the ancient relics of his ancestors, and return them to their sacred places from which they have been stolen. Qa'Pelos is deeply concerned with respect for the honoured dead, and plans that one day he shall fulfill his destiny by standing resolute - as a gaurdian statue of stone - over the places of the dead, lost in the sands of Osirion.

Recently, he has taken about a year to establish himself as a minor merchant in Absalom. In addition to fine Osiriani cotton, silks, and other fabrics and goods that his shop produces, he is a weaver of intricate Osirion tapestries and floor coverings. The carpets that he sells from The Coins district in Absalom are shipped widely throughout the Inner Sea from his shop, by both caravan and ship. He donates heavily to the interests of his homeland, and sponsors other Osiriani Pathinfinders. He is commonly seen with one of the managers or supervisors of his business, and a carter, shipper, hauler or other functionary in tow.