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From the beginning, Aekon was different. He was tall and thin, with pale skin, white hair, and eyes that looked like a smoldering flame. He was quiet, preferring the company of books over people. It did little to ingratiate him with his foster siblings, and paired with the odd, spiralling birthmark on his shoulder he found himself isolated. He didn’t mind. His deepest passion was learning. All the time that his siblings and peers spent roughhousing and playing, he read. He began with simple texts on history and nature, his interests evolving into religion, magic, and planar lore.

He left his home as soon as he could to travel the Inner Sea, to study at the greatest libraries and archives of Avistan and Garund. The Grand Athenaeum of Egorian, Solku’s Archive of Eminent Tomes, and the archives of Azghaad’s Spire in Sothis. He learned. Learned all that he could. Through his research he deduced that his distinct appearance could be traced back to a peri, a celestial being descended from a fallen angel.

Nothing could escape his desire for knowledge. Like a moth to a flame, the Forae Logos called him. The greatest library in the Inner Sea, the crossroads of all the learning of Avistan, northern Garund and beyond.

Aekon spent days deep in the sub-levels of that vast library, only interacting with Djavin Vhrest, the Curator of Apocrypha. They struck up a friendship, shared interests providing the impetus. It was this partnership that led Aekon to his greatest revelation.

Djavin, as one of the greatest scholars of the Book of the Damned, introduced Aekon to his private collection on the subject. Upon first learning of Tabris, the High Chronicler of Heaven, the warrior-scholar dispatched to wander the planes and record all that existed, Aekon was entranced. All his life he knew that he was different, but in that moment he found a kindred spirit. Indeed, he felt that he had found an ancestor. Tabris was a fallen angel, and his celestial ancestor could be a descendant, perhaps even Tabris himself.

He thanked Djavin for his time and assistance, taking with him copies of the pertinent records on Tabris and the lower planes. His previous family name meant nothing to him. His foster family did their best to raise him but ultimately they gave him little. He gave it up, and took the name Tabrisos, meaning “of Tabris” in Celestial.

Since then, Aekon’s path has been unclear. At Djavrin’s recommendation, he struck out for Fort Inevitable, seeking the mentorship of a wizard named Abenard Royst. The Emerald Spire contained untold secrets, and some of them could prove fruitful for Aekon’s growing ambition to learn the secrets of reality and creation.

Aekon is tall, standing at nearly six feet and three inches. His skin is pale, and his hair is stark white. His eyes, however, look like smoldering embers in stark contrast to his mostly monochrome appearance. He wears leather lamellar armor, and a shortsword and crossbow sit at his hip, along with a well crafted backpack with adventuring gear and reference tomes.

Aekon is quiet and studious, taking time to think about most actions before acting. If studious attention to detail would be a detriment to his success, however, he is willing to act on instinct over reason. Tabris was devoted to success, after all, and he seeks to follow in the Chronicler’s footsteps, at least in part. Tabris’ exile from heaven, however, is something of a cautionary tale for him. The hypocrisy of the celestial hosts was obvious. Tabris did all that was asked of him and more. He did his task not just dutifully, but perfectly, bringing to light the ancient sins of the upper planes and the hidden righteous deeds of the lower ones. For it, he was exiled, just for speaking a truth that the celestial hosts disagreed with. The strictures of law and morality, then, are not for Aekon. Rather, he sees a need for total, unconditional freedom. One’s only obligation should be to the pursuit of knowledge and the protection of a person’s loved ones. Anything else, it seems, will ultimately lead to betrayal and hypocrisy. He rejects the ways of evil, but sees the idealism of goodlier folks as misplaced at best. Despite his complex and somewhat cosmic ideology, Aekon believes in doing his best for those he cares about. He is kind and merciful when possible, and wants all to live as best they can without harming another, whatever form that takes.