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Alexi "Crocodile" Montague
NE Hermaphrodite Beastspawn Tiefling Rakshasa Bloodline Sorcerer 1
Medium Outsider (Native)
Initiative +8
Str 8
Dex 14
Con 14
Int 10
Cha 19
Wis 10
BAB +0, CMB -1 CMD 11
AC 12, Touch 12, Flat Footed 10
Resistances: Cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5
Fort. +2, Will +2, Ref. +2
Move Speed 30 ft.
Skills: Diplomacy +10, Bluff +9, Disguise +11
Traits: Hermean Paragon (+2 to Initiative checks), Barroom Talespiner(+1 to Perform (acting) checks, Diplomacy as a class skill)
Languages: Common, Infernal
Feats: Improved Initiative, Spell Focus (Conjuration)
Racial Features: Darkvision 60 ft, Detect Thoughts 1/day, Fiendish Sorcery, Any evil creature you call via summon monster remains for 3 rounds longer than usual
Class Features: Eschew Materials, Bloodline Arcana (add half your sorcerer level to the Spellcraft DC for others to identify spells you cast. If their checks fail by 5 or more, they mistakenly believe you are casting an entirely different spell selected by you when you begin casting)
Silver Tongue (at 1st level, you can draw upon your outsider heritage to spin amazingly convincing lies. Activating this ability is a swift action. You gain a +5 bonus on one Bluff check made to convince another of the truth of your words (similar to using glibness). If a magical effect is used against you that would detect your lies or force you to speak the truth, the user of the effect must succeed on a caster level check (DC 10 + your sorcerer level) to succeed. Failure means the effect does not detect your lies or force you to speak only the truth. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier)
Sorcerer Spells Known
0th Level Spells (4): Drench, Prestidigitation, Light, Detect Magic
1st Level Spells (2): Sleep, Disguise Self
Spells Per Day:
1st Level Spells: 5
Items On Person: Disguise Kit concealed in boot, all other items in Backpack, in Belt Pouches, or in Coat Pockets.

Alexi was born on the island of Hermea in the captial city of Promise. Watched over by the magnanimous golden dragon Mengkare and the Council of Enlightenment, Hermea is a utopian experiment in the use of eugenics and strict government within a controlled setting to ensure that the best of humanity is brought forth into the world. However, a small cell of Rakshasa agents infiltrated Hermea's shores through stealth and trickery. They intended to use the breeding program put in place to their own evil ends. When a human and a Rakshasa mate, the result is sometimes a human, sometimes a Rakshasa, and sometimes something in between. By ensuring that they propagated their own seed amongst the genetically exceptional residents of Hermea, the Rakshasas intended to create an army of genetically perfect Rakshasas and Rakshasa blooded sorcerers capable of conquering the entire Inner Sea Region. They were wildly successful, and several sorcererous children and Rakshasas were born as a result of their efforts. However, a number of strange and unforeseen birth defects occurred as a result of their covert breeding program, including animalistic and hermaphroditic traits. When Mengkare investigated the cause of these strange birth defects, he uncovered the Rakshasa plot. Furious at the corruption of his grand experiment, Mengkare eradicated the Rakshasas and almost all of the Rakshasa blooded children on the island. However, some of the children were able to escape with their servitors. Mengkare sent several of his agents out into the Inner Sea region to ensure that all of the remaining children would be tracked down and killed.

Alexi "Crocodile" Montague isn't Alexi "Crocodile" Montague's real name. It's merely his, or possibly her, current alias. Alexi has been on the run from Mengkare's agents ever since the Rakshasa conspiracy was uncovered when he was eight years old. Hunted across the globe, he's watched his siblings and protectors die at the hands of Hermean agents, one by one. Only he was able to survive due to his inborn talents for disguise and deception. Now twenty, he has escaped to The Shackles in hopes of finally finding a place where the vengeful agents of Hermea won't be able to track him down. He's been able to support himself thus far by going from town to town, running various confidence schemes and pulling various heists, robbing the town blind, and then leaving as soon as possible, never to return again. He has a quick tongue, fabricating elaborate yet believable lies swiftly and without conscience or remorse. He even goes so far as to fabricate entirely new personalities when the mood strikes him. Currently he's pretending to be a noble from Cheliax deposed by house Thrune who's seeking his fortune in the Port of Peril. Quickly after acquiring stolen capital, Alexi spends it recklessly on gambling and in bars and pleasure houses, indulging in vice as a way to fill the wound of being attached to no one and being constantly afraid of his death because of his heritage. Because of this, despite pulling off many lucrative heists Alexi is currently broke. Alexi entered the Formidably Maid in order to amend this state of affairs. Impersonating one of the new waitresses, he planned to poison the drinks of the patrons and then steal everything from the bar while they were knocked out. Little did he know that his plan had the potential to backfire horribly.

Ever since Alexi was eight years old there have been constant attempts on his life. He has watched as one by one all of the people he was close to died at the hands of those he once regarded as his kin. He is aware that the Inner Sea Region regards Tieflings as no better than the fiends that they were spawned from. When the Hermean agents came for his fiendish brothers and sisters there was nothing he could do but run and hide. He often found himself in positions where he was forced to abandon those he loved in order to save his own skin. The world has given Alexi no quarter because of what he is and Alexi treats the world in kind. His early experiences broke down whatever moral compass Alexi may have once had, leaving him capable of committing unspeakable atrocities in order to ensure his own survival. Lying, stealing, and murdering have been constant fixtures in his life ever since he was forced out of his homeland. He is extremely paranoid, viewing every human as a potential Hermean agent waiting for the right chance to strike. He has cultivated his talent for duplicity as a defense mechanism against a hostile world, developing elaborate aliases both to conceal his own identity from Hermean agents, survive in the threatening human society surrounding him, and protect his core self from the pain of rejection and isolation he feels due to his lack of loved ones. Because of his talents he is able to ape human emotions in a social setting without opening himself up to the possibility of real vulnerability. But beneath the veneer that Alexi projects is an individual who’s simultaneously constantly calculating and cruel but also constantly terrified and lonely. Deep within, Alexi desires respect and friendship from true peers, but he believes that such a thing is not possible within the world that he lives in, and so chooses to hide himself instead. Alexi steals from others, indulges in vice, and seeks power both in order to protect himself and to fill the gaping wound that years of isolation have inflicted upon him. Possibly, kinship with fellow Tieflings will bring out a side of Alexi that’s been dead for a long time.

Alexi’s aliases tend to fall in one of three camps. First, there’s the mysterious gentleman, a man in his early thirties who dresses fastidiously and is overbearingly polite to all that he meets. He tends to speak in flowery language and attempts to impress all that he comes across with his wit as well as his nobility. When taking on this alias Alexi will often tell outlandish stories of fantastic lands and wondrous experiences that seem a bit hard to believe but likable nonetheless. Yet when questioned about where he comes from or what his name is, he will always refuse to answer fully, dropping only the very subtlest of hints. Alexi takes on this alias when attempting to infiltrate high society events, to seem impressive in a public place, or to go whoring, drinking, or gambling after procuring ill gotten gains. Second, there’s the bawdy maid, a woman in her early twenties with a winning smile and a friendly demeanor. This alias is usually meant to be a woman of common station yet well endowed with natural charms that make her desirable and noticed by all. When adopting this alias Alexi will often crack wise and make sarcastic comments, acting in a flippant but somewhat flirtatious manner. Always handy with an anecdote taken from personal experience or an old wives tale, the bawdy maid has a piece of advice for anyone and everyone. Alexi takes on this alias whenever he wants to gain the confidence of someone, pry a choice piece of information from someone, or infiltrate an organization as a maid or a server in order to complete a heist. Finally, there’s the dejected youth, the alias most in step with Alexi’s own personality. The dejected youth is a male or female teenager dressed in rags and covered in grime. When Alexi assumes this alias he typically dresses himself in ragged clothing and with dark tones. Sullen and hostile, the ragged youth is reserved and distant to all who approach. Putting on an intimidating exterior, the ragged youth exudes an aura of depravity and of ferocious strength. This is the alias Alexi assumes when leaving a town, travelling on the road, attempting to go unnoticed on the streets of a big city, or when attempting to find work of an illegal nature.

Alexi is both comfortable with and capable of stealing from others, regardless of the morality of such actions. Furthermore, deep down he seeks a substantial connection to a group of kindred souls, the sort of connection being a part of a pirate crew could potentially provide for him. Alexi views himself in opposition to a hostile society who seeks to destroy him. Becoming a pirate is a good way to establish his freedom from such a society and to oppose it. In addition, there's a powerful pull coming from his Rakshasa Heritage towards wealth and the accumulation of power over others that's difficult for him to ignore. Becoming a pirate offers endless opportunities for both wealth and power. Likely, if he came into his own within a pirate crew, he would eventually want to make himself its captain.

Before they were all killed Alexi's fiendish brothers and sisters bestowed upon him the nickname "Crocodile" due to his webbed feet, his claws, his pointed teeth, and his crocodilian left eye. Alexi's mother was a Rakshasa with a saltwater crocodile head, and so Alexi has inherited many of her natural traits. Additionally, due to the taint in his bloodline Alexi is neither male nor female, but rather a hermaphrodite. His face is androgynous leaning a little more on the side of the masculine, with a sharp jawline, distinctive nose, high cheekbones, large eyes, long eyelashes, thin arching eyebrows and a shock of black hair that covers his face. His right eye is a deep purple color, resembling the eyes of the ancient Azlanti. He's fairly thin and his skin is extraordinarily pale except for a few patches where green scales break out across his body. His body betrays what looks to be a slight feminine curvature, and there's evidence of a small pair of breasts around his chest. He manipulates his physical qualities by mundane and arcane means every day in order to hide his fiendish features and appear best as whatever alias he's attempting to impersonate at the time. He identifies slightly more as a man than as a woman.