Nimble Dodge Trigger A creature targets you with an attack and you can see the attacker. Requirements You are not encumbered. You deftly dodge out of the way, gaining a +2 circumstance bonus to AC against the triggering attack.
Backstory: Celas waits patiently as the crowd builds, looking for counter protestors to take them of their troubling purses. But the idleness brings the memory back, he cannot stop from reliving the night when Thrune thugs beat his father.
Furious but knowing he have no chance against them he rushed to him after they left. He cradled him in his arms as he gasped, "They [cough] Thrune[gasp] for - your mother, [gurgle] Secrets kept -[sigh] Silenced ... " His father passes. Knowing how the "law" really works, he quickly sneaks away burning with anger and grief, informing Aunt Camilia to make herself scarce.
Note: His father's dying declaration is ambiguous at best so it could mean anything, but Celas is certain that the new Lord Mayor or his toddies had his father killed to silence a Thune family scandal. Also, Thrune thugs are the "Brownshirts" beating down the "riffraff" while later when our illustrious new Lord Mayor shows up, he brings his spiffy Inquisitors, "the Gestapo". Classic fascism as the takeover cracks down.
Celas is quickly nicknamed Tiny later Tiny C grew up on the streets, never knowing who his mother was. His father Celas Beanpole, a very tall man with otherwise a Talorian look, and Aunt Camilia raised him saying he was the result of a passing affair, but his mother had high blood so saying anything would just bring trouble they didn't need.
Dad was a laborer often working construction often under the table to avoid Guild craftsman regulations but sometimes did "other things". Aunt Camilia worked any job that came her way but often performed as a street acrobat, sometimes with troupes using the distraction to add a little something extra to their purse. Occasionally, young Celas worked with his father. His father with Aunt Camilia and some friends manage to give the wild but talented young boy quite a lot of skills over time. Anything to survive in the shadows of a city over-filled with them.
Association with House Valcaro: House Valcaro cannot afford a full staff anymore but needs some skilled labor, often "off the books" at much less rates that the guilds would not approve of. Celas Beanpole was one of those that filled that need, but in the past year, Lucero Valcaro started to talk to him about word on the streets. Soon he noticed that Celas somewhat shady skills as well and had him look into some matters from the servant side.
Afterword Tiny C, under his guise of Handy Hank, informed Lucero of the death of his father. When Lucero disappeared and Barzallai showed up, Celas made the connection.
Note: The reason I named both father and son the same is to allow the low-rent talent of the thugs that kill Celas think they are done and are not currently hunting the youngster. But that will likely change as events unfold.
Handy Hank- alias, claims real name to be Hannis Sergio.
Appearance: Celas the Younger, Tiny C, Handy Hank and many other aliases, appears very ordinary. Born small he grew slowly to about an inch shorter than average height and a bit slender with features midway between noble Chalixians and Taldorian he blends well. He dresses in ordinary cloth similar to many a commoner something wearing apparel usual for a given minor trade.
