About Dmitri RuvinovDmitri Ruvinov CR5
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Languages: Common, R'lyehian, Thassilonian, Draconic, Giant ----------------
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1st Level Spells, 6/day, 7 known, DC 16
2nd Level Spells 4/day, 4 known, DC 17
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Contents:
Backpack, Bedroll, Belt pouch, Clay mug, Dagger, 2 Fish hooks, Flint+Steel, Sewing Needle, Signal Whistle, 50ft String, 50ft Thread, Waterskin, 1 Week of rations, Whetstone, Manacles (average lock; break DC 26, Disable Device DC 25, Escape Artist DC 30) Gold On Hand: 2643 Handy Haversack:
Contains: Left pocket: all scrolls, Right pocket: all potions, 2 Holy Water Central pocket: Magnifying glass, Spell component pouch 2lbs, Rope, silk (50 ft.) 5lbs, Rations, trail (7 days) 7lbs, Tent 10lbs, Mirror, small steel 1/2lbs. Lantern, bullseye, 3 lbs. Bedroll, 5 lbs, Cold-weather outfit, 7 lbs, 60 Arrows, 9lbs = Total Weight: 48 1/2 lbs. History of Dmitri Ruvinov:
Dmitri Ruvinov was born along the shores of Lake Encarthan in the bustling metropolis of Caliphs. Born to a wealthy antiquity merchant’s family, Dmitri’s first memories were of his father spending long hours by candlelight scribing numbers and figures into his massive ledgers. From an early age Dmitri helped in his father’s business, for endless hours counting and inventorying the eclectic items that his father would bring home from his journeys abroad. Skill: Appraise By the time that Dmitri had turned sixteen, he had seen and cataloged more artifacts and curios then some museum curators but it only left him wanting more. Skill: Knowledge (history/religion) and Bard Class Seeing his sons thirst for knowledge and a potential opportunity to expand his business, Dmitri’s father Mikhail offered to send Dmitiri to the University of Lepidstadt, to which Dmitiri gratefully accepted. The next four years were some of the happiest in Dmitri’s life. He found that he excelled in the fields of philosophy, history and religion, but he was only of middling talent at the art of dueling, having earned more than his share of scar’s upon the Fifthstone Hill. Bardic Weapon Proficency In his last two years of education Dmitri choose to specialize in a field of study and thinking back to his days of cataloging ancient texts and clay tablets for his father he found a particular interest in the study of linguistology. Skill: Linguistics In his final year as Dmitri prepared to graduate from Lepidstadt he spent more and more time at the Laurelgauge Library researching his thesis and he found something that would change his life. In the earliest of Thassilonian, Dwarven and Cylopedian glyphs there contained trace hints of a deeper proto-language. Initially, Dmitri was only able to extrapolate a smattering of phenoliths and morpholiths from the language, but the very discovery rocked him to his core. Archetype: Sound Striker As the weeks went on Dmitri’s mastery of R'lyehian, as he dubbed it continued to grow, until several weeks before graduation he had pieced together his first word. Overjoyed at his discovery he shouted out the word with devastating results; the lectern he was using at the time to burst into splinters, blood began to run from his mouth and one his teeth cracked in half. Bardic Performance: Wordstrike Horrified, shocked and confused at what had happened, Dmitri frantically gathered up his notes and journals before he fled from the library and back to his dormitory room. Scared Dmitri did what any man would do in a similar situation. He drank himself to sleep in the hope some respite from his memories. Sadly, the un-waking mind can comprehend only what our conscious mind could only grasp at the edges of. In his dreams Dmitri saw the darkness of the stars framing a coastline of mud, ooze and crumbling Cylopedian masonry. All around him were greenish stone blocks, rising into the sky higher then should be physically possible. Each of the massive stone obelisks were engraved with images of tentacle beasts and inlayed with more of the R'lyehian runes. He felt a thousand, thousand eyes upon him and in his dream he heard unintelligible whispers from the darkness. Screaming Dmitri woke from his dream covered in sweat and still smelling the acrid stench of the alien shoreline, but by then the damage had been done. The key had been turned on the lock of his mind. Eldrich Heritage (Umbral) Fearing that he was losing his grip on his sanity Dmitri turned to the one person he knew he could trust; his oldest friend and fellow student Petros Lorrimor. For long hours Dmitri and Petros discussed Dmitri’s discovery of R'lyehian and the implications of the proto-language. Over the next several days the discussions gave way to experimentation, and it was Petro’s urging that lead Dmitri into the quest to learn how to harness his newly found power. Between Petro’s knowledge of the occult and Dmitri’s ability to harness the ancient language, he was, with much trial and error able to harness his budding powers, but they both agreed that it was not enough. Following his graduation from the University Dmitri returned to Caliphs to take over his father’s business. Over the next five years Dmitri traveled around much of the world from the steaming jungles of the Mwangi Expanse to the blistering sands of the Osirion deserts, all while frequently communicating with Petros via letters. Each ancient structure Dmitri traveled to while under the guise of business was actually step towards unlocking the secret behind R'lyehian. One month ago while Dmitri was returning from an expedition to the Ruins of Kho he received a request via one of Petros’s frequent letters urging him to make best possible speed back to Ustalav. The letter went on to state that Petros believed he had learned the location of a powerful artifact that had been thought lost during the war against the Whispering Tyrant, and though it was unlikely, if the news about the artifact was real, perhaps there might also be some remnants of the fabled tomes of knowledge left behind from the Wispering Tyrant himself as well. With no further urging needed Dmitri made his way back to Ustalav to meet with his oldest friend. Personality and Appearance:
Appearance Narrow of build with piercing grey eyes Dmitri keeps his greying black hair and goatee neatly trimmed. On the right side of his side of his face Dmitri proudly bears a Lepidstadt Scar; a reminder of his younger days of dueling with raipers upon the Fifthstones Hill. While traveling abroad Dmitri wears clothes of muted greys and browns that are neatly tailored and of good material, but otherwise unremarkable. In fact the only thing that might set Dmitri apart from another passing scholar or merchant is the eerily way that his shadow seems to move around him, slinking and enfolding him with an almost maliciousness intent. Personality
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