Izalco is a lesser member of house Zespire, cousin to the branch currently running the family. Growing up among the noble families he rebelled against the family tendency to represent the common folk. He felt it was birthright to be above them and hated how his family name excluded him from certain social rings within noble society. After discovering an aptitude for deception and an ability to channel magic from an unusual source, Izalco began posing as the son of landed lords from outside Oppara to participate in high society without the stigma attached to his family name.
He was good at it, and before long he found himself deeply embedded with other young nobles eager to flex their influence around the city. They spent weekends terrorizing the common folk - Ordering them around, pranking them, disrupting their chores - whatever they could get away with.
This lasts for a few years, well into his teens, but eventually they pissed off the wrong commoner. Against all advice they wandered into the Narrows and began causing mayhem. Before long they had cornered a half-orc girl in an alley, tossing mud and rocks, taunting her all the while.
In a fury she charged Izalco, disarming him of the rapier at his side and with more fury than precision pierced it straight through his leg. While the other noble children stood there shocked, the young girl fled. Izalco found himself changed in that moment. Almost a man grown, he realized the pain he had been inflicting on the "lesser" people of Taldan. His families practice of charity and advocacy all came to light. He declined healing magic at the temple, choosing the live with the wound and consequently a limp for the rest of his life.
Izalco rededicated himself to the Zespire Household. He redirected his ability to blend with the other nobility to keep his family informed of any movements against them, and to cultivate a reputation among other young reformers without tarnishing what reputation they had left. It's a fine line to tread, but he believes in a more equal Taldan and is willing to do what he must to save his country from greed and gluttony.
His most trusted confidant and best friend is the same half-orc that set him straight. Now a young woman named Emilia, who proudly displays an ostentatious rapier above the hearth of her establishment in Westport, the Fool's Rush Inn.
