Special Abilities
Shadow Resistance (Wayang): +2 to saves against spells with the Shadow subschool
Lurker (Wayang): +2 to Perception and Stealth checks
Shadow Magic (Wayang): +1 DC to any spell cast with Shadow subschool. Also, 1/day, can cast Ghost Sound, Pass Without Trace, and Ventriloquism as spell-like ability, with DC 10 + spell level + Charisma modifier
Light and Dark (Wayang): 1/day immediate action to treat positive and negative energy effects as if undead, healed from negative and harmed from positive. Lasts 1 minute.
Shadow Puppets (Shadow Puppeteer bardic performance): As Shadow Conjuration, using Summon Monster 1 selection. Goes up to the next level of Summon Monster every 4 levels. DC is 10 + 1/2 bard level + Charisma modifier [+1 Spell Focus(Illusion)] [+1 Shadow Stencils] [+1 Shadow Magic] (DC 18)
Countersong
Distract
Fascinate
Versatile Performance: Perform(Act) in place of Bluff, Disguise
Well-Versed: +4 saves against bardic performances, sonic, language-dependent effects
To this day, no one knows how the Wayang known as Mimazaran found his way into a place like Cheliax; a part of Mimazaran himself doesn't really want to know. However he came to the land, he was found in a wrapping of blankets by the well-known dramatic actor, Victor Statham, as he was returning to his abode from his melodramatic performance at one of the various noble houses. The baby was obviously non-human, and though he knew the stigma around Chelish lands, he lived alone and wanted more out of life than performing for snooty, ignorant nobles, so he took the boy in and cared for him. He kept him a secret for many years, teaching him the ways of acting and how to fit in with Chelish society, as well as the acting profession. True to his Wayang heritage, he found that using shadows to tell stories suited him best, and even managed to put on shadow puppet shows that made the very few to know of his existence believe that there was a true show going on in front of them.
Ultimately, when Mimazaran came to 18 years of age, he was discovered, and Victor's fears of the stigma came to realization. While no one outright shunned him, he found himself requested less and less for performances. At first, he seemed to handle it well, taking the work that he could over the next several years, still providing for his adopted son. However, with the occasional letter of disapproval, to the Hellknights constantly pestering him, week after week, month after month, Victor could take his life no more. He wrote a last will and testament, leaving what little fortune he could keep to Mimazaran, who he truly did care deeply for, then, in true melodramatic fashion, stepped off the roof of his house, landing on the hard concrete below, ending his own life.
Mimazaran certainly felt responsible for his adoptive father's suicide, knowing that it was his existence that caused him so much turmoil in the later years of his life. Rather than mope, sobbing in the corner of his late father's house until death came for him next, he knew that he had to do something. Rather than accept his fate as a second-class citizen of Cheliax, he would prove to the society that his kind had something to provide, as well, and could easily be recognized as such. He wasn't much to look at, being short with grey skin, thin arms and legs, with long nails and nose, yellowish teeth, and dark beady eyes, but he knew that he could do it. All he needed to know was where to start; he figured that his shadow puppets and his father's teachings would be a good place to start.
