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1) Thakal spent most of his youth trying to be the most powerful person in town. He would constantly spend late nights reading ancient scrolls and was always practicing his magical abilities. He has always seen himself as weak, never truly reaching his full potential.

2) Growing up in the bustling city of Ustalav was a real challenge for Thakal. He would constantly be so engrossed in his scrolls that he couldn’t be bothered to look up while he tried to weave through all the foot traffic.

3) He has no idea why he can do magic. His mother has just told him that his father left them when he found out she was pregnant.

4) The scrolls that most interested Thakal were of a darker sort and getting ahold of them was very tough. He was constantly lying about his research to those around him and became very masterful at getting what he wanted.

5) Thakal’s favorite hobby, second to reading, was to play practical jokes on the people while he practiced his magical arts. He was constantly putting to sleep people riding horses, causing them to crash off their mount, then rush over pretending to help the poor fellow. They were grateful for his help and never thought he was the cause of their sudden drowsiness.

1) Figure out who his father is and meet him

2) Understand his magical powers and become the strongest sorcerer in all of Varisia

1) Thakal knows that his powers are from some evil origins and that it has something to do with his father.

2) His father has visited Thakal many times in different disguises dropping off tomes and scrolls that should be extremely hard. He is slowly grooming Thakal, fanning his lust for power and arcane mastery. One day Thakal’s father hopes to use him as a weapon to destroy his demon rivals.

1) Piper: Thakals mother. She has always been a steady figure to Thakal as a child. She has encouraged him to push himself harder with his studies. She is the only person who truly knows what Thakal reads and has a weird knack for finding ancient tomes on black magic in the library.

2) Oudpet Erndo: His best, and only, friend. Thakal and Oudpet always caused mayhem with their magical skills. Oudpet would often charm a lone beggar late at night and convince the poor beggar that the house right around the corner had offered him a bed for the night. The beggar would then cause a racket on that houses door asking to be let in and aggravating the homeowner. All the while Thakal and Oudpet would laugh while hiding away and watching the mayhem.

3) Iongac Noth: The captain of the guard in Ustalav. He always hated Thakal and knew that he must be up to something evil. He would constantly catch Thakal sneaking around at night and reading very ancient, and sometimes bloody, tomes. Iongac would always try to convict Thakal of a crime but was never successful. He will try anything within his powers to get this scum taken care of.

1) Do you here that Oudpet? Sounds like another carriage coming through! Thakal whispered to Oudpet while both crouched in their favorite hiding spot right off of the main road. It was close to midnight and there wasn’t usually much traffic, if any, during these late hours. A horse drawn carriage slowly rounded the corner. Wait for it. Just a bit more. NOW! Thakal murmurs some words and the driver crashes to the ground. Thakal bursts from the brush and says to the man ” Are you alright sir? I heard quiet the commotion, did you fall off your horse?” The man slowly gets up, visibly disorientated, begins to blush and stammers Errr yes, I musta dozed off for a bit there. Thanks for checking on me but I’ll just be on my way. He quickly hops back on his carriage and rides away. Thakal hears barely contained laughter coming from Oudpets direction.

2) Thakal’s eyes started to blur. What time is it? It must be almost morning already. He lets out a big yawn. Just one more scroll, then I’ll get some sleep. He reaches over and grabs a new scroll. He looked down at it and couldn’t understand a single thing. It was filled with symbols and weird shapes. Suddenly, Thakal felt a wave of warmth roll up his body and then stopping at his head. He looked back down at the scroll and now it was filled with words, the symbols had disappeared. Thakal smiled to himself and eagerly started reading.

3) And what do we have here? A scroll on dark magical arts? A short bulky fellow said sarcastically while ripping away the scroll from Thakals hands. Thakal let out a sigh The closest he’s gotten so far and responded Close Iongac, it’s a scroll discussing the origins of our town. It’s actually quiet fascinating. I can arrange with the librarian to lend it out to you once I’m finished reading it. Iongac looked down at the scroll and scrunched up his nose and squinted at the paper. Holding it this way and that until finally grunting up at Thakal Why can’t I read it? It looks like complete gibberish to me Thakal looked down at the short dwarf and said That’s because some of us enjoy learning new things, like languages for an example and snatched his scroll back. Thakal turned his back on the suspicious dwarf and felt a roll of energy fill his body. The words on the scroll swam and finally formed coherent words “101 Ways To Destroy a Soul”