Seth the Leery
Seth Horus Cobeck (a.k.a. Screech)
Seth is an old aarakocra who shambles about the city of Sekmun'mhett.
He sells "genuine" artifacts out of enchanted room hidden right in the walls of the city.
He moves his small cart around following the tip of the constellation of the partridge continually evading and confounding guard and other merchants alike.
His feathers are muted and faded, he is heavily molted in several spots leaving wrinkled pale skin exposed.
His eyes are yellow and rolling and look to big for their sockets.
His talons are incredibly large and sharp and look quite capable of destruction and evisceration.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Failing physical health due to a curse (chronic enfeeblement)
frail, greying and hunched
Body Features
pale and greying purple and pink feather, bulging rolling yellow eyes, several bald patches in his feathers,
large sharp talons.
Facial Features
beak is pealing and chipped, eyes beginning to cloud. purple feathers around his eyes and beak fading to a magenta pink though the pigment is fading here as well
Identifying Characteristics
Aarokockra
pink and purple feathers
hunched and flightless
Physical quirks
strange rolling eyes
hunched and often clasping and wringing his hands in front of himself
often twitches or jerks with short sharp movements
Special abilities
fluent in most languages
distort value
familiar with caves in Kesh'mhett (advantage on survival and history)
Apparel & Accessories
grey cloak
strange clay urn hung from a belt at his side
bag of holding often slung over his shoulder
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Seth was once a famous tomb raider of Kesh'mhett.
Most of the artifacts studied in the great halls across Esparea are connected to Seth in one way or another.
He was enthusiastic and adventurous
Gender Identity
Male
Sexuality
asexual
not interested in family or bonds or physical companionship
Education
Well learned in history and antiquity as well as current and dead languages. he trained and studied both in Za'Rashawn and Ash'Vitar
Employment
dubiously self employed selling fake artifacts
Accomplishments & Achievements
he does have several real and valuble artifacts left fromnhis days of collecting he could be persuaded to part with if he found a true kindred spirit or were cured of his curse of enfeeblement
Failures & Embarrassments
While collecting artifacts for a patron that was funding research of Seth's he accidental triggered a curse on a vase filled with ash.
the curse is called chronic enfeeblement
it slowly drains his life force from him until he turns to ash and is added to the contents of the vase.
which is why it was so well hidden. the last person who was cursed tried to hide away before they died so this could never happen to some one again. unfortunetly Seth had never met a treasure he couldn't track.
Mental Trauma
Not only will he die well before his natural time, but it will be a slow and weakening process robbing him of all he held dear about life and himself.
But on top of that he failed those who believed in him as well as himself as his research will remain incomplete now.
Intellectual Characteristics
The greatest levels of strength and prosperity can be found through hard work and intellect.
Sharp of mind clever and curt emotion plays little roll in his decision making, if something can be explained and makes sense and doesn't feel wrong then it must be ok or at least not bad.
Morality & Philosophy
Everyone has the same rights.
but some can afford for those right to come more quickly and easily than others
Taboos
he will never take less than he is worth
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Deeply loyal to several agencies including the MMM and the Explorer's guild
unable to continue tomb raiding to and donating the retrieved artifacts or help them study in the feild so now he sells fakes to the stupid and the obsessed and donates all that money to the institutuions that gave him purpose.
if someone could only unlock that desire to live in him again
Savvies & Ineptitudes
bad with machines not a strong swimmer
great with languages and maps as well as solving dungeons traps
Likes & Dislikes
likes Fish, books, artifacts, money, the curious, the intelligent,
dislikes the water, the vain, the arrogant, scorpions
Virtues & Personality perks
He is deeply loyal and and committed
Highly perceptive
Vices & Personality flaws
jaded, abrupt, grumpy, cheap
racists to tabaxis
most of his largest flaws developed after being cursed.
his anger and disappointment fueling spite and bitterness inside him
Social
Contacts & Relations
Explorer's Guild
Scholar's guild
Magical Mansion of Mayhem
Great Library of Esparea
Kesh'mhett historical society
Family Ties
none to speak of
Religious Views
god is an ass
only those of this plane and those of intelligence are worth considering
Social Aptitude
Highly egotistical, yet charismatic.
smooth talker
Mannerisms
Moves in short sharp jerky movements, twitches often and is always glancing and darting his eyes about and wringing his hands
Hobbies & Pets
collecting translating studying and decoding any antiquity he can get his hands on
Speech
raspy and sharp, beak clicking loudly whenever he speaks with enthusiasm or anger.
speaks in slow measured tones almost as if he doesn't expect you to be able to keep up with his vast intellect
Wealth & Financial state
has donated thousands of platinum and hundreds of artifacts to the scholastic and explorer's guilds
Fun Fact
- Loves fish, books, artifacts and ice cream
- Can no longer fly due to the curse
Alignment
nuetral
Current Status
Vending fake artifacts and hoarding genuine ones
Current Location
Age
28
Date of Birth
feb 16
Children
Current Residence
Unknown
Pronouns
He him
Sex
male
Gender
male
Presentation
old
Eyes
Yellow bulding rolling
Hair
severl bald patches
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pink and purple feather, molting badly, feathers greying with age
Height
5'2
Weight
75lb
Quotes & Catchphrases
the pursuit of knowledge and adventure are the purest joys
Belief/Deity
Follows no god, only coin
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