Zharnon

Zharnon has always been a true rebel at heart. From a young age he wanted to do his own thing, not listening to what anybody else wanted him to be. Zharnon was extremely charismatic, ambitious and cunning and he quickly knew how much of a benefit that brought when it came to a business. He started out as a traveling merchant, leaving his native town behind. At first, it started out with potion ingredients which he found all over the world. He had some knowledge in herbs because of his mother who was once a herbalist. Later, it branched out to magical items Zharnon managed to trade for potions with similar effects. These first years were tough because there was one flaw about Zharnon; he wasn't great with numbers. Managing his money and his goods took up lots of his time. Luckily, he still managed to get by just enough.   One night during these travels Zharnon visited a nearby tavern. He had slipped and sprained his ankle pretty bad so he decided to stay at a nice place for once. There he met a beautiful elf-looking woman called Pherissa who shared his ideals and the love for traveling. After hearing about his injury she healed him without hesitation. They kept on talking for several days after, becoming more and more in love after each conversation. Not only were they are good match romantically, it turned out that there was a match in business as well. Pherissa was intelligent and had just the right amount of wit to improve the managing of the business. With her healing background she helped him create intricate potions. Soon enough they created a name and time came for bigger oppertunities. Zharnon being as ambitious as he was wanted to make even more money. That's where Pherissa came up with the idea of illegal goods. Zharnon agreed on this plan and cunningly managed to get him and Pherissa into the city of Illumé. They settled down there to officially start their business in illegal goods.  

Live in Illumé

The goods of Zharnon and Pherissa's business included all kinds of illegal things, dangerous alchemy ingredients and creatures from all across the world, necromancy spell scrolls, cursed artworks, holy books for evil deity’s and more. The Tieflings had created an entire network of smuggling goods into the city to sell them to its inhabitants. The network included five other people who were paid a generous amount. Two people acquired the goods, one brought them over to Illumia and the last two brought them to their underground shop but they were also look-outs. They did this using a secret entrance or pipes. Only a few Illumian’s knew about their activities or even their existence. No one ratted them out because there was no other way to get these goods without having to travel all the way to the mainland and somehow find them there.   The business was going so well that the Tieflings decided to have a child. These golden days went on but the rewards for finding Tieflings and handing them over to the ministry of Illumia became higher and higher as did their popularity. A poor Illumian human called Rogrof who had no desire to buy illegal goods and only wanted coin visited the underground shop. He got this intel by overhearing a conversation of two drunks in the local Inn. After Rogrof had confirmed that the Tieflings were really there he gave the ministry a tip. At first the ministry didn’t react, it was only a shabby, dirty man after all. Rogrof kept on telling them and insisting that he should have a chat with the minister of Purity and Order, Kelos. Kelos, who was the first man that took Rogrof seriously and acted on his tip.   That same day the Tieflings did not have one child, but two. The first child was a boy with clear orangy-brown eyes and the pretty light skin of his mother. The second child was a girl with the most beautiful blue eyes and red-ish skintone. She already took the likeness of her mother but had her father’s skintone. Sadly, sometime later, through one of the pipes with which the Tieflings communicated to their above ground colleagues informed them of danger. The pair looked each other in the eyes; the inevitable day had finally come and they knew what they had to do. Pherissa ran with the children towards a secret exit but Zharnon stayed, his quarterstaff and magical traps at the ready. The Warforged barged in and fought the Tiefling who was surprisingly strong even though he was on his own. He fought and fought, giving his life to save his significant other and giving her the chance to escape.