Appearance

Physical Description

Lithe

Identifying Characteristics

Damiel has scars on the insides of his elbows, along the veins.

Apparel & Accessories

He wears a long brown leather trench coat and large brown leather backpack, both with seemingly endless numbers of pockets. They are both enchanted to keep the volatile chemicals stored inside safe.

Special abilities

Immune to poison

Mentality

Personal history

Damiel Morgethai was born in the Elven Kingdom. One of innumerable scions of the prestigious Morgethai family, he grew up in the picturesque town of Riverspire.
 
When finally old enough to pursue a trade, the exceedingly precocious young elf was loaded up with what funds his family felt he needed and packed off to the shining capital of Iadara, to study alchemy under several of the art’s great masters. Damiel took to alchemy immediately, reveling in the idea of transmutation—the changing of one thing into another, by means chemical or arcane. “Alchemy,” he was fond of proclaiming to his friends, “is pure magic, even when it isn’t.” Within a few short years, the brilliant and studious Damiel had learned enough from his instructors that they set him loose to pursue his own studies, becoming advisors and respected colleagues rather than true masters.
 
Yet he had learned more than just strange formulae in Iadara. As cheerful and innocent as it seemed on the surface, Damiel’s obsession with what he called “the Change” went beyond the simple curatives of an apothecary, beyond even the magical and explosive concoctions of those alchemists trained for battle. In his eternal quest to understand his theories better, Damiel gave himself literally to his studies, and began to use his concoctions on his own flesh, striving to unlock the full potential of his body. What emerged from those long, sleepless nights was someone new. Someone dangerous.
 
In his thirst for ever-greater secrets, he had unlocked enormous potential—strange tinctures that quickened his movements to a blur, or twisted his constitution to survive any poison or malady. Yet while he gained ever-increasing control over the vagaries of his flesh, these discoveries took their toll on his mind. One night he fell especially deep into addiction and would lost himself to the Change, only to wake from a maddened stupor and find that he’d done something that, to elves, was unforgivable. For his crime Damiel received the ultimate punishment in elven society, banishment.
 
Since his banishment Damiel has grown further, into a man of two minds. The first—the greatest remaining shadow of the Damiel Morgethai That Was—truly repents for the crime he committed and refuses to give in entirely to the Change or addiction again. The second is the man still obsessed with alchemy, the mad and capricious soul that holds all other creatures in contempt, and exists only to feel the heat of the explosion on his face or see the shifting colors of poisoned flesh.

Employment

After leaving the Elven Kingdom and seeking to utilize his secret knowledge, he traveled to Daggermark in the Mortal Kingdom, joining up with that city’s Poisoners' Guild and took side jobs with the Cult of Daimos. For a time, his unique concoctions made him a minor celebrity in certain circles. But as the months passed, Damiel’s control over his base nature slipped, and the old lust for the beautiful chaos of unfettered experimentation took over. In the end, the Poisoners’ Guild took terminal offense to Damiel’s “exploits,” and though the elf argued hard that his deviant handiwork—being unpaid—was none of the guild’s concern, he was forced to go his own way once again.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Damiel completed his apprenticeship in only a few years, when normally such a thing requires decades of study.
 
Most of the potions he uses now are of his own invention and generally superior to the goods on the market, even in the Elven Kingdom.

person.sexuality

Asexual and Demiromantic

Known Languages

Elvish, Common, Infernal, Dwarven

Personality

Motivation

He wants to earn his way back into the Elven Kingdom and believes he can do so if he just manages to perfect his project.

Virtues & Personality perks

When he sets his mind to something it will get done.

Vices & Personality flaws

He is extremely obsessive and will ignore everything else in favor of what catches his interest.
 
He has a hard time comprehending the emotional states of those around him and so generally elects not to deal with them.

Hygiene

He is fastidiously clean and insists that those around him attempt to maintain some form of good hygiene.

Social

Birthplace

Riverspire

Contacts & Relations

He maintains a good reputation with the Cult of Daimos.

Wealth & Financial state

He was allowed to bring some wealth with him out of the Elven Kingdom and makes additional funds selling his potions.
 
Due to the conversion rate between the elven currency and the currency used by the rest of the world the amount of money Damiel was given by his family to last a few months put him in a good place to buy the Mortal Kingdom if he wished. Luckily for everyone involved he wants nothing more to do with the rest of the world than he absolutely need to.

Family Ties

He is the youngest member of the Morgethai family, but has had no interaction with them since his banishment.

Religious Views

Elves in general are not particularly religious and Damiel even more so, but if pressed he would choose Thoth as his preferred deity.

Social Aptitude

He finds mortals difficult to relate to (and has no particular interest in trying) and most people find him threatening.

Hobbies & Pets

He has a small mechanical dragon called Willow.

Speech

He has an excellent grasp on all of the languages he has made the effort to learn. However, due to the cultural differences between the elves and the other races there are often slang words/phrases which he does not understand and he finds the existence of multiple pronouns to be extremely confusing.