Dario

Mini Backstory

• 1-19 Years Old: Dario and his little brother Aldis mostly were forced to fend for themselves as their father was a miserable drunk, and the mother a sleazy courtesan who spent the hard earned coin on dope. When they were kids their dad ended up locked up in prison for killing a nobleman’s daughter during a drunken rage and their mother Overdosed a few months later. Before they could be put in an orphanage they ran to live out on the streets.
• 20 Years Old: Dario finds The Hollow One within the sewers of Ruby Shire, and is looking for answers to this whole sudden coma that his brother, Aldis and many others were put into. He finds out that Aldis was one of many people to get caught in the Hollow Ones' recent invention called a Dreamcatcher. Without asking for anything in return though The Hollow One simply frees Aldis, but when Aldis is freed he begs to go back. He didn’t want to live this life anymore and wanted to go back to the dream that he so desperately craved. In fear that Aldis would kill himself otherwise, Dario returned to The Hallow One and begged for them to put his brother back into the coma. The Hollow One agreed but Dario must pay a price, they wanted Dario to work for them and they wanted Dario’s eyes. After much turmoil and indecision, Dario plucked out his eyes with a spoon and joined The Eyeless.
• 28 Years Old: Dario officially becomes the right hand man of The Hollow One.
• 39 Years Old: Dario blackmails Ace into joining The Eyeless by threatening Jupiter's entire family. Dario simply tells Ace that he is to keep his cover no matter what, and to make sure that he stays a hero.
• 42 Years Old: Dario receives a copy of a tomb of tattooed spell work from Parvati in exchange for a favor from The Eyeless.

Physical Description

A tall and muscular hobgoblin man with shoulder length black hair that has a streak of white running across the left side of his scalp. He also has an extremely well tended goatee, the hair at the end of his mustache and chin are all curled. He wears a black and red tailed suit jacket, a silk white shirt that reveals his prominent chest hair, and a black and red fedora atop his head. He also wears a wide variety of jewelry, all made from gold and encrusted with rubies. He has a golden nose ring hanging between his nostrils and wears a vibrant pair of black and gold sunglasses with bright red lenses. (Behind those glasses are simply just empty sockets where eyes should be.) Everything about him gives off an air of confidence and arrogance that many people around him may find infuriating.

Dario

Medium Hobgoblin, Chaotic Evil

Armor Class 14-17(Mage Armor)

Hit Points 156 (11d6 + 90)

Speed: 30 ft

STR

11
( +0 )

DEX

18
( +4 )

CON

11
( +0 )

INT

20
( +5 )

WIS

14
( +2 )

CHA

17
( +3 )

Saving Throws CON +5, INT +10, WIS +7

Skills Arcana +9, History +9, Insight +5, Perception +5

Damage Resistances Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Condition Immunities Charmed

Senses Darkvision 60, Tremorsense 30, Passive Perception 15

Challenge Rating 13

Proficiency Bonus +5

Dario is a 11th-level spellcaster. there spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18, +8 to hit with spell attacks). Dario has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, encode thoughts, fire bolt, message, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): color spray, feather fall, mage armor, shield
2nd level (3 slots): misty step
3rd level (3 slots): blink, counterspell, fireball
4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door, greater invisibility, wall of fire
5th level (3 slots): cone of cold, seeming, scrying
6th level (1 slot): summon fiend

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Dario fails a saving throw, they can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Dario has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Red Step. While Ruddy Entropy is active Dario can teleport anywhere within the 60 ft radius as a bonus action.

Reactions

Crystalline Metamorphosis. If Dario is hit with an attack he can change his body temporarily into rubies. The ruby skin absorbs 10 points of damage before Dario even takes damage. If Dario has less than half his hit points, the attacking target also takes 1d8+5 piercing damage as the rubies explode outwards.

Legendary Actions

Dario can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Dario regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Cantrip. Dario casts a cantrip.
Crimson Burst (Costs 2 Actions). All creatures within 20 ft of Darion must make a DC 15 dexterity saving throw or take a 2d8+4 piercing damage as ruby shards fly out in every direction originating from Dario.
Ruddy Entropy (Costs 3 Actions). The landscape begins to crystalize into a jagged ruby filled terrain. Centered on an 60 foot area of Darios choosing, he can now cast spells originating from anywhere within this radius. This effect lasts 1d4 rounds.

Traits

• Age: 47
• Race: Hobgoblin
• Class: Ruby Wizard
• Pronouns: He/Him
• Eyes: None
• Hair: Shoulder length black with a white streak
• Skin: Rust colored
• Height: 6’3”
• Weight: 184 lbs

Questlines

• Pretty Lies

Personality

An overly cocky and arrogant man, with a fanatical love for the Eyeless, The Hollow One, and even The Observer. He would happily die to defend the needs of the Eyeless, even when others around him might abandon him.

Career

Lieutenant of the Eyeless

Factions

• The Eyeless

Plot Hooks

• Dario has tattooed spells on his body along with a copy of Ren's notes on tattooed spellcraft; he got it from his contact (Parvati Deskmukh/PD) within The Coven Quartatum.
• When the party attempts to retrieve the last bit of footage in “Pretty Lies” they will instead find Dario and a few Eyeless initiates waiting for them to ambush them. Ace might also be there to help Dario. Dario will have come to the conclusion that the party has become too much trouble and that they must be eradicated. (Ace might eventually help the party and turn on Dario if they can convince him to help.) If Dario is defeated when the party discovers that he doesn’t have the recordings, Ace will be able to tell the party that he gave The Rat King the recording along with a handful of other damning information to the Eyeless for safe keeping. (Ace didn’t realize that he accidentally gave him the evidence on who killed his sister.)