Arkonis Severus
Arkonis Severus
Well-mannered, wise, and always impeccably dressed, Arkonis Severus is the assistant to the second social secretary of the Ivy District’s Vault of Abadar, his father. As Abadar is the god of law, business, and urban civilization, the Vault is a nexus of Absalom’s rich and powerful, the site of countless council meetings, private gatherings, weddings, baptisms, and other civic rituals of interest to the city’s high and mighty. Temple services at the Vault are highly stratified based on social class and the ability of the parishioner to provide generous contributions to the donation box, and Arkonis and his father (as well as the considerable bureaucratic apparatus surrounding their operation) are focused on accommodating the upper tiers of these services and their clientele. In particular, Arkonis is responsible for the hospitality of the temple’s wealthiest patrons (including merchants and nobles from distant lands), seeing to their sometimes-demanding needs, and ensuring that they want for absolutely nothing while sojourning in the home of the Lord of the First Vault. After nearly a decade on the job, Arkonis has developed a nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the city’s shops and market stalls, as well as the quickest route to the location and back to the temple. Arkonis is among the most accomplished clothes horses in all of Absalom, favoring the designs of Al-Amir Kai over all others.
Wishing to thicken his son’s remarkably supple skin and deepen his practical experience with the world outside Absalom, Arkonis’s father encouraged—in fact demanded—that he become a member of the Pathfinder Society, bankrolling a swift field commission for his son in an attempt to broaden his horizons before promoting him further within the temple’s hierarchy. After nearly five years with the Society, Arkonis remains far more interested in fine wines and cheeses than battle, and even though he is now used to travel and adventures, he still grows uneasy when forced to resort to trail rations or when caught without the proper footwear for the job that manages to correctly balance style with functionality. Still, Arkonis has taken to the adventuring life far more strongly than his father expected, and Pathfinder Society business has begun to distract him from his important duties at the temple, putting some stress on his relationship with six of his brothers and sisters, who are deeply embedded in the Vault of Abadar’s leadership. Among his siblings, he is closest to his older brother, Ferridan, the only one not affiliated with his religious order.
Wishing to thicken his son’s remarkably supple skin and deepen his practical experience with the world outside Absalom, Arkonis’s father encouraged—in fact demanded—that he become a member of the Pathfinder Society, bankrolling a swift field commission for his son in an attempt to broaden his horizons before promoting him further within the temple’s hierarchy. After nearly five years with the Society, Arkonis remains far more interested in fine wines and cheeses than battle, and even though he is now used to travel and adventures, he still grows uneasy when forced to resort to trail rations or when caught without the proper footwear for the job that manages to correctly balance style with functionality. Still, Arkonis has taken to the adventuring life far more strongly than his father expected, and Pathfinder Society business has begun to distract him from his important duties at the temple, putting some stress on his relationship with six of his brothers and sisters, who are deeply embedded in the Vault of Abadar’s leadership. Among his siblings, he is closest to his older brother, Ferridan, the only one not affiliated with his religious order.
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Ferridan Severus
(brother)
Finwick Severus
(brother)
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Male
Belief/Deity
Abadar
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