History
Cursed Merchant. Once a successful merchant in
Oakhearth, Claunt was cursed to a porcine form by a powerful sorcerer for steeply raising the prices of staple foods during a famine. In the years since, one business venture after another failed as partners ended contracts with him out of an abundance of superstitious caution. Though not destitute, he lived far beneath the means he once enjoyed and became desperate to reverse his fortune.
Friends in Low Places. To that end, Claunt took to worshipping
Fury. After a particularly bad falling out with a previous business partner, Claunt made a terrible sacrifice to the
Archdevil of Greed and was rewarded with a satchel of sorcerous sale. With supply no longer an issue, and hoping to escape the consequences of the sacrifice, Claunt began traveling to sell his wares. It wasn't long before he discovered that even individual buyers wanted little to do with someone in his condition.
In his attempt to escape the dire consequence of his ritual, Claunt acquired a strange tome, a collection of a few page from the
Book of Vile Darkness, but the merchant as no real use for it, as he don't know how to properly use them beside to bargain with the archdevil, Fury, who very much hate
Asmodeus.
Open for Business. Now more distraught than ever, Claunt is most likely to be encountered on the road or the outskirts of major settlements, living on whatever meager sales he can make. He happily travels with any player characters agreeing to purchase his goods on an ongoing basis. If Claunt believes he can mentor (or exploit) a particularly charismatic player character, he offers to provide them with supplies if they serve as the face of his business. If he believes the player characters as a group are capable, he asks their help in tracking down and slaying the sorcerer who cursed him.
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