Thalonin the Pestilent

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Appearance

Under cover of Illusion - Normal

When he chooses to make himself apparent, he appears as a merchant of fine goods. A long deep blue silk robe with the tips of overlong pointed shoes emerging at the bottom. Black, perfectly tailored gloves and a shining black skullcap. Long, salt-and-pepper hair frames his fine-featured face with his clear, blue eyes.

Under cover of Illusion - Low profile

A simple beggar, shabby clothes and worse smell. Old but looks even older due to the ravages of a life of want.

Without Illusions

Tall, and thick of frame, if not quite flabby. Skin of healthy pallor and with long unkempt hair. He has long been transferring the ravages of time to others so appears - and is - far younger than his years. Unremarkable even, with dark brown hair and eyes. He wears numerous rings and small items of jewelry, along with a simple black silk robe with hundreds of hidden pockets, many magic. Some are full on portals to other worlds from whence he can draw upon things best left alone. While not overpowering, he is constantly followed by an unwholesome odor - the mark of his studies into pestilence.

Magic

His magic is drawn from the realms of Pestilence and Illusion. As the world dies, the scavengers and parasites grow fat. He foresaw the ascension of this domain early in his studies, aware of the chipping away of reality. He knows too, that even the rats and cockroaches will turn on each-other just before the end. He specializes in weakening and misdirecting his foes.

Lair

Deep underneath the streets of Old Place - even lower than the cavernous sewers, can be found his demesne. Tunnels gnawed from the living earth by vast worms that he brought for the purpose. They have long since departed the City, leaving long tunnels out to various corners of the world.

Here he maintains a menagerie of strange and foul creatures from beyond, as well as entire herds of swine he uses both as food and as surrogates for the price of his magic. He has a few of his enemies held here as well - serving as surrogates with the swine.

Personality

Remarkable aloof and unconcerned with most things beyond his personal survival. He has an overriding fear of his own death, and has built layer upon layer of contingencies to protect himself. He is torn between his efforts to survive to see the end of the world, and to act to perhaps delay this outcome.