PLAYED BY: Kevin Novy
CHARACTER NAME: Niklaus (Klaus) Devereaux
GENDER: Male
PREFFERED PRONOUN(S): He/Him
CLASS: Mage
AGE: 37
RACE: Human
HAIR: Long hair
EYES: Green
OCCUPATION: Spymaster
KNOWN SKILLS: Skilled in arcane
BIRTHPLACE: Faedrun
APPEARANCE: Tall, dark clothes, long hair, mask over one eye
NOTABLE TRAITS: Nothing of note, blends in.
RELATIONSHIPS: None
RUMORS: He drinks and he knows things.
BIO / BACKGROUND HISTORY:
Klaus felt the rain pour down from the heavens and felt its cool touch run down his face. How did it come to this he pondered as he held his burnt face. The rain did little to dull the painful ache that the fire had left upon him all those years ago. He stared down at his feet and rage swelled inside him. He was so far away from achieving his revenge yet his quarry was so close. He felt the calm hand of the man on his shoulder. The man spoke.
” Easy Klaus, easy”
Referring to his white clenched fist.
“Tell me my everything”, he said calmly.”
Klaus tried to calm himself and tell the man what he could. He was born in Faedrun like most humans were. In his youth he developed an arcane potential and was sent away to an academy. He could not recall the name of the academy or the location of his old home. That part of his life seemed a distant shadow now. He did remember constantly getting into trouble and often being reprimanded. But Klaus knew he was different then the rest of the students there. Klaus spent his time bullying and attacking his fellow students. It would lead to his eventual expulsion. He would spend most of his teen years as a grifter, going town to town stealing to survive. Sometimes killing those who got in the way. For instance, when the undead arose and forced the denizens off Faedrun, he killed an entire family just to secure space on a boat. To the detriment of all living species, Klaus would survive his journey and start a new on Mardrun.
The next chapter of his life had him joining a gang of liars and cheats. A small group of goons called the swamp rats. They moved from town to town swindling people out of their money but managed to keep themselves small and hidden enough to evade the law. They went about their business for a good 10 years or so and Klaus came to see the gang as a family. They looked out for each other and kept each other safe. Life seemed to be on the up and up for a murdering thief like Klaus, that was until the silver crossing job.