Caleb Cradlehorn

Origins:

Born in the academic city of Haven Caleb never precisely fit in. His parents modest home in the southern quarter of the city was attached to their family-run bakery and they used their modest arcane talents to produce some of the finest pastries and works of confectionery in haven, perhaps on the continent. Unlike his parents and fellow children Caleb lacked both the talent and the inclination for arcane study which forced him to get by on charm, wit, and occasionally idle larceny.

Shortly after his fourteenth birthday Caleb's uncle Samuel took him under his wing, hiring him as a stock-boy and general helper for his warehouse of arcane goods. However, he made clear that this job was meant to keep Caleb out of mischief, and to prevent him from embarrassing his family with his lack of magical ability. This task, however unwelcome, provided Caleb with his first venture into the Arcanist's Society, a network of merchants spread across the continent specializing in the trade of magical goods and knowledge. Though his uncle never came to respect him, Caleb quickly became a useful member of Samuel's operation. Through managing the stock of goods kept by his uncle Caleb learned how to price, evaluate, and store many arcane items, and the personality traits that had made him such a nuisance to his parents made him an adept negotiator, if an undervalued one.

This would have been Caleb's life, an ill treated if valuable family employee, had it not been for a little luck.

Zoe Spitefrost

One day, while his uncle was away selling his trinkets Caleb was left behind to clean and inventory the stock they had left behind. As he was sorting through a particularly dusty corner of the stockroom Caleb felt a sudden chill in the air. Investigating, he found what looked to be a crystalline coffer containing something his uncle's business partners called "frost essence". Upon closer examination however, Caleb noticed the the wall of the coffer had become cracked, and cold air seemed to be seeping through.

In response to his touch a small wave of frost radiated outwards from the coffer, and Caleb heard a voice that seems to be calling out for something. Listening carefully it seemed to be coming through the crack in the coffer. Putting his ear close Caleb could hear a faint female voice saying "I can help you. Please let me out."

The voice introduced herself as Zoe, and explained that she was trapped there when she was attracted to the magical energy that created the frost essence the coffer was intended to contain. It was a simple case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, something Caleb could easily identify with. Zoe had rationed the energy of the essence to survive for years inside the coffer, but it has now run out. When she heard movement outside desperation had caused her to expend nearly all her remaining essence to make a tiny crack through which she could reach whoever was outside.

Inside the coffer she could perceive some of the outside world, and had been aware of Caleb's lack of arcane talent, and of the chill it had brought to his family life. In return for freedom she offered to form an arcane pact with him, offering her now meager power in exchange for freedom, and the creation of a link between your two beings in the hope that you exercising her powers will allow her strength to return and empower you both.

Zoe is a devious and opportunistic fey, often encouraging you to take action to spite others and further both your own and her goals. Your relationship with your family has not improved since forming Zoe's pact, but you have grown more cold and distant from them, which suit syou fine as you're becoming increasingly convinced that the only way you'll ever make peace with them is to simply leave them behind.

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Character Stats

STR 10

CON 12

DEX 18

INT 12

WIS 8

CHA 18

Feats:

Rod Expertise

At wills: Icy Skewer Eldritch Bolt

Pressing Strike

Encounters:

Piercing Shard

Daily:

Hellfire Blast

Trained Skills:

Bluff +9 Diplomacy +9 Streetwise +9 Thievery +10

Magic Item Wish List

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