Born to an established, upper class family, Corivan is a magic-wielding merchant from Mystara.

Gender: Male
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dirty Blonde
Skin Tone/Pigmentation: Pale
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 163

Appearance

Physical Description

Fairly average, if a little undeveloped. Attractive to most.

Body Features

A somewhat tousled dirty blonde hair complements his blue eyes. He stays well dressed otherwise, allowing him to convey experience without intimidation.

Facial Features

A proportioned face that's seen no hard days or hits. He grows in stubble to avoid looking too young.

Identifying Characteristics

Unlike most merchants, Corivan tries to use only his good looks and shuns any trappings which might make him stand out in any other way.

Apparel & Accessories

Prefers simplicity with bold white, earth brown tunics or vests, soft boots and tight trousers.

Special abilities

Sorcerer, with an arcana bloodline. The magics of his family have imprinted into his very blood. Some spells he does not even need to speak the arcane words or use components to cast.

Mentality

Personal history

Born into a wealthy family of merchants, Corivan was different than other children his age due to his inherent magic. While others had to study books, blunder through tricky arcane phrases and use too much or too few components in their spells, Corivan was able to evoke and invoke almost at will.

This earned him a few bullies with his name on their knuckles.

Within a few years, his younger siblings Sira and Sirith not only reached his height but exceeded it. They helped him through tough times against the older kids.

Corivan never grew into a fighter like his younger siblings. Instead, he kept on with his magic, and ensured that he didn't take it for granted. This, combined with the intimidating twins, kept him free from bullies until he was well on his way into the merchant life.

His parents retired young and left the business to their children. Sirith's religious vows kept him from taking on such a life and Sira had no interest in acquiring coin except when it was through adventures with her sword.

So Corivan took over the business. He allied with a friend of his sisters, Red Sonja, to become her official merchant to help earn money, acquire goods and promote goodwill in their home country of Darokin.

Education

Schooled by the best wizards and instructors money could buy.

Employment

Merchant, self-employed

Morality & Philosophy

A strong sense of what is right and wrong. He cares little for laws when such manufactured mandates oppress others. Despite his drive for success, he would never allow his goals to stand in the way of helping others. Obviously, he does not like bullies!

person.sexuality

He loves the ladies

person.gender_identity

Male

Personality

Motivation

Corivan is driven to make the next sale or find the next bargain. But at the same time, he gets sidetracked by trying to do good for the people closest to him. He's found himself to be a teacher; not just of things he knows, but of things he's experienced. A sort of life coach, if you will. It makes him seem older than he is.

Harrowing Spread
Presented with spread options, Corivan chooses the "Path". One by one, Corivan chooses and flips a card. Aria reads the meaning and presents Corivan with the answer to his question: why is he here?

The Waxworks tells him he is stuck, unable to act in the events upcoming. This comes from his past, the Theater which is misaligned. Whatever he thought brought him here - something he thought was important - it's not the case at all. Here, in the present, it's the Betrayal card misaligned. Aria says this means that there must be a deviation away from the material; a message that rings loudly in Corivan who is nearly fully dedicated to material gains. That brings the final card that represents the future...

The Owl. Properly aligned. A natural order of things; or a mending of things to return to its natural state. Wisdom.

Corivan sees the path revealed before him. He must learn to let go of the material world and focus on mending what has been broken. Could it be Timmorel? The Stratfords? Both?

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Corivan has proven to be a "people person" but finds that Aria serves that purpose better when dealing with males. He heavily relies on her for her diplomatic skills as well as handling of the horses which he is clearly not experienced with.

Likes & Dislikes

Bullies really irritate him.

Hygiene

Except for his stubble and manufactured tousle to his hair, he keeps himself in order

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18th of Lamashan, 4707

Halves of the Coin

by Corivan Van Soto

And suddenly I am the odd one out. The two least likely of people to find love have found it. Neither searched for it, but found it they did. I can't say which is more surprising. Timmorel seemed allergic to most forms of socialization, speak nothing of love. But for Aria, romantic encounters were either a way to pass the time or a tool; a means to an end.

I'm happy for them both, I really am. But I can't say that I am entirely comfortable with the turn of events. In mere days, the status quo was upended. And worse, neither can really say that their newly formed bonds are chief on their mind.

Timmorel at least can face her future knowing that the challenges that lay ahead are aligned similarly with her new love.

But for Aria, it's more complicated if that's possible. She's yet to even admit her feelings openly. She doesn't have to; at least with me. Likely she knows that. We'll go through the formality of it all. We'll move through the pleasantries and niceties as two people should. But the conversation will move into one that the closest of friends would have. As if the one side of the coin was simply speaking to the other half.

The difference is that the coin is never split along the thin edge. It can only be halved - at best - along the flat.

And when so broken, each half takes part of the other with it.

The major events and journals in Corivan's history, from the beginning to today.

Arrived in Alvis

After all this time in Golarion, I've finally found something that seems familiar: arriving in a town at the head of a caravan. It's the first time I've done so with a baby elephant in the train, if I'm being honest, though.

05:15 pm - 21.07.2019