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Dox

A human rogue from the Sydonian city of Dragonwatch, Dox keeps his past a mystery but is quite adept as sneaking around and taking out enemies from stealth. He fights with a crossbow and blades for close combat.   Dox was hired as protection on the first Sydonian steam train's maiden voyage to Brookstone. During the trip, the train was attacked by bandits. Dox, alongside 3 other adventurers, fought them back using his expert marksmanship and stealth.   Back in Dragonwatch, Dox stayed with the heroes from the train and took on a job for the barrow boys clearing out giant vermin in the sewers. He guided the group through the slums and was able to negotiate extra supplies (a healing potion) from the barrow boys for the job.   Dox continued to prove himself in combat against orcs and an ettin in the kingswood. He began developing psychic abilities following the battle with the Ettin, and by the time the group arrived in Ashfield he was able to conjure blades of psychic energy in his hands. While the herbalist in Ashfield did a tarot reading of Rasper, she sensed dark energy about him and a weariness that was more than it seemed. She drew an "aboleth" card she had never seen before in her deck, and was greatly troubled by it.   Dox's health began to decline shortly after the draconian plot was foiled. By the time they reached Southport and began settling in there, he began experiencing memory loss and fever. This evolved into graying skin and hallucinations, and eventually bleeding from his eyes. He revealed to the group that he had had nightmares ever since a failed job in the Dragonwatch sewers. He dreamed of tentacled creatures in a living structure inserting something into his eye. The group investigated at the southport mages' guild, and discovered Dox was undergoing ceremorphosis and would eventually transform into a mind flayer. They were sent to retrieve a ritual to reverse the process from a wizard's tower nearby.   While in the sea elf ruins, Dox was slain by a giant shark and brought back to life by Rasper's newfound resurrection magic.   Days after his death in the sea elf ruins, Dox revealed that the cloak found in the ruins not only helped obscure him but could also be turned into a raven familiar. He used the raven to keep a watch for other cultists or pirates at sea.   After fighting the Kraken cult and slaying the kraken priest, the group returned to Barnabas Asher with the living flesh of the kraken (used as a holy symbol by the kraken priest). The mage performed Edwin Stearns' ritual, and the mind flayer tadpole was painfully ejected from Dox's head through his eye. He retained his psionic abilities, and Asher kept the tadpole for further study.   Dox was disintegrated by a beholder in the great Library of Mets Gradaran in the mistlands.  
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