Zarcis Dorkaria aka 'Nightshade' - Tiefling - Sorcerer: Shadow Magic
Zarcis Dorkaria (a.k.a. Nightshade)
Zarcis Dorkaria aka 'Nightshade'
Male Tiefling Sorcerer: Shadow Magic
STR: 11 DEX: 14 CON: 12 INT: 13+1 WIS: 11 CHA: 17+2
Age: 19
Planned Feat Path:
1: Flames of Phlegethos - CHA
4: Warcaster
8: Spell Sniper
12: Elemental Adept: Fire
16: Resilient: CON
19: Durable
Planned Metamagics:
3: Quickened Spell
3: Subtle Spell
10: Empowered Spell
17: Twinned Spell
Cantrips:
1: Chill Touch
1: Mage Hand
1: Message
1: Fire Bolt
4: Minor Illusion
*8: Eldritch Blast
10: Acid Splash
Spells:
1: Mage Armor - 1st lvl
1: Witch Bolt - 1st lvl
2: Shield - 1st lvl
3: Darkness - 2nd lvl (from subclass)
3: Invisibility - 2nd lvl
4: Hold Person - 2nd lvl
5: Fly - 3rd lvl
6: Fireball - 3rd lvl
7: Dimension Door - 4th lvl & Change Invisibility to Greater Invisibility - 4th lvl
8: Polymorph - 4th lvl
9: Cloudkill - 5th lvl
10: Teleportation Circle - 5th lvl
11: Globe of Invulnerability - 6th lvl
13: Finger of Death - 7th lvl & Change Teleportation Circle to Teleport - 7th lvl
15: Incendiary Cloud - 8th lvl
17: Meteor Swarm - 9th lvl
Zarcis's parents were driven from their home weeks before his birth by an angry mob. While running through the pitch black forest, they accidentally stepped through a very brief window between the planes that sent them into the Shadowfell. (Shortly after the events in Vasselheim, as ripples still radiated out along the leylines of the world from such a monumental amount of power being brought from the Shadowfell) Stumbling back in the direction of town very confused, they instead found the ruined shadowy version of their former home & were taken in by a small band of survivors there. Zarcis was born while they were still stuck there in the Shadowfell, his soul tainted by the dark nature of that plane. Before his 2nd birthday, the band of survivors was able to find another portal between the planes & return to the Material Plane. Vowing to get as far away as possible from the rural lifestyle & misconceptions about Tieflings (especially one that was born in the Shadowfell), they walked across the continent to the large port city of Emon.
As he began to come of age, Zarcis showed other signs of being affected by the Shadowfell - he could harness arcane magic simply through the power that had attached itself to his soul, without any studying & his eyesight in total darkness is unsurpassed. It was around this time that he began to call himself Nightshade. Fearing another mob bent on killing their son out of terror & racial prejudice following an accident with one of their neighbor's pets, his parents sent him away from their home in Emon until he could control his own abilities better. Or at least until they can smooth things out with the neighbors anyway. The dog was attacking Nightshade, who reactively chill touched it to death, leaving behind an emaciated husk. Nobody was going to see this horrible action as self-defense, despite the scars across his arm. That was a little over a year ago, during which time he has traveled Tal'Dorei, working for anyone who will hire him long enough to make a few coins before moving on. In that time he has learned to lean into the discomfort that many people feel around Tieflings, modifying himself even further to stand out rather than hide himself. He's found it is easier to gauge people's true nature that way, finding solace in the few who don't discriminate instead of fearing the masses who do.
Male Tiefling Sorcerer: Shadow Magic
STR: 11 DEX: 14 CON: 12 INT: 13+1 WIS: 11 CHA: 17+2
Age: 19
Planned Feat Path:
1: Flames of Phlegethos - CHA
4: Warcaster
8: Spell Sniper
12: Elemental Adept: Fire
16: Resilient: CON
19: Durable
Planned Metamagics:
3: Quickened Spell
3: Subtle Spell
10: Empowered Spell
17: Twinned Spell
Cantrips:
1: Chill Touch
1: Mage Hand
1: Message
1: Fire Bolt
4: Minor Illusion
*8: Eldritch Blast
10: Acid Splash
Spells:
1: Mage Armor - 1st lvl
1: Witch Bolt - 1st lvl
2: Shield - 1st lvl
3: Darkness - 2nd lvl (from subclass)
3: Invisibility - 2nd lvl
4: Hold Person - 2nd lvl
5: Fly - 3rd lvl
6: Fireball - 3rd lvl
7: Dimension Door - 4th lvl & Change Invisibility to Greater Invisibility - 4th lvl
8: Polymorph - 4th lvl
9: Cloudkill - 5th lvl
10: Teleportation Circle - 5th lvl
11: Globe of Invulnerability - 6th lvl
13: Finger of Death - 7th lvl & Change Teleportation Circle to Teleport - 7th lvl
15: Incendiary Cloud - 8th lvl
17: Meteor Swarm - 9th lvl
Zarcis's parents were driven from their home weeks before his birth by an angry mob. While running through the pitch black forest, they accidentally stepped through a very brief window between the planes that sent them into the Shadowfell. (Shortly after the events in Vasselheim, as ripples still radiated out along the leylines of the world from such a monumental amount of power being brought from the Shadowfell) Stumbling back in the direction of town very confused, they instead found the ruined shadowy version of their former home & were taken in by a small band of survivors there. Zarcis was born while they were still stuck there in the Shadowfell, his soul tainted by the dark nature of that plane. Before his 2nd birthday, the band of survivors was able to find another portal between the planes & return to the Material Plane. Vowing to get as far away as possible from the rural lifestyle & misconceptions about Tieflings (especially one that was born in the Shadowfell), they walked across the continent to the large port city of Emon.
As he began to come of age, Zarcis showed other signs of being affected by the Shadowfell - he could harness arcane magic simply through the power that had attached itself to his soul, without any studying & his eyesight in total darkness is unsurpassed. It was around this time that he began to call himself Nightshade. Fearing another mob bent on killing their son out of terror & racial prejudice following an accident with one of their neighbor's pets, his parents sent him away from their home in Emon until he could control his own abilities better. Or at least until they can smooth things out with the neighbors anyway. The dog was attacking Nightshade, who reactively chill touched it to death, leaving behind an emaciated husk. Nobody was going to see this horrible action as self-defense, despite the scars across his arm. That was a little over a year ago, during which time he has traveled Tal'Dorei, working for anyone who will hire him long enough to make a few coins before moving on. In that time he has learned to lean into the discomfort that many people feel around Tieflings, modifying himself even further to stand out rather than hide himself. He's found it is easier to gauge people's true nature that way, finding solace in the few who don't discriminate instead of fearing the masses who do.
Physical Description
Facial Features
- 4 horn implants across the forehead in addition to his Tiefling horns
- 3 bar piercings down bridge of nose
- Numerous ear piercings
- Snake bite piercings
- Split tongue
Identifying Characteristics
- Lots of tattoos & other body modifications
Physical quirks
- His body is always icy cold to the touch, similar to a corpse
- Barely bleeds more than a few drops, even when grievously wounded
Apparel & Accessories
- Goth robes of black with accents of faint silver skulls
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Gender Neutral - They/Theirs/Them
Sexuality
Asexual - not attracted to anyone, male, female or in between
Education
Homeschooled for fear that someone with a prejudice would discover his shadowy nature, on top of being a Tiefling.
Failures & Embarrassments
- Accidentally killed the neighbor's dog in self-defense as a teenager
Mental Trauma
- The essence of Shadow Magic tied to his soul makes feeling "alive" very difficult. - Terrible pain & other extreme forms of emotion register as being 'average' to him, but are also the few things that remind him of his "humanity". He seeks pain in particular as a periodic reminder.
Morality & Philosophy
All life is coming to an end anyway, why fret over the morals of being the one to snuff out that life? Death is just the absence of suffering, to be embraced as a blissful end to the torments of daily life.
Taboos
- Necromancy spells with the sole purpose of draining life
Social
Religious Views
Very lapsed, tentative follower of the Raven Queen
Social Aptitude
Having had to talk his way out of countless altercations that would have likely ended with him bleeding in an alley somewhere, Nightshade is quite comfortable talking to all types of people.
Alignment
Neutral Evil
Birthplace
The Shadowfell
Children
Character Prototype
Ultra Goth kid got MAGIC POWERZ!!
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