Mike

Race: Mushroom
Class: Sorcerer
Age: 66
Look: A talking mushroom (ghost mushroom).

Backstory

I grew up in a secluded community of Fungril in a forest we called The Moon Forest. As a community we were very connected in a deep level. My main work as part of the community was a Tree keeper. During my early years i lacked the skills and knowledge to manipulate the powers of magic. I lived a simple life.

When i was around 30 years old a weird eclipse happened. The eclipse was not forseen as most of the eclipses are. During the eclipse most of my village went in the great hall in order to perform the usual ritual we performed during moon eclipses. My exposure to the weird light produced from the eclipse caused me to manifest primal raw energies.

After the event i spent 1 year under the guidance of the Great Mikit Magus, trying to master my newly acquired powers. Unfortunately, he was not able to help me, and after an event which caused the destruction of one great tree, we as a community decided that it was better i was exiled. As a gift and guidance i received from my community a “Whispering Orb” to give me guidance and keep me company and 3 Moon stones - pieces of the moon as my culture believes - which provide their carrier with good luck and protection from primal evil and “darkness”.

The next 20 years i spent walking around the world, without purpose without destination and with no home to return to. My attempts to master my magic were not going that well, and all the teachings of the Great Magus seemed to be failing. That was when i heard about the Arcane Academy.

I was accepted in the academy quite easily as a person with great potential. Unfortunately my ability to learn and study magic was terrible. I was repeating classes quite often and when i was passing it was merely because i got help styding. All changed when a Fairy teacher arrived. Professor Milinith had powers similar to mine. She was a sorcerer as she explained. Through her guidance i was able to elevate my power and learn how to control them and when to unleash them. 

When the great destruction happened in Drakkenheim, we were all devastated and curious of the effects. A bit later (WE NEED TO DECIDE) when the academy decided to Mass Study the effect and started sending research parties i was always trying to get accepted but the didn’t consider my studies finished, so i was never given permission.

My motivations for visiting the city were not only for research.
Firstly and most importantly my Aunt Poppy-Lily, a great and wise Fungril was living in Drakkenheim. She was a Fungril of great importance as she was one of the few that left the community in her own volition, in order to study and become wise. During my 20 years of wonder i had visited her a few times. From her studies i remember that she was interested in the origin of some of the races of the planet. Specifically the exotic races such as our own. I will always cherish my time with her. Showing me the high towers, exploring the sky with her huge telescope and learning about various stuff.
The second motivation for my will to explore the city was the reports of mutations. The eclipse 35 years ago caused me to mutate and find raw magic power. My vision was augmented by mutations, allowing me to see magic (mini mushroom in my head.). During my times at the academy, whenever i was able to “solve” a spell, was because my body was mutating, producing a new mushroom in my head. What if my event is somewhow connected to the event that happened in Drakkenheim? What if my mutation is not a gift from the Moon but an effect caused by something else. I believe studying the city will help me understand my powers and maybe help me control them more.

Questions

• (Didnt note exactly) Where there any population of your community living in the city? 

Aunty Poppy Lilly was living in Drakkenheim. Haven’t seen her for 20 years.

• What superstitions about Drakkenheim i believe?
  The ghosts of their dead now wonder the streets sometimes. This happened after the impact.
  Primal Evil has easier access to this plane after the impact, as the reports from witnesses describe what only primal evil can be.
• What memory do you cherrish from your time in Drakkenheim?
  My time with Aunty Poppy Lily and the beautiful high towers.
• What are you afraid will happen when you visit the city?
  What might have happened to my aunty since i wasn’t able to communicate with her even though from the signal i can identify she is not dead.

My mutations might become uncontrollable again

• What will the revoking of your status cause?
  It will be hard for me to live without casting magic, since now its part of me. SO i will probably end dead or in prison

Hails from the Moon Forest. Feeding Virgil his last food was a defining moment of their friendship. Gave Virgil a precious moonstone artifact which Virgil treasures.

Character traits

• Fun to be around
• Generous
• Communicative (for a mushroom)

Questions from the DM

• The situation in Drakkenheim is chaotic. What about this do you find most objectionable?

  TBD

• Which tenets of order do you cling to the most when you deal with chaos?

  TBD

• How many of your ancestry within in Drakkenheim before the catastrophe?

  TBD

• What superstitions about Drakkenheim do you believe?

  TBD

Connections to party members

Virgil: I fed him my last food. Fun to be around. Gave him a precious artifact (moonstone) which he treasures. Also, I’m a talking mushroom.

Mia: Travels together.