Obsidian is a genasi warlock in the Within the Wicked Wilds campaign.
About
| Player Name | Ari (he/him) |
|---|---|
| Relatives | William Blackstrand and Celia Blackstrand (adoptive parents) |
| Languages | Common, Primordial, and Elvish, though he can also read any written language due to his pact with the Raven Queen |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Date of Birth | Arduary 10 in the year 861 |
| Place of Birth | Unknown |
| Species | Earth Genasi |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5'9" but appears to be 5'8" due to posture |
| Weight | Unknown, but heavier than he looks, he is rocks |
| Eye Color | Slate grey |
Idi (born Theron) grew up in Galik. Since he was a child, he’s heard tales about a lost city located somewhere in Quelmar, and it’s been his dream to be able to find the city and learn its secrets. He’s not particularly interested in going down in history, but purely in learning everything he can about the ancient city and its people. His entire life, he has been working towards that goal.
Like many genasi, once he left home, he chose the name Obsidian to honor his connection to the earth. While studying archeology, several of his peers gave him the nickname Idi, and that is now what he typically prefers to be called, though Obsidian is also fine. Just please, don't call him Theron, that would be like full naming him.
History
Idi's lived a fairly average life, save for a few moments. The first of which being that as a baby, his birth mother wandered into Galik late one night, alone, carrying him in a basket, and dropped him off at the first respectable looking door she found. She disappeared afterwards, and no one knows who she was or why she abandoned him there. Fortunately for him, the doorstep belonged to an older human couple, William and Celia Blackstrand. They took him in and named him Theron, and raised him as their own son.
His childhood was a fairly average one. Once he was big enough he started helping out wherever anyone would let him in exchange for a Bard or Horn. In the spare time he had between odd jobs, he studied history wherever he could, with a dream of becoming an archeologist and going on expeditions to find ancient civilizations and treasure. Once he was a little older, he started helping the shop keeps near his family home a more regularly. He saved up every coin he could get his hands on, and eventually was able to use the money he had saved up to go to school to become an archeologist, and buy the equipment to go on his first dig, where he promptly found a single, very old looking silver key, and nothing else. To this day, he still wears that key around his neck as a reminder of how far he has come, and he carries the hat he wore to his very first dig in his bag (or sometimes wears it) whenever he is out on another expedition.
For the last several years, Idi has been wandering from dig site to dig site, and he constantly keeps an eye out for anything that could be a clue to finding the lost city.
Making A Pact With The Raven Queen
Within a few years of his first dig, Idi developed a routine. After each dig, he would return home to the Blackstrands in Galik, spend a few weeks there visiting and telling them all about his latest adventures, and rush off to the next adventure, usually leaving on it for months at a time. However, one day, he came home to find his parents gone. Asking around, he was able to find out that they had been killed. Filled with grief, he pleaded to the Raven Queen to "help them", not even sure if he was pleading for her to bring them back, or make sure they were happy and comfortable wherever their souls were, and she responded.
Due to their deal, he became a Hexblade warlock, and later made the pact of the blade with the Raven Queen.
Languages
Idi knows common, primordial, and elvish, but his patron has given him the ability to read any written language, an ability he finds very useful at digs.
Appearance and Personality
Idi is an Earth genasi. He primarily looks human, but his skin looks closer to clay in color, and if you were to touch his skin he also feels closer to sun-warmed rock in texture. He has sporadic freckles along his arms and back, which look more like dark grey rocks embedded in his skin. Idi is shorter at 5'9", and tends to stand slightly curled in on himself, so he appears even shorter than that, closer to 5'8" when standing next to someone. He has medium brown curly hair, which is usually pretty messy from running his hands through it or pushing it out of his face. Typically, he will let it grow out until it is past his shoulders, tying it up once it is long enough to, and then shave it short again when it gets too long, and restart the process.
Idi has pretty soft features, and he tends to act a bit shy or nervous when meeting new people, unless you can distract him with the prospect of a new expedition. His eyes are a soft grey, almost the color of shale. He wears large, round glasses, though they don't actually have lenses in them, he just thought they made him look more scholarly while studying archeology, and never got out of the habit of wearing them. Now, it's more of a comfort thing that anything, and he doesn't truly feel comfortable meeting new people without them.
When on a dig, Idi is typically wearing a very old, somewhat dusty, hat. When not on his head, it's tucked safely away in his backpack. Other than that, he prefers comfortable clothes over style.
Idi is most comfortable on an expedition to find lost treasures, and people can make him kind of nervous. He tries to give everyone a chance, though, and once friends with you, you'll have a friend for life.
Because of his pact with the Raven Queen, he tries to keep small bits of food, trinkets, or shiny things he thinks a raven might like on hand for whenever he sees one. You never know when they're going to take word back to the Raven Queen, so he tries to be polite to them and garner their favor just in case. On occasion, he will also give them small, unimportant messages for the Raven Queen, in case they're one of her messengers rather than a normal bird. He also won't harm a raven. Even if it were actively attacking him, he wouldn't defend himself against the bird for fear of angering his patron.
He is 32 at the start of the Wicked Wilds campaign, and his birthday is on the 10th of Arduary.
