Trist Veracutio

Trist Veracutio is a tiefling political leader, activist, and warrior (and some would say, terrorist). Since the 1420s OCA he has been fighting fiercely for tiefling equality, founding the city of Tief and leading the rebel side in the War of the Horn. Since the rebel defeat in 1452 OCA he has been in hiding, conducting his war from the shadows. He has been listed in the number one spot on the Corganan Army's most-wanted list for 7 straight years. 
==Biography==
Trist was born in the year 1399 OCA in the Corganan town of Downriver. Unusually, he was born of a union between a half-elf female and a tiefling male. His childhood in Downriver was marked by extreme prejudice from human villagers. In 1414 OCA at the age of 15, Trist's mother was stoned to death by a lynch mob and thrown into the river. Trist packed everything he owned and fled to Mageport. 
After apprenticing to a sorcerer, by 1420 Trist had become a competent wizard. After what happened to his mother, he swore to fight to end the persecution of tieflings and tiefling sympathizers in Corgana. He spent his time in Mageport learning as much as possible about Corganan and Southern Alliance politics. Upon exhausting his master's supply of books, Trist voraciously read every book on destructive magic and politics in the Wintermark University library. 
In 1423 Trist moved to White City where he began gathering a following, and went on to found the Sons of Mephistopheles, a pro-tiefling group. After two straight years of campaigning, Trist won a bid to a parcel of land on the island of Sthara, founding the city of Tief in 1426 OCA.  
Deteriorating relations between Sthara and Corgana eventually led to the War of the Horn breaking out in 1446. Trist served as a general of the rebel side, leading tiefling regiments in numerous important battles. After the rebel defeat in 1452, Trist went into hiding and was last known to be moving up and down the northern Corganan coastline in his ship, the Hellchild. 
==Attributes==
Trist, while advanced in age, is a capable warrior who is not to be underestimated. His skill with both a sword and with combat magic is extreme. His decades of constant research have granted him high degrees of knowledge in a number of skills, including sailing, military tactics, arcane machinery and politics. 
==See Also==
*The Sons of Mephistopheles
*The War of the Horn
*King Rodrick XIII - the king opposed to Trist during the War.
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