Pock-Marked Po

Pock-Marked Po () was one of the so-called "beggar princes" of Port Nyanzaru in Chult, making him an influential figure in that city's underworld in the late 15 century DR. He was known as the Hideous Prince, and sometimes used Tarenbiril as an alias, meaning "hideous prince" in Elvish.
==Description==
Po was a Calishite man with dark hair and dusky skin. His body was significantly deformed by a serious illness. Po had reduced eyesight in one of his eyes, and his joints had become inflexible. His hands were deformed into gnarled shapes, and he had a stooped gait owing to trouble walking unaided. He dressed in a frayed cape.
==Personality==
Po was very crafty and had a quick wit and a silver tongue. He had a level head, and a polite demeanor.
==Activities==
As a beggar prince, he was one of the unofficial rulers of Port Nyanzaru's Old City and the thieves of the city listened to his commands.
He was connected to the Zhentarim and acted as their principle contact in the city, although his superiors allowed him to operate mostly autonomously. However, he was responsible for protecting their secrets and improving their reputation.
He sponsored a team of competitors in Port Nyanzaru's dinosaur races known as the Bladefangs.
==Relationships==
Due to his poor health, Po was attended to by a number of young Chultan women who cared for him, fed him olives, and helped him with things that his body did not allow him to do.
Po had many contacts throughout Port Nyanzaru, through which he conducted his affairs. His subordinates among the Zhentarim included Henry Hallowhall, Zansha, Jaha Mubsie, and Rokah.
Among the Merchant Princes of Port Nyanzaryu, Po respected Kwayothé but disliked Jessamine and Wakanga O'tamu.
He generally strove to ensure that the Zhentarim seized favorable opportunities out from under rival factions, however he occasionally cooperated with representatives from such other factions within Port Nyanzaru, such as when several of them elected to hire the mercenary Pozzanna Lordeaux to secure a stronghold within the Chultan jungle, when they rallied behind Hawkdriver Mazugulak to drive back an undead attack on the city, or when they came together under Alastar Bol to send agents to investigate undead forces stemming from the ruined city of Matolo.
He had a son named Basu, although he outwardly cared for him relatively little compared to his "bigger family" of the Zhentarim.
==Possessions==
Po lived in a lavishly decorated and perfumed hut that had a dilapidated exterior, in the south end of the Old City. However, in his capacity as a beggar prince, he held court in the smallest of the three step-pyramids overlooking Executioner's Run.
==History==
At one time, Po had been an adventurer, however he was left deformed after a disease nearly killed him.
As of the events of the death curse around , Po was in his mid–30s and worked as an agent of the Zhentarim. During this time, he tasked a group of adventurers with participating in a dinosaur race in the Market Ward in order to win the Oracle's Eye, a piece of a Dreamer's Amulet. He also hired adventurers to investigate the disappearance of a beloved local tavern owner, Miboro Yan, and personally oversaw the near-execution of a witness, Favin Kreeger, to learn what had happened to her.
When Port Nyanzaru came under attack by the fiendish forces of Idrianne Smoke, Po's thieves waged guerilla war against them in the Old City. The Merchant Prince Kwayothé sought to strike a deal with Po that would see him ally with her mercenaries.
When his son Basu disappeared on a trip to Fallen Feather, Po sent adventurers to find him and the information that he carried.
When the Red Wizards of Thay threatened Chult, Po hatched a plan to create "proof" of the Zhentarim's superiority to goodly factions. He planned to send agents against the Red Wizards whom he would order to behave especially "heroically" and have record their deeds with a memory crystal.
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Category:Humans
Category:Calishites
Category:Criminals
Category:Crime lords
Category:Adventurers
Category:Veterans (5e)
Category:Members of the Zhentarim
Category:Inhabitants of Port Nyanzaru
Category:Inhabitants of Toril
Category:Inhabitants of Faerûn
Category:Inhabitants of Chult
Category:Inhabitants of the Chultan Peninsula
Category:Inhabitants of Southwest Faerûn
Category:Year of Metropolises