Callimar T'sarran

Callimar T'sarran is a drow monk, and a spy of the Rivellian Concord. Born in a luscious manor in the Underdark-adjacent city of Ôlcen Dhun, the T'sarran were a legacy of skilled assassins that have played their part in espionage of street-level and political conflicts for centuries. Callimar grew up spoiled and selfish, using the skills he learned to boast and show off to everyone around him, even beating up urchins as a way to prove his superiority. Everything changed when the T'sarran house became subservient to the Rivelle Concord, with all youth being shipped off to the High World to serve as the oligarch's most loyal assassins.
Callimar would serve as a spy, infiltrating the High World Guardians after their defeat of Druig in order to keep tabs and feed information back to the Concord. He stayed with them for a short time, before his hubris got the best of him and he was permanently wounded in an altercation with the Forest Spirit. That night, he would be eaten alive by Sabeth's pet basilisk Greta, the last thought in his head being his resentment against his father.
== History (Before the High World) ==
=== The T'sarran Legacy ===
The T'sarrans were a noble house heralded from the depths of the Underdark. The family states that the Spider Queen saw them as the most swift and deadly of the drow, and thus gifted them the gift of the surface world. In actuality, they were simply one of the earliest drow families to seek refuge on the surface. Due to their ancestry, the drow were believed to be impure beings that were a mockery to elven kind, so the T'sarrans sought power from the shadows. Their assassin coven would be one of the deadliest in known history, being so powerful they were contracted by nobles and kings for covert missions that would leave no trace of any foul play from either the client or the T'sarrans. They would seek residence in the city of Ôlcen Dhun, in a grand manor overlooking a struggling city.
Callimar was born as the son of the most recent head of the T'sarran house, Laverius T'sarran. Laverius was a very renowned yet uptight veteran of the assassin lineage, believing himself to be the example others should strive for as the head of House T'sarran. Callimar would strive to impress his father on several occasions, but would fail to meet his expectations. Laverius viewed Callimar as weak, pathetic, and most of all inept, disregarding the very notion of him being his own blood because of this. Callimar would fight tooth and nail to try and prove his worth, but even him becoming a recognized assassin would still not prove worth Laverius' attention.
Throughout his childhood, Callimar would let out his anger by attacking urchins in the nearby streets. He ended up enjoying it and doing it enough to where he was nicknamed the Urchin Eater by the children of the gutter. He would also indulge in bestiaries, fascinated with the strange monsters and beasts travelers would speak of in their travels.
=== United with the Concord ===
One day, Callimar was informed that House T'sarran was no longer their own entity; they would be working under the Rivellian Concord of the High World as contracted killers under the king. Laverius believed this to be a high honor, and saw this as an opportunity to be one of the most powerful forces in the world. Callimar would miss the city of Ôlcen Dhun, and the frequent visits he and his family would take to the Underdark.
Upon arrival, Callimar would meet the famed oligarch of Rivelle and Hand of the King, Uvar Myslevian. The towering elven tyrant would prove to be the one man in Callimar's life that he truly feared, and would find his head hanging low near his presence. Callimar would see the way Rivelle spoke of the drow; disgusting impure beings that needed to be absolved of their racial sins in order to be true elves. Laverius would comply with this hateful narrative, believing that in order to rise to the top he needed to be in agreeance with the notions of the elite. Callimar couldn't believe this, but had no say with regards to what his father would or wouldn't believe.
== History in the High World ==
=== Joining the Guardians ===
Callimar was given a mission from Myslevian to infiltrate the recently formed High World Guardians, and keep tabs on them as a double agent. After they ruined his port operation and slayed Druig, he knew he needed to pay more attention to them in case they threatened his plans once more. Callimar would take on the mission, to prove his worth to his father and do justice to the T'sarran legacy. Yet Myslevian believed this was a mission that would offer Callimar the chance to absolve his family's sins and redeem the drow's impure heritage.
Callimar would quickly arrive in Merdia via teleportation circle, and would immediately be humiliated. After challenging fellow monk Erik Pearson, he would be beaten and forced to flee, before the rest of the Guardians berated him. He would join them on their mission to Dol'guldan for a meeting with Legish, but would do his best to lay low and blend in. They didn't trust or respect him, but he would do his best to prove them otherwise. He would save their lives during a battle with the Armor of Old Horas in a deep mountain dungeon, and would be thanked by Erik himself. For once, Callimar felt respected for his efforts, and would cherish that victory as his first major trial.
After Dol'guldan they ventured to Elnoran, where Callimar would learn of a spy the party found watching the party. As it turned out, Myslevian still had spies watching the Guardians despite Callimar's insertion; Myslevian didn't fully trust Callimar's capabilities. He would be irritated at this revelation, but had to make sure his emotions didn't get the better of him; he now had to prove Myslevian wrong. He would tame a catoblepas in the swamp, using his knowledge of beasts and monsters to help the party avoid a deadly encounter.
In Elnoran, Callimar was subjected to more bigotry under the high elves of the city, forced to wear cuffs to prevent him from "indulging in his natural aggression." There he would learn of Eschaton, and see his face draped across a demon's. That night he laid awake, scared of his potential fate, yet he would force himself to push through. He would now prove fate wrong in its assumption of him.
=== Cover Blown ===
During a mission the Guardians went on to kill the Forest Spirit, the Guardians would betray the bandits they aligned themselves with to protect the Forest Spirit. Callimar didn't want to comply, believing that killing the Forest Spirit would yield more positive results than negative, and would still fight against it. An enlarged Erik would heavily wound Callimar, cracking all of his ribs and leaving him immobile. The Guardians would place Callimar and Daphne in the same room in the halfling village of Heartsworth, where he would stew in his anger some more.
That night, Sabeth would attack the village with his army of beastkin. Callimar tried to escape Heartsworth, but a displacer beast would ambush him. After barely surviving that encounter, he would be swiftly attacked by the great basilisk Greta. His wounds would prove too great, and Callimar would be subject to Greta's hunger. She would devour Callimar, leaving nothing but his severed arm behind as he would be digested in the bowels of the ophidian. All Callimar could think of his in his final moments was how much he despised his father.
== Legacy ==
Callimar's time in the party left no great impact on the Guardians themselves, nor Rivelle or the T'sarran house. While his stay kept Myslevian up to date on the party's goals and location, it wasn't enough to make Myslevian view him as anything more than a petty child. Laverius would feel nothing for his son's loss, but would bear the consequences of his failure. Myslevian invited Laverius over for dinner the day after Callimar's death, where he would be attacked by the Executioner and pinned to the ground. Myslevian believed that Callimar's disappointment was also indicative of Laverius' own shallowness, that Laverius being so submissive and worshipping Myslevian despite all he's said and done so quickly were signs that Laverius was a doddling fool. Laverius was beheaded, as was his wife soon after. Myslevian would claim ownership of the T'sarran, gifting them wives for breeding new assassins that will continue the T'sarran lineage for centuries to come. Essentially, Myslevian had enslaved the T'sarran to his regime, yet they wouldn't consider that being the harsh truth of it all.
The Guardians would discover of Callimar's betrayal when Dyokyros showed them his journal, further proving their belief that he was a suspicious coward.