Ismail

Ismail is an undead cleric of the goddess Fierna. Skilled with a bastard sword and bolstered by his unnatural abilities, he believes that his rebirth was the direct will of his 'mother', and he loyally works to fulfill what he sees as his duties to her. Ismail's goal is to complete a definitive document detailing the habitats, physiologies and behaviours of all of Fierna's children: the monsters and violent, misshapen creatures of Materia. He has a somewhat toady personality, quickly adapting his suggestions and manners to better get along with others, but this seems to stem mostly from his almost palpable loneliness. He is pragmatic, seeing death and violence as an inevitability and the birthright of the children of Fierna, but he bemoans harm inflicted upon creatures of lesser intelligence out of fear, particularly spiders and insects. Being a skeleton, he has no facial expressions to read and little emotion in his fabricated voice, so it is usually difficult to tell exactly what he is thinking.
Ismail was born and died in a province in the south of Cantica. During his wanderings, he happened into the depths of the Emerald Spire dungeon. As he was investigating a local colony of moon spiders, the mad tyrant Zdislav found him and magically compulsed him into acting as a gate guard to prevent intruders delving further into the complex. After several months of being trapped, he was freed by the kind actions of the adventurers Kormon and Marin; Ismail accompanied them on their further investigations, partially to revenge himself on Zdislav, and partially as he interpreted events as a sign from Fierna that there was more to solve in the spire. 
Ismail has two companions: a scorpion familiar he has named Re, whom he believes was sent by Fierna to give him company, and a giant centipede that has taken to following him around lovingly. 
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