Devious

**Devious** is a yellow dragon and member of the Brigade, having been recruited by the Knights of Nadir while they were investigating the activity of Jacques Nifeton. Thanks to connections established by his mother, he was in possession of Balktan's dragonstone, which he gave to the party as a sign of goodwill in exchange for them allowing him to join their ranks.

He has proven himself a talented artificer, as seen via the drones that typically float around him. They have been shown to be able to generate alcoholic beverages, which Devious often offers to others.

Though he hasn't discussed their motives or numbers, or his role in their ranks, Devious is also a known member of the Dukes of the Salt.

## Personality

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## Appearance

### Humanoid Form

Despite being human in his humanoid form, Devious towers above other humanoids at 10 ft in height. He's very ~~thicc~~ sturdily built, broad and muscular, and shows it off in his fashion choices. He's got chestnut-hued skin, with stark white hair that flows down from his head and accents his chin with a small soul patch. His outfit changes on a whim, but generally always consists of a set of round pink shades, a choker, and clothes that allow him to reveal his ~~hot bod~~ toned midriff and limbs.

### Draconic Form

In his draconic form, Devious is a winding, eel-like yellow dragon. He stretches out at about a max of 69 feet ~~nice~~ from snout to the tip of his tail, and is mostly yellow with fewer spots of white than typically expected. He has a frill beneath his chin similarly placed to his soul patch, as well as a wide frill reaching from his forehead to the end of his tail. The frill is a very pale shade of green.

## Relationships

### The Salt Dwarves

Devious has lived amongst the Salt Dwarves for many years, learning to integrate into their society in humanoid form and gaining an understanding and sympathy for their civilization. Despite several attempts to wriggle his way into their complex political party system he has never been successful in making major reform. He still wishes to help them in some way, as he knows there are many dwarves who are good people who deserve better than living and dying trapped beneath the waves of the Sea of Salt.

### The Knights of Nadir

Upon meeting them in his hotel room, Devious kicked things off pleasantly with the Knights of Nadir, having an interesting discussion with Rabi about dragon blood and offering Rhyn a couple of drinks. They later brought Hydran, who was able to further elaborate on the motives of the Nadir Unification Treatise (NUT), earning the dragon's trust and causing him to offer some important information regarding his plan with Jacques Nifeton to allow the salt dwarves to "start fresh", as well as the Thalassocrat's plans to launch bombs and land-tanks at the surface at the end of the Final Slag.

As a sign of goodwill and as part of his request to be taken away from Caus Drukat, Devious offered the party Balktan's Dragonstone. Seeing the weight of this gesture, the party allowed him to accompany them to Amuul's den, where they gave him (alongside Jopeschi Stern) the full story on their journey thus far, as well as the mission of the Brigade.

## Backstory

The details of Devious' life before meeting the Knights of Nadir are scattered.

He's revealed that he's about 1,300 years old, and has lived in Caus Drukat attempting to reform/assist the dwarves for the bulk of that time. Though unable to bring about true reform, he does seem to have the respect of some of them and has formed political parties involving other dwarves in the past.

His mother, who has since passed away, was a close follower of Balktan, allowing him to use that connection to get the deity's dragonstone.

At some point in his history he learned the art of being an artificer, using it to create drones which attend to his needs as desired.

Some other point in his past allowed him to become a Duke of the Salt, although the meaning of this moniker and wants of this guild are as-of-yet unknown.

## Activity

As of late 905, Devious has met up with and joined the Knights of Nadir on their quest to find and stop Jacques Nifeton.

## Items of Note

* Balktan's Dragonstone *(previously)* - Thanks to connections maintained due to his mother, who was a close follower of Balktan, Devious was able to get his hands on the stone that preserves the twin-headed deity's immortality.
	+ Though he had planned to trade it to Jacques in order to help him "reform/rebuild dwarven society", after talking with the Knights he realized that this was a bad idea and handed it over to them instead.

## Gallery

;). LilgreenfoxInitial concept art. Crabmalique.Beach sketch. LilgreenfoxSketch with transparent coat thingy. Lilgreenfox.A day at the beach. From left to right: Phelyx, Kris Nifeton, Tiles Serrack, and Devious. Lilgreenfox