Danvenn

## Biography

Danvenn is a ex-merchant and artifact collector residing in Tal'Vash. Danvenn had arrived in Tal'Vash as an aspiring merchant and trader knowing that the city was a hub for some of the most ecotic goods. Starting out with very little, Danvenn would use cheap illusions and tricks on the streets in order to get extra coins to trade with. He knew that he had a long road ahead of him until he could get his own shop setup.

Danvenn was extremely good at his illusions. It was something that came naturally to him and he exceled at it. He was able to attract more attention by being loud, flamobyant, and having crowds for around him. He'd then flip his earnings into goods that he could trade for even more. Soon enough, Danvenn had his own shop and it attracted merchants and traders that have traveled from far lands looking for a quick break before heading on their way.

As Danvenn's shop grew in popularity, he found himself coming across rarer and rarer artifacts. Weapons of old, jewels that had been kept secret, armor maintained in meticulous condition... And he loved to collect. Just as his popularity grew from having fun illusions to entertain crowds, people were now visiting to see the great collections that Danvenn had amassed.

The Balance has a mysterious way of working though. Artifacts of such great power all in the possession of one individual could find themselves aiding The Darkness or The Light. Danvenn had remained neutral to either side as he amassed his collection.

One peculiar day a trader arrived at Danvenn's shop. This day was odd because while the shop was usually quite busy with traders or hopeful spectators of some illusions, this trader was the first and only person to arrive. He said to Danvenn that he had in his posession some of the most exotic robes that were tailored in all of the lands. Robes that were said to offer the wearer uncanny abilities for illusionairy magics, with bright and vivid colorings unlike other robes. Danvenn was particularly interested in these robes as his obsession with illusions had continued through the years.

Danvenn said that he simple must have these robes and to name any price. The trader paused for a moment and then said, "The price? These resplendent garbs I will simply trade for the thing that when you are in it, you are without it." Danvenn was frustrated by this response which was clearly a riddle, but he loved the idea of being able to barter with words to obtain something physical--Especially something of such fine tailoring. "Anything", he repeated, "I'll trade anything here in this shop for those robes".

The trader paused for a moment and said, "Well?", waiting on Danvenn's answer. Then it dawned on him. Sanity. The answer was sanity. When you are in it, you are with out it. "Sanity!" he blurted out. "The answer is sanity!".

"Very good!" said the trader, "and for such a clever mind, you can have these robes". He extended them to Danvenn which he hurriedly ran up to take for himself. Danvenn immediately started disrobing to put on his new resplendent garbs, and oh just how brilliant they were. He was fascinted and overwhelmed with their glimering and shimmering colors. They were perfect.

The trader had mysteriously vanished nearly as quickly as he seemed to come into the shop.

Things were never quite the same in Danvenn's shop. Travelers that once visited for illusions stopped by to mock the odd behavior of Danvenn who would slip away from visibility once the mockery grew too much. Traders and merchants were unable to barter with him as his mind was always focused on one treasure of his or another. People stopped showing up, but Danvenn would occupy his days acting out plays and performing to imaginary crowds in his shop. He knew they loved his new robes.

The Asura of gluttony, Devorious, had hold on Danvenn through his gluttonous behavior. Disguised as the trader, he intended to gain essence from Danvenn by tricking him into surrendering his sanity for yet more material goods. The Collector, however, knew that trading one's sanity here would not sway Danvenn to either the dark or the light, but would keep him blissfully where he was. And since The Collector ultimately aims to serve The Balance (as do all Stewards), he concluded that Devorious getting what he wanted would actually keep these artifacts from splitting into the wrong hands, and The Balance would remain preserved.