Pirys The Red

> **"I've been called something of a people person"**
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## Life

Pirys the Red is Ogol’s head mage and one of the only humans he associates with. Pirys hails from the city of Vareig, one of the home ports of the nomadic Varangei people, and has a background in raiding. It's said that he and Ogol met when the orc ambushed his flotilla. The orc's raiders slew his father and brothers, but the young Pirys was able to defend himself with fire magic, threatening to set Ogol's flagship alight. Impressed by the puny man’s mastery of both magic and melee, Ogol spared him and took him as a prisoner, who would later be elevated to the position of the pirate's personal mage after proving his loyalty on several raids. Pirys is well liked in Lorthol, and he is known for his charisma as well, able to wrap just about anyone impressionable enough around his finger without the aid of transfiguration.

Pirys first encountered the Party as they entered Lorthol with Fevard Lomelley. He helped to negotiate a truce between them and Ogol. Later, the party encountered him with Despin Greger in the Collector's Cavern. The mage was dressed informally in nightclothes, and was the only one to discover the party attempting to escape. Under the threat of alerting Greger, he extorted a relic they had recovered before allowing them to flee.

Pirys would then seek out the party by way of his trained parrot, Polly, offering parley in the Shipwrecked Shanty. He met them their, disguising himself as a handsome woman to avoid prying eyes. He apologized snidely for their prior misunderstandings, and made them an offer; they would enter the Blink under the guise of being unaffiliated, but in fact fight for Annis Teague, pirate queen of Lorthol and Pirys' paramour. Pirys would assist them in the arena, providing them advance knowledge and smuggling in potions and elixirs to aid them in combat. The party agreed to help him with this gambit in exchange for a promised boatful of gold.

Unbeknownst to the Party, Pirys' deal was only half true. They would not be working for Annis Teague at all, rather the mage intended to use them as a tool to trigger a war between Ogol and Teague, allowing him to pick the winner and move up in the world.

During the Blink games, Pirys would keep his word and assist the Party. However his plan would be deduced by Tomularch, who would manipulate it to his own ends by stealing one of Annis Teague's signature blades and slipping it to Horus in the same style as Pirys' caches. After Horus dispatched Ogol's champion and the party claimed their prize in Ogol's remaining gold tooth, Pirys seemed to realize how in over his head he had gotten himself.

Soon after the defeat of Juggernaut, Pirys would learn of Ogol's revenge attack on the Party and their new fief of Pilfry. Knowing the raid would be lead by Hrukk Heart-Of-Stone, Ogol's top deputy, and seeking to solidify his postion in Ogol's crew, Pirys tipped the Party off to the assault by way of his parrot Polly. This gambit was succesful as the Party fended off the assault and slew Hrukk, paving the way for Pirys to step up to Ogol's number two. Upon their return to Lorthol, Pirys once again contacted the party in disguise, offering them valuable info on where to find Ogol, and putting forward a bold bargain; they would assist him in slaying Ogol and his bodyguards, a revenge he had planned since his family's death at the orc's hands.