Pavel Datcu - Character Design

Created by [Jake de Búrca - 1800712]

**Character Design**

Pavel Datcu

**Background**

Pavel
Datcu is brilliant, accomplished and cruel. As a child Datcu survived the
massacre in the Carpathian mountains to find himself on the streets Cluj. Orphaned
Datcu survived the first few years by stealing anything he could to survive. One
day his hand slipped into the pocket of a tall gentleman who wore a long red
velvet coat and smelled faintly of death. He almost lost his hand when the
stranger pulled him into the air and promised to spare his arm if the talented
pick pocket came and worked for him. This was how he came to work for Vlad
Tepis. As one of Vlads Bat’s the young Datcu rose through the ranks of the
criminal underworld. As a teenager Datcu used his skills to track and obtain
magical creatures and sell them on through the Dark Web, collecting a private fortune
in arcanocurrencies. But, better than being the supplier is being the manufacturer.
Datcu saw an opportunity as more people sought to suppress their new powers.
Government supply could never meet the demand for Disenchanters. Leveraging his
profits Datcu opened his first factory, a series of sites along the Silk Road
where different elements could be sourced and manufactured, keeping the process
out of any one governments hands. Now Cluj is at the centre of the world
illegal Disenchanter trade and Datcu sits at the centre of the web. His rise in
power has not gone unnoticed by his own mentor, Vlad Tepis, who watches Datcu
from the shadows.

**In Game**

Datcu acts as a chaotic
neutral character, one that players can choose to deal with but cannot avoid. As
the head of the Disenchanter Trade, Datcu through his minions has access to
every area of the Silk Road to a greater or lesser extent. In Transylvania his
presences is most felt in Cluj where his private army acts mercenaries for the
government for the less than pleasant jobs. Players will be given the
opportunity to purchase and trade in illegal Disenchanters, which are illegal
in name only and for practical purposes almost as freely available as bottles
of soda. Dealing with Datcu can be very rewarding but not only do players risk
becoming targets of the Transylvanian government  but also angering Datcu or his rivals. Work
for Datcu can result in rewards of arcanocurrencies which can be used to
purchase quest items of high power levels at massively discounted prices.

**Opening Quest**

The
players encounter a Gifted on the streets of Cluj. The young woman, dressed in
the undersized clothes of a Blajini hurls abuse at passers-by. If the player
chooses to interact they will discover that she is a heavy Disenchanter user
and slowly the use has began to erode her self-control. She changes colour
between red and green like a nervous twitch. Her friend implores the player to discover
the source of a bad batch of Disenchanters. Players eventually track them to a
warehouse owned by Datcu. This leads to a direct conflict with Datcu where the
players discover his process is being interfered with and, generally, his
product is safe. He implores the players to find the source of the fault in
exchange for a hefty reward of arcanocurrency.