Jasper D'Marothek

> *"I don't want anyone else to have to live the life I lived."* (Mariss D'Marothek, implicitly speaking of Jasper D'Marothek to Peia D'Marothek, session 19)
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**Jasper D'Marothek** (pronounced /dʒæs-pɜːr d-mɛər-oʊ-θɛk/ *JAS-pur d-MAIR-oh-thek*) is a Waterdhavian yuan-ti pureblood child. He delivers mail each day. He is the son of Peia and Shulssu D'Marothek and is Mariss D'Marothek's half-brother.

## **Description**

Jasper D'Marothek is a yuan-ti pureblood that stands at 4 foot 3 inches (129 centimeters) and weighs 51 lbs (23.1kg). He has pale skin, and his face, typically dirty, has tawny snake scales sprouting from his forehead and cheeks, just like his father and half-brother. He has short, wavy brown hair and green reptilian eyes that are the same color as his father Shulssu's.

Jasper typically wears common clothes. He is most often seen wearing a white shirt, brown overalls, leather shoes and a mailboy's cap, as well as the brown mailbag that he wears over one shoulder. He is scrawny due to poor nutrition.

## **Personality**

Jasper, like most children, is inquisitive and excitable, and loves things most children like, like sweets, toys and entertainment. He is unusually hardworking, however, and his mother Peia says his reasons for working and delivering mail are "for himself", not for Peia or his father. He is outgoing enough that he is willing to spend time with his half-brother, Mariss, even before either Mariss or himself knew of their blood relation. Whether this is because he truly likes Mariss or just the sweets and coins that his older brother provides him remains to be seen. He also quickly took a shine to Pog, Krentz's goblin son, who is around his age, when he visited, running around the Awning Portal tavern with Pog even though the two just met.

Jasper's personality is somewhat reminiscent of Mariss's when Mariss was small. Like Jasper, Mariss kept mostly to himself despite his desire to make friends, and preferred to spend time with family instead. He was similarly also curious and excitable, and outgoing towards new people.

## **Abilities**

As a yuan-ti pureblood, Jasper D'Marothek has a few innate abilities that have been passed down from yuan-ti to yuan-ti for generations. Like other yuan-ti, Jasper is able to adjust his eyesight to see in the dark, and he is immune to poison. He is also magically adept like some of his peers; he has a resistance to magic, and can innately cast spells such as *poison spray, animal friendship* and *suggestion.* However, this magic is limited.

Other than that, Jasper has no combat capabilities, but he does have the physical endurance to wander around the city of Waterdeep delivering mail daily.

## **Possessions**

Jasper has money and candy, as well as his prized mailbag with which he does his work. Other than that, Jasper has no notable possessions.

## **History**

Jasper was born on December 26th, 1483, to human Peia D'Marothek and yuan-ti pureblood Shulssu D'Marothek in Waterdeep. Unbeknownst to Peia or Jasper, Jasper was a child born of an affair, as Shulssu was already married to another woman, Najhia D'Marothek, who lived in Port Nyanzaru. Due to his father's deceit, Jasper was raised by Peia in relative poverty, and eventually, he took a job as a mailboy.

On July 16th, 1492, Jasper took a mail request from Mirt to deliver a package to the Awning Portal, a tavern under construction that was owned by his half-brother Mariss, Noonan Lockheed, and Tribula Cochlea. He delivered them a *bag of holding* with 900 gold pieces in it, and Mariss, seeing himself in his younger brother, made an effort to get to know him. He stayed for a couple hours while his half-brother fed him candy and filled his pockets with gold and unsolicited advice.

Jasper returned twice more: on July 28th, where he delivered a letter from Jarlaxle and Tribula Cochlea's disownment letter, and on July 30th, accompanied by his mother, Peia. While Peia discussed with Mariss, Jasper had a nice playdate with Pog Ger, Krentz's child, who lives in the tavern. After some discussion that he was not privvy to, his mother came and got him, and they went home. She left later that day and came back.

## **Relationships**

### Peia D'Marothek

Like Najhia to Mariss, Peia is Jasper's rock. His father isn't very involved in his life, so Peia is the person he relies on the most. Jasper loves his mother very much, and cares for her wellbeing.

### Shulssu D'Marothek

Shulssu is similarly as distant with Jasper as he was to Mariss before him. Unlike Mariss, however, Shulssu does not provide for Peia and Jasper the way he did with Najhia and Mariss, making his treatment of his second son even more despicable. Jasper does not know his father well, but like Mariss was as a child, he is starstruck with him and enjoys the moments he has together with his father.

### Mariss D'Marothek

Jasper thinks Mariss is nice, and enjoys the fact that Mariss "looks like him" (is a yuan-ti). He does not know that Mariss is his half-brother. Jasper thinks Mariss is friendly and kind and is willing to spend time with his older brother for the entertainment he provides and the security he gets in knowing that there are other yuan-ti like him out there in Waterdeep.