Darshan

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> “NO! Why? You've WASTED the last working regenerate scroll of the Cresconian Empire! Do you know what you've done??? I NEEDED THAT! THAT WAS MY ONLY SHOT AT LIVING! You don't understand how much I've SACRIFICED to get to this point! I NEEDED THAT TO BE FREE.”
>
> Darshan to the Scaled Bastards after seeing the Regenerate scroll used on Perchance, Session 27

## The Scaled Bastards Storyline

### Epilogue

Darshan quietly disappeared from Eastshire to face his family in Peyden. The shame of his failure, coupled with incessant beration from his relatives, caused him to withdraw from them and spend the majority of his time in the laboratories. In the following year, brain plasticity allowed him to recover some use of his frontal lobe, and he realized the weight of his actions in Eastshire. The guilt, lack of direction in life, and alienation from his family led to his eventual suicide a year later.

His head was exhumed and sold to Vicaver Sylvectus and Eskis Ikilem for 5000 gp.

### Session 27

Entered Sigma's office to check on the governor, only to find the Regenerate scroll he so desperately needed to be seemingly wasted on Perchance. Before he can take any action, Donovan punches him, knocking him out.

### Session 25

Walked in on Balance attempting to run with his bag. Enraged, he starts yelling and threatening to report them to the authorities. Ladybird does nothing, so he chases them himself, and makes it a decent way onto the street before Perchance exits the demiplane and casts Hold Person on him.

In the demiplane, Donovan, Caeric, Bud, and Perchance discover personal documents on his desk in the Wits room. There is an unsent letter to Avantika offering to modify the Occulox to ignore Requiem and Crimson Consortium members in exchange for a Regeneration scroll. In addition, they find a case study's abstract written by Vicaver Sylvectus and Eskis Ikilem about his condition and accidental lobotomy. These documents are taken by Perchance.

### Session 24

Finishes the panel meeting and begins to leave the stage in search of his belongings, causing Balance, Vincent, and Armand to panic. The rest of the Scaled Bastards are still inside the living demiplane tethered to his satchel.

### Session 23

Appears briefly at the Okeanus Lighthouse during a panel discussion with Eastshire leaders including Sigma. Looming behind him is Ladybird. Balance is sent by the Requiem to retrieve his bag from backstage and bring it to the Requiem.

## Personality

Lawful Evil. Though he does believe the Occulox to be a necessary evil to monitor crime and bring justice to his uncle, he is also using it to build a name for himself as a Grand Mage or Grand Tinkerer of the Nekronian Empire.

He is somewhat easy to talk to, but tends to keep things curt and business related.

## History

On February 27, 474, Darshan drove an iron pole through part of his skull in an accident in the workshop. Though he survived, the brain damage is still being researched in a case study by Vicaver Sylvectus and Eskis Ikilem. The Mudi family was offered a large sum of money by the two scientists for his cadaver post mortem.

After his uncle was assassinated in office, Darshan began to create The Occulox. The Mudi family seemingly hired Ladybird to track the murderer of his uncle, Keshav Mudi. However, she was actually there to ensure he didn't seek clerics to restore his damaged brain. He later founded the Occulox Project to find the prime suspect, the Twin-Tailed Devil. The fruits of the project would also be used in a gift to Eastshire in an attempt to get them to join the Nekronian Empire.

Darshan traveled to Eastshire to pitch it to another city, and seek external funding for it. He gave a talk in Eastshire on May 2, 474 to answer questions about the Occulox. This event was attended by Donovan. He made another appearance in the Okeanus Lighthouse on May 7 during an open panel discussion.

## Relationships

### Ladybird

Despite being hired by his family to assist him, Darshan rarely asks anything of the goliath. He doesn't exactly trust her either, but has no control over the situation and allows her to loom over his shoulders in public. He knows that she was hired to make sure he didn't try to magically heal himself, and so all of his personal documents and work toward sourcing a Regenerate scroll are hidden in a demiplane tethered to his satchel.

### Sigma

projection. So. So much projection.

Darshan cast Geas on Sigma to silence his anti-Occulox campaign, but later realized that the charmed half-elf could serve other purposes. He uses Sigma to pitch ideas to the Eastshire government and rally support for his project. In addition, he regularly berates and takes out his frustration on him.

### The Scaled Bastards

They've meddled in his affairs, and he's designated them as hostile.

## Quotes

> **Darshan** *(enraged)*"Thieves! Damn you! Imbeciles, I swear-"**Balance** *(sassy)*"Imbeciles would imply we were doing this out of stupidity."**Darshan**"You are stupid if you dare to cross me."**Balance**"I wouldn't call that stupid as much as... bold?"— Darshan to Balance, Session 25 52:40-53:00

## Trivia

* lesgoooo occulox arc time
* wizard pog (Emma can't make up her mind over artificer or wizard)

#### Roleplaying Notes

* use the phrase "pay attention" a lot
* he has trouble hearing softer words. He is very frustrated by this. if someone is talking too quietly, he will ask them to speak louder.
* very, very business oriented. if he starts a conversation, it should be productive to his goals in some way.
* "research" is pronounced as "re sur ch"

## Gallery

Darshan at the panel meeting showing up like an anime villain. that absolute fool