Jarack

## Maester of Fleabottom

**Maester Jarack** is nominally a Maester who primarily studies history and dabbles in healing, and very charitably services the residents of Flea Bottom for surprisingly low prices.

In reality, Jarack is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His patients often disappear in his mad experiments with blood magic, and lately a particularly latent source of magical power has piqued his interest; dragons. If he could manage to arrange for his fellow practitioners to steal a hatchling or egg from the dragonpit and managed to use it in one of his profane rituals, perhaps he could even start getting some results...

## Appearance

Jarack stands at 5’7”, though seems to appear as a smaller man then he truly is. Small patches of his head have begun to ball, and what brown hair remains is thick and wild, like an untamed jungle. A thin beard slightly lighter than the hair on his head cover his cheeks, surrounding a mouth full of surprisingly white teeth. His bright blue eyes shine out bright like lanterns, giving him a rather startling appearance when Jarack dons a hood.

Jarack wears simple clothing; whilst walking around the streets of Flea Bottom he wears a long brown cloak made of shoddy material; it is torn and cut in many places, though is thick enough that none of his skin is left exposed. Underneath the maester wears a plain white shirt that has curious stains in several places, and thick brown linen pants that seem half a size too large. As Jarack knows the importance of guarding one’s feet, the most expensive piece of his attire is his fine leather boots with scuff marks around the edges.

## History

**383 AC:** Jarack is born, the first son of a butcher.

**400 AC:** Tired of his rather dull home, Jarack works as a deckhand to pay his passage to the Citadel with the intent of becoming a Maester.

**411 AC:** After eleven years, Jarack manages to finish his forging his chain. While he excelled in learning his subjects, Jarack quickly gains a reputation for being a bit of a nutter and rather frivolous in changing the pursuit of his studies. As a result, his request to journey east to record the history of the secret city of Qarth is granted.

**412 AC:** More than a year later, Jarack finally arrives. The first Westorsi to visit the city in centuries, the maester is regarded as a object of curiosity among the populace. While Jarack does record the history of the Qartheen to satisfy the maesters back at the citadel, the maester primarily works at his objective to learn magic. Unfortunately, the necromancers and wizards are secretive, and he learns very little.

**414 AC:** Two years later, Jarack’s translator goes missing. Unable to continue his work, Jarack steals a book which seemed to have some importance and flees back to Westeros. While he is unable to the read the spells and descriptions within the tome, the pictures have proven useful to capture his imagination and fuel his experiments.

**415 AC:** Finally back at the citadel, Jarack spends a few months finishing his book “The Secret Histories of the Queen of Cities.” Afterwards, Jarack takes leave to Flea Bottom, nominally to help take care of the poor and research the various diseases the infect its populace. In reality, Jarack merely desired a place easy to hide in, and plenty of subjects no one would ask questions about if they went missing.

**416 AC:** Jarack finishes recruiting a collection of peasants who help inform of the happenings of the city, and protect him from some of the less agreeable residents of Flea Bottom.

**417 AC:** The tourney comes to the city, and with it many prying eyes. While it serves as a good opportunity to attempt to get eyes in more places, it also increases the odds of getting caught. Jarack patrols the tourney grounds, eager to volunteer himself to heal anyone with Blood of Kings...

## Possessions

### Other

* A large collection of miscellaneous medical and “arcane” supplies, his untranslated tome supposedly full of magical secrets, a dragonglass knife taken from his time in Qarth, and a bundle of notes detailing his experiments and his process in translating the N’ghai language. In one of the districts previously ravaged by fire, the Maester has taken up a residence in one of the more intact homes.

## Connections

* The Citadel: While Jarack is regarded as eccentric and frivolous, the maesters that know him respect his knowledge of history and his ability to do work once he puts his mind to it.

## Rumours

* There are rumors that the peasants Jarack helps often die horrible deaths, or are simply never seen again. Considering he is the only real option for treatment in the area, most are willing to disregard these rumors. Of course, those that come in for treatment swiftly return... most of the time.

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