Artemis Kalends

The most unreachable man in the world. He doesn't always reply to your letters, but when he does, well, \*message not received\*

## Description

Human male, about 23 years old, medium dark complexion. Looks similar to Set with dark hair, somewhat lithe features and similar studded leathers and cloak for desert climes. His eyes are dark, though. He also carries two daggers, not unlike the (non-wurm) one that Set has. Csipherian.

## Biography

### Background

Kalends recruited Set to join the Calendar after the latter struggled to steal food for his family and took him under his wing. What started as Kalends taking pity on Set developed into a close friendship as they realized they'd come from similar backgrounds, desperate to change the way things were in Csipherus. Before Set left the city to find a cure for the creeping plague, he'd asked Kalends to look after his parents. Kalends also gave Set one of his daggers to take with him (a dagger which Set still carries and uses on the regular).

Kalends' rank in the Calendar is as yet unknown, though obviously he's got to be pretty awesome if he's being sent on secret missions. Or at least Set thinks he is.

### "Still, the Second Hand Will Catch Us Like it Always Does" (1x18)

Set sent a message to Kalends via a sailor bound for Tormani, saying replies could find him at the Green Mug or the Axe of Fire.

### "Got a Closet Filled Up to the Brim With the Ghosts of My Past" (1x30)

Set has a flashback to his first meeting with (a then unnamed) Kalends.

### "Fear is How I Fall" (1x32)

Kalends had not responded in Paripas when Set checked before the party left.

### "These Are Hard Times for Dreamers" (1x37)

Kalends had not left Set a reply in Greenrest either.

### "You Were the Last Good Thing About This Part of Town" (1x49)

Set attempted to send a message via Ingrin to Kalends using a Disguise Self spell and speaking in Csipherian. Unfortunately, the message did not go through, but Ingrin gave Set a scroll of Sending so that he could try it himself sometime.

### "Well, I've Lost It All, I'm Just a Silhouette" (1x54)

Set finally used the Scroll of Sending to contact Kalends outside Csipherus, explaining that he'd come back and needed help. Kalends' response was cryptic: he'd been captured and was being held beneath the city and that Set had been gone for two years. Indeed, after confirming with the rest of the Calendar, the party learned that Kalends had been taken captive by the Red Eyes and that they'd lost a significant amount of time in Ingrin's teleportation spell.

### "But There's Still Tomorrow, Forget the Sorrow" (1x63)

After escaping Harry's memories, the party found themselves in a Csipherian basement, the mind palace of Artemis Kalends. After Set convinced his mentor that he was real and not a Red Eye trick by giving Kalends his dagger, Set and Kalends spoke, hugged, and cried. Kalends confirmed that Calendar operatives were trained to retreat to mental sanctuaries in times of great physical stress (read: torture) and that if they got to his body, he was not likely to be of much use. Working together, the group exited Kalends' sanctuary and entered the prison where they found his tortured body and began the long work of reviving him and breaking him out.

### "Hey Kid, You'll Never Live This Down" (1x64)

Kalends didn't know much about his other captives in the torture chamber, but he mentioned one named Wynhet from the Calendar. Both of Kalends' legs were too broken for him to walk, and after much struggle (and help from Helli), Set was able to pick the lock to break him out of his bonds. Kalends and Set reminisced about past adventures.

## Relationships

### Set

Just dudes failing to communicate across continents, just dudes being bros, breaking each other out of prison.