Calos

A mysterious tiefling at the graveyard. He possesses some power to raise the dead from the graveyard so that Hatchlings can dispose of them.

## History

### Becoming Calos

Coleen was a revered necromancer who used to conduct her studies in ancient crypts that lay beneath Corvus. Coleen had lost her husband and her young son. Not wanting to lose her family, Coleen had offered her mind to a demon in exchange for her son back. The demon played a cruel trick on her - giving a nameless servant of his instead. Coleen's mind had snapped after the ritual - leaving her the young tiefling boy that she raised as her son, Calos. Although Calos was prepared to take advantage of her and kill her when he grew tired of her. He found himself not growing tired of Coleen's motherly treatment - especially the rhubarb pie - but instead enjoying it and wanting to reciprocate it. He would later study her research and use them to bring her husband back as a ghost and her corgi back as a skeleton. In her delusion, Coleen treated this as a happy family reunited.

### Befriending the Guild

In the year 1420, a group of teenagers attempted to sneak into the guild at night to impress their peers. The sight of a ghost and a skeletal dog shook them to their cores. They requested the guild's help - deeming this to be a threat to the town's safety. The members who went found an old gnomish woman walking a skeletal dog. Calos sprang to the defense of the woman and her dog - fearing the guild were here to expel them. After the guild heard his story, Calos pleaded with the guild to let him maintain this "family" until Coleen passes - promising to do no further necromancy on them afterwards. However, the teens who hired the guild were eavesdropping. They demanded the guild members slay Calos and the undead to complete the job or be reported to the authorities. The guild members instead intimidated the teens into never speaking of what they saw or trespassing in the graveyard ever again.

Grateful for their help, Calos offered services to the party as a thank you. He showed them a neglected mass burial site of improperly disposed of bodies from times before the founding of Corvus. With his limited magical abilities, Calos promised to offer the fresher members of the guild training bouts against undead. The trio agreed and even took him up on that deal to fight some undead for training. Thus Calos would become a friend to the guild and a source of valuable training for its members.

### The Clutches of Sef

Jozef B. Sef - a property baron - had uncovered the catacombs that Coleen used for her research. In an attempt to devalue the slums of Corvus to buy them at extremely lower prices, he snuck into the graveyard to steal the grimoire Calos uses to conjure undead in the slums. He was unable to train Hatchlings until his tome was returned to him.

## Powers & Abilities

### Capable Necromancer

Through extensive study of Coleen's notes and the use of her grimoire, Calos is well-trained in the arcane ways of the wizard - focusing more on necromancy. While spells to conjure undead take extensive periods of time and are typically limited to very barebones undead, Calos has summoned much more potent undead in an instant. Although his preferred method of fighting is to overwhelm opponents with undead servants, he is capable of spells that beguile his opponent's minds or light them on fire