Mzolo Jaharok

> "I do not fear God's blessing, we shall all be in his grace one day. I shall see you soon." - Mzolo's last words before being executed
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## Backstory

### Early Life

Mzolo stowed away on a ship in his youth, not knowing or caring where it was taking him. Wanting to be far away from his original home of the Wood of Sharp Teeth, finding himself in the Chultan peninsula, he was immediately taken in by the exotic flora, fauna, and beasts of the place. He also felt strangely drawn to this land, a calling deeper into the woods, it was only after several years he realised that the fast cycle of life, the way that everything struggles to survive, only to inevitably perish in Chult, fascinated him.

He began to feel a calling in honouring the balance of life and death, to expedite the cycle and bring more into the grace of his new found god Myrkul. Rather than the reasons for which necromancers venerate him, Mzolo felt that death was the most natural part of life and a more permanent state, he sought to honour Myrkul by sending souls into his company and destroying undead which mocked the call of his Lord.

Mzolo bided his time, living an impoverished lifestyle in Malar's Throat, entertained only by the ferocity of the natural world bestowing the gift of death on those it sought to feast on.

## Adventures

### Life as we don't know it

After spending decades in Chult, the lowly acolyte of Myrkul grew curious about the increasing blight that was causing the natives of the jungle to threaten the impoverished Old City of Nyanzaru. Making his way to the Thundering Lizard tavern, he beguiled adventurers, fresh off the boat, to determine the source of the pterafolk incursions.

He headed out with Alfonso, Alabaster McQueen, and CAREN, who were quick to rescue a commoner from being carried off by charmed pterafolk, with CAREN leaping over the body of a slain foe to cleave at another Alfonso had restrained. The woman they saved bid them find her husband who was on an mission in the jungle with the Citizen's Brigade.

After being ambushed by blights, Alabaster incinerated the infected plants and the heroes successfully rescued a Tabaxi who was originally with a party of the Citizen's Brigade, he fled in order to attempt to save his compatriots after gifting the party a potion of poison resistance.

Upon investigating further, the group encountered a pack of grungs, poisonous frog-like people native to the jungle, they appeared to be performing sacrificial rituals and charmed CAREN before knocking Mzolo unconscious.

When Alfonso healed Mzolo, the tide turned, CAREN came to her senses and the group successfully put down the grungs, retrieving a half-moon artefact the frog-like folk had been charming and sacrificing to.

Mzolo made an attempt to surreptitiously pocket the dark artefact for himself, the location of this item is now unknown.

### A Snake In The Grass

After their initial success, Mzolo and CAREN were emboldened by receiving a letter from Klevin Van'Sheran, a wealthy merchant who sought to investigate rumours of individuals attempting to smuggle dark items under the city via the Tiryki Anchorage. They negotiated a 60gp reward to identify what was being smuggled and stop the malicious activities.

When investigating Tiryki Anchorage, CAREN and Mzolo managed to slay three bandits and free a famous black bear by the name "Wise Old One Eye", retrieving the keys from their fallen foes, they investigated a tunnel which presumably led into the heart of Port Nyanzaru. Recovering documents and ledgers that named Sanuya Yefi and Nahu as ring leaders for the operation, they pressed forward, encountering more bandits and a mage leader.

Old One Eye and CAREN managed to slay many bandits, but with guile and quick wit, the mage managed to activate a trap, dropping a boulder on One Eye and isolating Mzolo from CAREN. Mzolo had managed to stabilise One Eye and heal CAREN, but the group met their match and were subdued by a final gambit of magic missile.

CAREN passed away as any worthy barbarian would, in the heat of battle, Old One Eye was muzzled, chained and shipped off to be sold and Mzolo finally got his wish, for better or worse, to be in the grace of The Lord of Bones.