Hezak Smorg

Hezak Smorg is a Player Character and a Champion Gladiator Hobgoblin. Trained as both an expert academic and a formidable hand-to-hand warrior, his inquisitive nature and strange appearance got him into some difficult situations but allowed him to defend the party when they needed it most. Hezak's frequent short and long-term memory loss led him to frequently change his mind and path. As of today, Hezak is a Pirate.

## General Characteristics

* **Alignment:** True Neutral
* **Race:** Hobgoblin
* **Gender:** Male
* **Age:** 15 years old when he joined the campaign
* **Class:** Fighter
* **Background:** Gladiator
* **Martial Archetype**: Champion
* **Interests:** Academic
* **Occupation:** City Watch. Crowd control and peacekeeping are your instructor's specialties

### Physical Characteristics:

* **Height**: 5'5"
* **Weight**: 137 lbs.
* **Eyes**: Orange
* **Skin**: Reddish-brown
* **Hair**: Dark Gray
* **Notable Physical Features:** Hunch-backed. Due to a strange event in the past, Hezak has short and long-term memory loss, but occasional memory flashes return after-the-fact.

### Background:

* **Childhood:** Hezak grew up fighting, and refined his talents by defending himself against people who crossed him.
* **Personality Traits**: I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song.
* **Life** **Ideals/Passions**: People. I like seeing the smiles on people's faces when I perform. That's all that matters. (Neutral)
* **Bond**: I owe a debt I can never repay to the person who took pity on me.
* **Fatal Flaw**: I have trouble keeping my true feelings hidden. My sharp tongue lands me in trouble.

* **Origin**:
	+ **Birthplace**: Among people of a different race
	+ **Absent Parent(s)**: Hezak's parent(s) died in the war, so the traveling military raised him and his brother Hectar.
	+ **Family Lifestyle**: Modest
	+ **Childhood Home**: No permanent residence, Hezak moved around a lot.
	+ **Childhood Memories**: Hezak is still haunted by his childhood, when he was treated badly by peers. They used to call him“Hunchback Hezak”. He always found it hard to make friends, even though he loved being around people.
	+ **Family**
		- **Parents:** Deceased.
		- **Siblings: One.**
			* **Hectar**:
				+ **Gender**: Male
				+ **Race**: Hobgoblin
				+ **Alignment**: Neutral Good
				+ **Occupation**: Priest
				+ **Status**: Alive and well
				+ **Relationship**: Friendly
				+ **Birth Order**: Older
* **Life Events**:
	+ **Job**: He spent time working in a job related to his academic background.
	+ **Tragedy**: A previous romantic partner of Hezak's was murdered.
	+ **Enemy**: He made an enemy of a goliath bard, and he am to blame for the rift although he won’t acknowledge it.
	+ **War**: He cleverly acquitted himself well in battle and are remembered as a hero. He even received a medal for his bravery.

## **Notable Party Involvement**

### How Hezak Joined the Party: The City Underbelly

Franz, Yazmin, and Eli are interrogated by Lieutenant Lobe about what happened at the warehouse. Franz uses his intelligence contacts to get out of custody. He meets with his intelligence agency contact Vigilence who provides Franz with griffins and help in the form of Hezak, who then formally joins the party.

### Delphine's Attempted Assassination

Hezak and the party went to the Bottle and Blade bar to meet with Aneka Rockstriker. The bar had a hidden fight club and to get in, you have to say "You order a drink called the "bed of roses, on the rocks".

The party meets with Aneka backstage, and she tells them that she will give them information about the Court of Owls if they take out Delphine Mendez because she is currently involuntarily employed by Delphine and the only way to get out is for Delphine to die.

Hezak also fights in the fight club to build up his reputation.

For the actual attempted assassination, the party went to Delphine's penthouse. Eli and Aelis snuck in through the roof while the rest of the party entered through the front. Telathiel and Hezak fought in Delphine's fight club in order to get noticed and brought to Delphine's residence

Hezak fights a Tabaxi and it goes very poorly. Yazmin tries to help Hezak using her psychic magic while Sarovar throws a chair to distract the referee. Telathiel and Hezak impress the guard enough to be brought to Delphine's room. Aelis and Eli turn invisible and climb in through an upstairs window. The party attacks Delphine and she runs away.

### Interaction with Don Quinn

Aneka is furious that the party failed to kill Delphine. She brings them back to the Bottle and Blade which is empty and leads them to a side room. There, the head of the Syndicate, Don Quinn, appears at the Bottle and Blade along with his second in command, a pale elf known as The Grin, and various mafia members. They tell everyone to surrender or be killed. The party attempts to fight back/sneak out, but Aneka reveals that she had been double crossing them the entire time and helps the Don capture everyone.

The party is knocked out and wakes up tied up in a warehouse. The Don interrogates them about who they are, what they are doing, and why they attempted to assassinate Delphine. The Grin gets party members to talk by stabbing them with a dagger that rapidly ages the victim. As a demonstration of the dagger's power, they bring out Detective Nadia Gil, who has been aged into her 90s. They also bring out Aranor as another captive, though he has not significantly aged, indicating that he cooperated with the Don. Franz and Hezak both age multiple years as punishment for resisting the interrogation.

After a long interrogation and discoveries about the Shadow Hand family, Yazmin reveals herself to the Don to spare her niece. They fight, and everything goes to shit. Aelis, Franz, and Hezak run towards to the Church of Dol Arrah hoping that a cleric can cast Greater Restoration and reverse the effects of the aging magic. They are intercepted by the Court of Owls assassin who wants revenge against Franz for killing their partner.

### Rengad's Party

Rengad is having a party at his house and all the famous people were going to be there. As a distraction to keep the others in the group (who were snuck in by Franz) from being noticed, Hezak stabs a woman at the party in the foot. He is then removed from the party and brought to the police station with the woman.

### Fight Against the Mendez Family & Leaving the Party

Hezak proves himself again as a warrior when he helps the party defeat the Mendez family, pirates, and (OTHER MONSTERS???) while at a sea port dock. Hezak decides to become a pirate and leaves the party.