Chez Victola

> "I need an airship made out of mushroom water" *-Chez to Ashlynn*
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> "Chez Victola keeps his promises"
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## History

Chez Victola  was a child of a noble family in Varisia, his family eventually set him up as a courtier in hopes of him learning some of the finer aspects of nobility, however Chez had a mouth on him and would crack jokes and smart off to nobles without much care. Eventually he was dismissed from the service which led to a fight between him and his dad. Chez ran away from home and stowed away on a ship. Unbeknownst to him it was a pirate ship and instead of disposing of him, the captain put him to work learning the tools of the trade, the pirates he took in with all eventually succumbed to misfortune leaving Chez alone to traverse the seas and go from town to town seeking money and adventure. Eventually Chez grew more and more bold as he lived on the sea, picking up where his previous crew had left off and soon became one of the most feared pirates Golarion had ever seen. After years of terrorizing the seas, Chez finally met his match trying to defeat a dispatched unit of the Taldan navy. After days of fighting Chez's ship finally was caught by surprise in the fight that ensued his ship was completely obliterated and as a cannonball slammed into the ship where Chez was he fell sinking below the oceans wave only to end up in the Reach....

Chez's Time in The Reach

Chez washed up in the Reach like many before him.
But he was quite shell shocked from his battle. He believed that he had died in that fight and been taken straight to hell for the crimes he had committed. Chez refused to stay stuck in hell so he began to better himself in an effort to free himself, he looked into the mysteries of the universe spending time training with the oracles. Not finding what he needed there he began to look at the discipline of the monk thinking that that may hold the key to what he was looking for. But after months of self discipline and training he still felt he was missing something. He eventually turned to faith and took up the mantle of being a paladin of Irori, and it was there he found his true calling, he may not be able to escape this hell, but to make up for all the atrocities he committed he must now protect the innocent and raise people to perfection so that they would never stoop to the lows he stooped to.

This did not go easily for Chez however, as part of him deep in his subconscious still yearned for the vile excitement a life of crime gave him. This part of his mind slowly began  to create its own personality within Chez, coming out when he was extremely drunk. It soon became known as Dahmian and attempted to commit terrible atrocities whenever Chez blacked out from drinking, more notably trapping the soul of Gnash into a soul gem. But with the help of Minori, Chez was able to overcome these urges and dispel Dahmian from his mind.

### Chez and Beender

During one of his adventures Chez helped protect a train from being robbed by Beenditos. It was during this adventure that Chez met his arch nemesis Beender. After a very heated battle with Beender and his Beenditos, Beender escaped by throwing himself from the moving train. It was on that day that Chez vowed to find Beender and bring him to justice, a quest he continues to this very day.

Eventually Chez was approached by a member of Hope's Redoubt informing him he was selected to become its new Grand diplomat, a position he accepted as long as he got an airship. He still holds the title of Grand Diplomat to this day.

Chez now spend his days crafting mushroom water and running Victola, Victola, and Victola Inc. a firm he operates from behind the Diplomancy. It offers many services including, life insurance, loans, notary services and weddings. When he is not throwing illustrious "diplomatic get togethers" he can be found in his office running his firm and waiting for the day Beender strikes again....

### The Death of Beender and Invasion of the Reach

Eventually Chez caught wind of Beender's hideout and managed to sneak in disguised as famed band The Boo Bighters. After a spectacular showdown against his nemesis Chez killed Beender, but the lengths he had to go to, the oaths he had to break, broke something in Chez. He became very secluded and turned to drinking even more. Shortly after this the scarecrow invaded creating more hopelessness ad despair within Chez. Finally at his lowest point he went on a walk along the shoreline where he first washed up. And as if by some act of Providence his old seaxe washed up at his feet. Finding a strength in him again he long thought he had lost he went on a crusade against the forces of the scarecrow only to become more and more conflicted between his current life and his old life. This culminated in a drinking binge in which he helped Gumption Tatianna steal a ship and renounced his paladin vows in a drunken stupor. The next day he visited Queen Ashlynn to talk about renouncing his title as Grand Diplomat as he felt he did not deserve it. Ashlynn forgave Chez for his behavior and set him about to work with Knight Commander Vespa where he would find himself in command of a small fleet with the explicit orders to "fuck shit up" for the scarecrow. When Tortuga was besieged he handled the mass transportation of the population with the aide of Charlotte Overton . Since the Opening of the Bifrost and the vanishing of the heroes of the Reach he has continued to wage his own personal war against the scarecrow carving himself a bloody swathe through the forces and recruiting the newest of the Saltborn into his plans to recapture Tortuga. When Chez is not warring with his crew against the scarecrow he can be found traveling and collecting tales of times before, moonlighting himself as a chronicler of all things Reach

### Chez's Day in Court and Rehabilitation

At some point in the 20th Year of the Saltborn, Chez became embroiled in a scandal with local kineticist Gnash. Gnash had brought accusations to the courts that the mushroom water being sold by Chez was incredibly harmful to the population and that it equated to mass poisoning of the city and sued Chez for reckless endangerment. At this same time Gnash launched his own personal investigation into the possibility of Chez the Paladin and evil Dahmian being the same person. Chez with the help of his lawyer, Jeff the skeleton, counter sued Gnash for slander and destruction of business and well as theft of corporate secrets, after a week long trial and many witnesses and testimonies, the courts ruled in favor of Chez. Gnash was ordered to pay money out to Chez as compensation. In the process of this court case it was revealed that Gnash suspected the link between Chez and Dahmian. Out of fear of being uncovered, Dahmian set about a plan the next time Chez went out drinking. Under cover of night and disguised as a messenger boy, Dahmian tricked Gnash into willingly touching a soul gem trapping him inside. Once the plan was complete Dahmian took the gem and chucked it to the bottom of the ocean. Only through the work of a determined familiar and a wish spell was Gnash located by Minori. She in turn trapped Chez in a microcosm until he could rid himself of Dahmian.

### Actions During the Great Invasion

Chez played a pivotal role in the invasion of Tortuga. Risking his life he air lifted the entire population of Tortuga from the city to a safe haven, earning him a medal of bravery from Hope's Redoubt. Before he left Tortuga however, citizens report hearing him constantly muttering to himself about "nobody getting me mushroom water secrets." A few days later a massive explosion was witnessed from aerial scouts around the area of the Diplomancy Smorc and Dine.

### The Great Disappearance and Beyond

Chez was not there when the Bifrost was opened, he had been away on a raiding party, a fact that has ate him up inside since its occurence. When the new wave of Saltborn arrived in the 23rd year of the Saltborn, Chez was one of the first they met, grizzled and fully back to his pirating ways he had spent the last year flying and sailing missions with his crew on the Tabula Rosa performing hit and run guerilla tactics against the armies of the Scarecrow as well as chronicling all that came before, lest those of the Age of Heroes be forgotten. He wasted no time creating a proving grounds for the new Saltborn to train and prepare for the war to come. Currently Chez is planning a heist of a cache of very powerful artifacts in the hands of Scarecrow cultists in Tortuga.

'''''***Interns Note: During the failed reclamation of Tortuga the Dread Pirate Chez, Scourge of the Seas, has vanished. All chronicling until further notice is being done by his lowly intern and sailing protégé***

## Appearance

Chez is a well kept human who is always sporting a royal  purple courtier's outfit in combat and out of it.  He is about 5'9 with dark hair and piercing grey eyes He always has with him his polished star knife "Hope" along with his golden flask of mushroom water as well as a sinister looking seax rusted in blood and with a scalp tied it that allegedly belonged to his previous captain. Chez also carries around a banjo that he is quite fond of pulling out and playing..

## Personality

Chez has a very loud and forceful personality. He comes across as uncivilized and rude at times despite being Grand Diplomat for Hope's Redoubt, making him a quite unique individual that you never really know where you stand with him. He is also prone to drinking in excess but at all times holds himself as if he was a king.. Chez has a very business oriented mind and isnt afraid to sit and talk with you of the intricacies  of the matter at hand.

## Friends

Every business associate that has paid on time.
It is also rumored that Chez has a very personal relationship with a naiad named Nyssa though Chez has never seemed to comment on the rumors and few fear pressing the matter and making him angry.