Milto

Filbolg magician. Purveyor of sorcerous goods at his store, Milto's Emporium, in Janwald. Exiled from Paripas after an affair with Sylla Plumeria and other potentially sketchy magical shenanigans. Ex-friend of mage Letitia. Asked the party to "retrieve" some of his old artifacts for payment in cloaks. There are three magical vaults he wants access to in total, with the first in Paripas.

## Description

Tall firbolg wizard with penchant for purple signage. Flashy, often using magic for show or decorative purposes. Has a badass raven familiar (name unknown) who he occasionally will summon into existence on his shoulder.

## Biography

### Background

Currently making his living as a seller of magical goods, primarily waterbreathing potions, Milto has indicated that he used to belong to an adventuring party himself before settling down for the quiet life in Janwald. Prior to (or perhaps during) that stage of his life, he lived in Paripas for a time, either studying or researching at the Mage's Guild there.

Working in tandem with Letitia, he researched the conduits and had organized an expedition with her to examine a potential site in the frozen north. Shenanigans ensued, ending with the cancellation of the excursion and his friendship ending with Letitia. His relationship with Sylla Plummeria also ended when he was more or less forced out of the city thanks to the Magistrate's, Sylla's father's, political sway. Milto left somewhat hastily and many of his personal belongings were still stowed in the vaults in the Mage's Tower.

It is unknown where Milto grew up or if he has any family. He says he likes life in Janwald, though.

### "Let Your Waves Crash Down" (1x7)

The party met Milto at his shop for the first time, intrigued by his giant purple signage. He confirmed the merfolk problem, offered the group undiscounted water-breathing potions much to Helli's dislike, and winked at Felegum.

### "Breathing Underwater" (1x12)

After an arduous return trek thanks to a wrecked ship, the party reached Janwald in late evening. Milto's was one of the few places still open. Set bought food and spices (unsurprising) and Helli bought her now-infamous tinkerer's tools after some keen bargaining. Set communicated to Milto about the merfolk negotiations the next day and Milto got the word out to various influential captains in town to be there.

### "Sometimes I Think of Letting Go" (1x13)

After some haggling, Milto made good on his promise to give Felegum a pearl for increasing Janwald's economy via the addition of a water bazaar. Set asked about magics that could cure plague, Milto replied that Set would be better off either consulting a mages' college or asking gods for that sort of thing, and then pitched the heist: two magical cloaks for the return of his items stuck in Paripas. Set convinced the party that this was somehow a good idea and Milto's saucy past was revealed: the affair with Sylla Plummeria, the Magesterium's daughter, and the guild disagreeing with some of his business practices. Milto was expelled from the guild and low-key banished from Paripas: he could still enter the city, but it would just be "really awkward." Milto explained the three-fold ward on the vault.

It should be noted that Milto did not break any laws; Felegum asked. More pressure revealed that the guild disagreement stemmed from lore Milto had been studying. Despite Harry's misgivings about returning items sight unseen, Zeno and Milto shook and agreed on the deal. Milto gave his ring to Felegum to undo his part of the ward and questions turned to Letitia. Milto had organized a mission both of them were supposed to go on, Letitia backed out at the last minute, and the two argued, ending their friendship.

### "Got a Sunset in My Veins" (1x14)

Miriam confirmed that Milto was well-known in the area, though he tended to keep a lot of details close to his chest.

### "I Fall Upon the Earth, I Call Upon the Air" (1x31)

At the party's fancy celebratory buffet, Letitia said Milto knew about the conduits.

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

The party accompanied Letitia to the vaults to open Milto's. Along the way, they learn his ranks in the guild before his expulsion had been infuser, diviner, illusionist, and executor. After successfully using Milto's and Letitia's rings, as well as dispelling the guild seal, the items teleported back to their rightful owner.

### "Yo, Peep the Style and the Kids Checking for It" (1x33)

Returning to Janwald, the party found Milto thrilled to have his items returned. The group updated him on the manticore situation, and he said that this was unusual behavior and posited that might cast an illusion on the town to make Janwald a little less appealing to the beasts. Set confronted Milto about the conduits, asking what his motives with them were. At first, Milto played coy and pretended not to know what Set was talking about, but when Set pressed him on it with evidence, Milto admitted that he was indeed familiar with the conduits. He said his motives were to avert the end of the world. Set chose to trust Milto with what had been going on in Csipherus and his worries that it was connected to the city's death conduit. Set also warned Milto not to talk to anyone with red eyes and to let the party know if he saw them around.

Before the group could show Milto the tablet inscriptions, Awk accused Milto of playing coy and summoned draconic energy to threaten him into telling the truth. Set lost every banana in his possession and held his dagger to Awk's neck, demanding that the gnome never do that to an ally again. Milto kicked Awk out of the shop and between Harry, Set, and Zeno's persuasive efforts, conversation was able to continue.

As a show of good faith, Milto revealed that one of the items the party had returned to him from his vault were three tablets containing information on the conduits. Unfortunately, no one in the party had the skills to read them, as Awk, the translator, had been yeeted from the Emporium.

### "Hold Your Head High, Heavy Heart" (1x34)

Milto translated the three tablets and ribbed the party for losing the others. One tablet contained pictures of people shambling toward a crystal. Set asked the party to share their tablet translations with Milto and Felegum handed over the paper. Milto, when asked, was not familiar with the notion of the conduits being used to free dragons from their greed. He then offered the party gin to drink while tablet discussion continued. War stories were swapped and Milto revealed he had been, at some point in his life, fireballed by an archmage, showing the party a scarred portion of his back. Milto mentioned that he hated Egonia, though he'd never been kicked out of it. After declining to buy Harry's manticore tails, the groups parted ways. Later, Set had a glass emergency. Milto helped (for exorbitant Milto prices).

The next day, the party returned to the Emporium and mentioned the Sunken Citadel's conduit. Somehow, Milto was intrigued enough to agreed to see it and served the party coffee before packing up his things and joining the group on the excursion. At nightfall, Milto cast his *Magnificent Mansion* spell to provide shelter for the group. When the party struggled to get past the trapped rock barring the Citadel's entrance, Milto teleported inside with Lankin. Traveling deeper inside revealed a robust kobold population serving a mysterious "Master." Set brought Milto up to speed on the group's Calcryx doings as the group was escorted to the white dragon's lair. When the party reached the Tree of Life and Death, complete with massive young adult Calcryx, Milto had disappeared.

### "I Make Plans to Break Plans" (1x35)

When the party fled a wounded Calcryx, Milto helped them escape and kept the kobold legions from giving chase with a *Wall of Force*.

### "My Head's Above the Rain and Roses" (1x36)

Milto and Set had an argument because Milto tried to be all self-sacrificing and Set wouldn't let him. The group made a hasty retreat through the Sunken Citadel, with Milto getting upset when Zeno and Set paused to gather baneberries. Milto and Lankin bonded over their shared love of arena matches, teleporting out of the Citadel together again. Once the group was all outside, Milto offered to *Teleport* the party back to Janwald, which they accepted.

### "I Used to be Love-Drunk, But Now I'm Hungover" (1x37)

The party returned to the Emporium to discuss Calcryx Round Two. Milto tactfully said nothing, but offered the party goods at normal market price (a miracle). He also had on offer a Potion of Gaseous Form, Potion of Heroism, and some healing potions. Zeno commissioned Milto to work on a potion that would help the drinker resist cold. Awk gave him some mushrooms to experiment with as well. Harry asked for white dragon advice ("Don't!") and Awk asked for a wheelbarrow (Milto did not have one, though he was upset that no one listened to him about crop rotation). Awk wondered why Milto was still here and Milto said it was his home and he liked it here. Also, he made a decent living selling his waterbreathing potions.

### "Like Violence, You Have Me" (1x39)

A week later, the party returned to Janwald. Set disguised himself with magic because he'd been beat half to shite by a tentacle dude along the way. Zeno picked up his cold resistance potions with less-than-successful haggling and asked Milto about the demon bat the group had fought. Milto said his specialty was more in dragons than demons, but that the bat was definitely demonic. Awk checked in on the mushroom project; they did indeed offer some cold resistance, but Awk chose not to buy them. Awk also wanted to be sure that Milto hadn't told anyone about Calcryx, but Milto had already been telling stories at the Meat and Slop. Apparently, the tale was quite effective at distracting sailors from their cards. Next steps were discussed. Milto asked if the party had a way to contact him (no). Much exasperation was had. After the group left, Set snuck back in to give him a jar of summerberry jam.

## Relationships

### Janwald

Milto seemed relatively well-connected and a fixture of the town. He was able to pull together all the important captains of the town for a next-day meeting at the docks without much difficulty.

### Letitia

Ex-friend. Neither seem willing to reach out and patch things up after their argument in Paripas, though both have the magical means to do so.

### Sylla Plummeria

Zeno delivered Milto's letter to her while in Paripas, and on reporting success the firbolg remarked that perhaps something could be worked out.

## Character Information

### Abilities

everything about Milto is a special ability