Senecius of Striecht

## Nikolas Boszcamna

### Aliases

Senecius of Striecht, The Shaded Puppeteer, Drifter (nicknamed frequently that way by strangers), John Zudah (supposed uncle of Mikhael Strand), Varyl Dickham (a housekeeper), Gavin Lovejoy (a Union knight), Rheyna Elena (an Imperial priestess)

### Relatives

* Johann (father)
* Eleonora (mother)
* Bella (former wife)
* Baptiste (mentor)
* Teena Iskaar (mother of his daughter Lina)
* Edith (love interest)
* Lina Iskaar (daughter)

### Affiliation

* The Church of the Four (former)
* Black Fingers
* Godswood Orcish Tribe
* The Nameless Brotherhood (former)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Formerly married to an imperial woman from Godsworn named Bella in 1994

## Physical description

### Eye color

bright green

> *"Be it that he's a thief, a liar, a murderer and most definitely a torturer, Senecius is amazingly efficient at those things. As so it would hurt us to lose him." ~ Mikhael Strand to Edith when discussion if they should rescue Senecius from prison.*
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**Nikolas Boszcamna**, better known by his alias "**Senecius**", was a former member or the Brotherhood of the Nameless, a key figure in the Black Fingers organization and the father of Lina Iskaar. He had the goal of gaining immense power to rule over humanity by using the artifacts of the False Gods as its source. By only using his companions to reach the artifacts, he posed a threat to the organization, nearly destroying it during the Battle of the Fishing Hamlet, where he murdered its leader Mirinin. He was immediately after killed by the hands of Lord Iskaar and Mikhael Strand for his treasonous act.

## **Appearance**

Senecius was a very tall, skinny and visibly handsome young man with a naturally sketchy-looking face and numerous scars upon his body - engravings, spelling "Gavin the Young" onto him. He had bright green eyes and long black hair, often tied in a bun. His skin was fair and his fingers had burned black marks on them, although he usually wore gloves to cover them. His primary attire was a green cloak with a hood with padded leather armour below the cloak, complimented by tall leather boots.

## **Personality and Traits**

Senecius had a visibly joyful character and a very sharp sense of humor. Regularly his words were a bit too hostile and even insulting. He was quick-witted, averagely intelligent and often uncaring of the damages his actions could lead to.

On the inside, he was an individualistic hermit, always trying to save himself and use the ones closest to him for his own gain, ready to betray anyone, given a reason. Due to his nature he could be characterized as a sociopath.

The only weakness in his rough character was his expressed affection for women. During his adventures, he grew attached to a member of the Nameless Brotherhood - Edith. An attachment which often made him break his brutish and cruel behaviour and even show his human warmth, which slowly made him a better person. Subsequently, after her tragic death, he completely lost his remaining humanity.

He had a fond vision of Lithiel due to the advisory help she gave him about his approach of Edith. As for his companion Mikhael Strand, Senecius felt resentment, mainly jealousy that he wasn't born a noble like Mikhael and often Mikhael's brutish actions were pardoned just because he was a knight, unlike Senecius'.

## **Powers and Abilities**

Senecius was an assassin who preferred to sneak behind his enemies' back and finish the job quick and easy without much fight and jibber-jabber, at least on the enemy's behalf.

### Survival Expert

Due to his rough life, his extensive intellectual experience gained in the church, his training in the Black Fingers organization and his survival in the wild for almost 15 years in total he had been led to master many of his skills, necessary for him to sneak, steal and see many things perhaps invisible for the ordinary eye.

### Expert of Dodge

Senecius had learned, due to many fights in close quarters, to craftily escape the enemies' blows and disappear into thin air from the effect of powerful offensive spells, logically learning how to quickly evade sword fights, preferring the safety of distance, so he can evacuate from a battle whenever he chose.

### Thief Talents

He was born with the talent to lie, steal and falsify. He perfectly knew the ways of speaking the language of thieves, picking any lock on his way and forging important documents in order to get what he wanted in an easy way.

### Burned Arrow

His bow was of utmost importance to him as it was his main weapon, and specifically "Burned Arrow", a bow made by a magician to produce fire out of nothing when it hits its target, so it can inflict severe wounds to the enemy.

### Enhancing Tools

Senecius had bought a mantle exclusive for his needs in order to become invisible and sneak up on his enemies surprise them and kill them. He also acquired in the course of campaign two rings, one with the purpose of detecting magic and another with the ability to merge him with wooden objects in order to stay hidden. He also had contact with Lithiel's gloves "Sticky Fingers" (as he calls them), allowing him to climb walls with no effort.

He also had access to many poisons and explosives as well as game sets to keep himself entertained in the course of the adventure.

## **History**

### Early life

Nikolas was born in Striecht as a single child to a widower, known to be named Johann, a cleric in the local church with a weak character, who lost his families' fortune, leaving Nicholas with no choice than to join the Holy Church of the Four himself. At around 17, he moved on his own to Godsworn, the capital of the Empire, where he elevated himself in the hierarchy of the church in order to bring back the status his family used to have in the past.

As he rised though the ranks by the third year he fell in love with the daughter of the archkolober of Godsworn, a girl named Bella. Although initially planning to use her as a way to get influence and power, he became so attached to her that he completely forgot about his goal. In a spurt of emotions he proposed to her regardless of the fact her father wouldn't let a low ranking official like himself to marry his daughter. They wed without the approval of her father and had their first wedding night. A few days later the authorities found out, he was fired, renounced from the church and thrown in a cell. In the cell he met a man called Blavir who he explained his situation to, Blavir started convincing him that the Imperial police are going to kill Bella and that they needed to escape. Although Senecius was hesitant at first to defy the imperial law, he was scared for his now wife. With the help of Blavir he managed to escape. When he got out, his first job was to find her, but found out she had mysteriously died few days earlier. Nicholas was deeply shook and his heart got filled with resentment towards the Imperial authorities. The next day he was approached by the leader of the the Black Fingers where he was promised to destroy the official establishment . He joined it and acquired his nickname - "Senecius". His mentor and trainer was the leader of the organization - Baptiste. After more than 7 years of training and preparation, he partook in the terrorist bombing of the "Palace of the Four Towers", the biggest temple in the Empire, causing more than *eighty* casualties and *hundreds* of severely wounded priests and civilians. Right after the attack the organization was infiltrated and destroyed in a swift manner by the imperial government, causing its members to scatter wherever they could including Senecius.

Due to the fact he didn't want to return to his father, he decided to flee to the wild, in the forests of Blessdrav, where he cohabited with an orcish tribe for more than 3 years. When he found out that the government investigation was already over, he tried to return to the capital, so he can find the remnants of his old organization and join it once more, but it was nothing more than a futile attempt as it was nowhere to be found and he was wanted all over the Empire. Therefore, instead of returning to the orcs, he found the idea of life in the Union more promising. He managed to cross the border without getting caught by the imperial border control, but was caught by the Union one, as he was trying to steal a watermelon and a roll of cheese from a villager. He was arrested and transported to the town of Plainne. That's where he met with the other members of the to be Brotherhood of the Nameless, Mikhael Strand and Lithiel of Yandae. So his journey began.