Nefis

Nefis Mordael
Status	Active
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Guild	Necromancer
Instance	Prime

Appearance

You see Arcanist Nefis Mordael, a Human.
Nefis has an expansive scar winding across the forehead and terminating through the left eyebrow and dark baggy rings encircling exhausted amber eyes. His black hair is shoulder length and fine with the left side shaved, and is worn pulled back in a multitude of beaded braids. He has dark skin.
He appears to be middle-aged.
He has a scruffy growth of stubble on his face.
His left palm has a tattoo of a crimson eye surrounded by a black sphere that almost obscures a circular scar.
He is in good shape.

He is wearing a pair of polished black boots trimmed in white leather, a sinuous multi-headed serpent amulet suspended from braided sinew, a crimson caftan robe gold-stitched with a skeletal tree above an endless knot, a knotted sinew-wrapped baldric buckled with a desiccated maw-like crest and a reinforced leather raekhlo with a bejeweled silver knife and an abyssal quartz-inlaid athame hanging from it.

About

A brazenly unapologetic necromancer and acknowledged follower of the Lichlord Jeihrem, Nefis considers himself something of an expert on the demonic (or the Profane as he refers to them). He has been known to be quite free about the nature of these entities and has often shared his opinions and research with many willing to ask.

When not attending to his own research, he has often been sighted attending philosophical and research related discussions. Though his demeanor is most often that of a mild and curious scholar, he has been know be to fiercely protective (obsessively so) of things he sees as important to his personal goals.

Noteworthy Items

Alteration: a crimson caftan robe gold-stitched with a skeletal tree above an endless knot

Expertly woven from lotusweave, this open-fronted robe has been meticulously embellished in golden thread with decorative esoteric symbols and spirals all along the edges, sleeve cuffs, and collar. Centered on the back is an elaborately detailed depiction of a tree, its branches devoid of foliage, in a vaguely humanoid shape. The root structure twists and turns, enveloping itself and forming a tightly woven infinity knot.

Alteration: a viciously-barbed midnight-blue ritual knife with a hilt wrapped in filthy bandages

The makeshift ritual knife was made from the midnight-blue barb of some unknown creature. Bandages, stained with blood and ichor, are wrapped around the base to create a grippable hilt. Scored into the "blade" of the knife are the words "She Who Owns Our Souls shall break the gods themselves."

Alteration: a knotted sinew-wrapped baldric buckled with a desiccated maw-like crest

The blackened steel buckle is cast into the stylized symbol of a slashed double hex enclosed within a circle formed by gaping jaws.

Alteration: a sinuous multi-headed serpent amulet suspended from braided sinew

Masterfully carved from demonbone, the serpent forms a twisted circle around a sideways diamond with a vertical line etched down the center. Each head is intricately detailed with gaping maws nested within one another.

Item: an enruned black shell talisman

Most of the etchings are obscure, straining the eye and evoking a sense of menace lying in wait. One, however, is conspicuously a triple-tined claw.

Significant Events

Year	Event
426 AV	Unsuccessfully defended the Maelshyvean vessel Ciriasa.
427 AV	Stole the Rumored “Crown of Zoluren” from Tirost, but was thwarted in the attempt to destroy it.
428 AV	Attended the wedding preparation celebrations of Pakali and Urmira before the Hollow Eve Festival 428 frequented by the donkey avatar of Saemaus. Spurned the God’s offering and was marked.
430 AV	Spoke against the use of the Philosopher's Knot on Maelshyve. Warned of unknown consequences.
433 AV	Successfully repelled scouting party sent by the Rathan House Moglin to Basalt Isle with the Mysteriarch Sivroch.
435 AV	Performed a study of the last known living Maelshyvean vessel; subject died as a result but yielded interesting results
437 AV	Ambushed House Moglin representatives during parley with Captain Srinoja, a pirate.
437 AV	Ambushed Commodore Khoheke in Kygar’s Pub, enabling Captain Srinoja to steal his keys