XVIII

Synopsis
XVIII is a khenra servant and bodyguard, with mysterious undead attributes. They are aloof and unemotional, describing themselves in the third person in pragmatic terms.

Physical Description
XVIII is taller than the average khenra, with a very thin and lanky build that borders on emaciated. They have pale white and grey fur patterns, sunken eyes, and narrow features. They do not cast a shadow or a reflection, and they don't seem to bleed or have a need to breathe.

Notable Equipment & Belongings
XVIII carries a trunk on their back most of the time, as well as a shovel with they use as a weapon in combat. They wear what appears to be a broken straightjacket, and little else.

Strengths & Capabilities
XVIII has exhibited proficiency in close-quarters combat, using a shovel as their weapon. They have also exhibited the ability to siphon vitality from creatures by biting them, the ability to climb along walls and ceilings, and a proclivity for enchantment magic.

Frog
XVIII serves as a bodyguard to Frog. They seem very loyal and deferential toward Frog, willing to endanger themself to ensure Frog's safety.

Gragnok
Shortly after they met, Gragnok accused XVIII of being an undead monster, and was openly distrustful and somewhat hostile toward them for weeks, until the Raven Queen advised Gragnok to spare XVIII. Nevertheless, XVIII does not seem to openly bear any ill will toward Gragnok, and has even expressed gratitude to him for informing them that they are undead.

Dr. Johann Conrad Dippel
XVIII claims to have once been in the service of Dr. Johann Conrad Dippel - a necromancer, alchemist, and former member of the Weavers Conclave who was expelled for performing unethical experiments on children. They have expressed trust and amiability towards Dr. Dippel, assuring the party that Dippel's motives were always positive, and portraying him in a positive light.

Lane Coronato
XVIII was formerly employed at Bordello Mariposa in Karaad as a courtesan, where Lane Coronato was the souteneur.

Millan Watts
Baron Millan Watts, a wealthy land baron in Karaad, was XVIII’s employer in Karaad.

Odell
XVIII has expressed some interest and curiosity about Odell’s investigation into rune magic, and and has offered to introduce him to Dr. Johann Conrad Dippel, who might have information about the subject.

Story
XVIII has told the party that they were once in the service of Dr. Johann Conrad Dippel - a necromancer, alchemist, and former member of the Weavers Conclave who was expelled for performing unethical experiments on children. According to XVIII, they worked for Dr. Dippel as an assistant on his alchemical and medical experiments. On one occasion, without Dr. Dippel's knowledge or permission, XVIII drank one of Dr. Dippel's alchemical concoctions, and fell unconscious. The next thing that XVIII remembers, they woke up in the desert surrounded by bodies. After wandering the desert for a time, XVIII was eventually found by a Karaadian patrol and taken back to Karaad for questioning, where they worked for a time as a courtesan at a luxury bordello, before ultimately meeting with Frog.

When accused of being undead by Gragnok, and later confronted by other members of the party about their nature, XVIII claimed to be unaware that they were undead. Regarding their seemingly vampiric nature - such as the need to drink blood to survive - XVIII has said that these traits only started after they awoke from drinking Dr. Dippel’s concoction.

An orphanage matron named Yesora Lune from Avallon has remarked that XVIII looks like a victim of the Pale Death, a plague that swept through the Emerald Highlands about fifty years ago.