Bezul

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The ghost now known as Bezul was born over a millennia ago on a farm outside Q'in Sanizaj. He had given up farming to start his own business in in the city when the Contagion struck, followed by the fall of the city to Fair Folk. He managed to live through both and escape into the wilderness, but the Wyld energies that followed the Fair Folk soon had mutated him, turning him into a giant with a quilled tail. He survived for a few months in this state, but was eventually killed. His mutations had been so complete that he retained them in the Underworld, an oddity lost among the vast horde of Contagion victims now flooding the land of the dead. While he avoided official scrutiny in the confusion and thought to set himself up in the Underworld, the call of the Wyld was too great, and he returned to it, periodically at first, then for good. As he did so, he renounced his given name (i.e. learned Former Life Destruction Technique), taking on the name Bezul.

Over the centuries, he has taught himself what Arcanoi he could uncover, becoming a master of possession and essence manipulation. He found both of these traits useful in the Wyld, particular his ability to fill essence-containing gems. While exploring the Wyld, he has made his way by trading these gems and his ability to fill them, usually with raksha intent on visiting creation. Business in some decades has been better than others. While he is a powerful ghost, he generally needs friends to survive the Wyld, particularly the politics of raksha and spirit courts. He can usually navigate political waters well enough, but has occasionally spent decades impoverished and even spent one century captive to a raksha.

Bezul lives to explore, largely addicted to the Wyld's shifting nature and how even familiar places can be different. His experience in the Eastern Wyld makes him an invaluable guide to the area, a fact he occasionally capitalizes on. He has rescued a number of Guild caravans who got lost on a number of occasions, escorting them out of the Wyld. Bezul also has first hand knowledge of the First Age, at least from a mortal perspective, and has talked with his share of savants daring enough to enter the wyld.

As a former citizen of Q'in Sanizaj, he is well away of Wyr'palja, though she had died before he was born. He has always found it distasteful that her tomb was found by Cahlenna and used as bait for lunars, so he greeted with some joy the news that the tomb had been taken from her by the legendary unshaped Kinaniz, though he is unaware of its history and doesn't know that Cahlenna is now its captive.

Vitals
Gender	Male	Height	376 cm	Eye Color	yellow
Nature	Explorer	Weight	210 kg	Hair Color	black
Type	Ghost			Skin Color	white
Concept	Essence merchant
Attributes Appearance ●● Charisma ●●● Dexterity ●● Intelligence ●●● Manipulation ●● Perception ●●● Stamina ●●●●● Strength ●●●●● Wits ●●● Backgrounds Artifact: ●●● Resources: ●●●●● Underworld Cult: ●●● Equipment Breastplate Essence-Containing Gem (medium) Essence-Containing Gem (small) Essence-Containing Gem (small) Quills Smashfist Soulfire Mask Health -0 _ _ -1 _ _ _ _ -2 _ _ _ _ _ _ -4 _ Inc _ Natural Soak 5B/2L/0A Total Soak 5B/2L/0A		Abilities Brawl  ●●● Craft  ●● Dodge  ●●● Larceny  ● Linguistics  ● Lore  ●●● Occult  ●● Presence  ●●● Socialize  ●●●● Survival  ●●● Traits Compassion ●●●● Conviction ●● Temperance ●●●● Valor ●●● Willpower ●●●●●●●● Essence ●●●●   Personal 77 (14)		Charms Aura-Reading Technique Delicious Essence Scent Essence-Devouring Ghost Touch Feeding the Lamprey's Appetite Ravening Life-Force Hunger Blood-Drinking Thirst Blending the Streams of Essence Filling the Precious Vial Spirit-Catching Eye Technique Soul-Whispering Empathy Discipline Skin-Riding Prana Mortal-Shadowing Technique Puppeteer's Masterful Hand Scent of Sweet Blood Whispers of the Living Pyre Smoke Form Breeze-Carried Ash Form Assassin's Subtle Escape Motivated Shell Ride the Mystic Vessel Former Life Destruction Technique Whisper Jangling Coin Puch Sense Earnest Creditor Technique Careful Debtor Stance Bold Thief's Way Cannibal Call Affliction (Prehensile Tail, Regeneration) Blight (Giant, Quills)

Cult allows regen of 2 motes per hour. Also, with twelve points of mutations and a willpower of 8, he can live outside the Wyld for five weeks before taking one health level per week that does not heal until returning to the Wyld.