[2018] Aesop, Kenku Alchemist

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Aesop and his alter ego, Subject 22, both level 5.

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Aesop, fully integrated with Subject 22, at level 11.

[Character Status: Level 11. Active.]

Aesop is a Kenku Blood Hunter, Order of the Lycan. After Kaz died in the Spelljammer campaign, this character took his place. In combat, he serves as an evasion-based off-tank and melee duelist.

By trade Aesop’s a hematologist, attempting to find a scientific cure for the Kenku people’s various genetic aliments - lack of flight, speech impediment, etc. Through some hard work in the campaign, he’s received the boon of magical wings. Also, from his backstory, Aesop’s previous research had granted him the ability of natural speech, but also gave him a terrible curse: the bloodthirsty alter ego known as “Subject 22.” Basically a Jekyll and Hyde situation.

He’s had a bit of a tragic background, involving his wife dying when his laboratory burnt down. His daughter, Hush, was a previous NPC in the campaign; she recently discovered her father’s monstrous alternate form, as well as the true story about what happened to her mother. It was a pretty exciting and emotional arc! Aesop is trying to be a better father, treating Hush less like a child and more like the grown woman she now is.

He continues his search for a “cure” for the ills of the Kenku, all the while attempting to keep Subject 22’s dark, murderous urges in check.