Quartz 5

The Raza

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The Raza

The Raza is a ruthless mercenary band that operates across the old world of Thelemar around 1541 - nearly as infamous as Gilded Requiem is famous. They always get the job done, never show mercy, and hold no moral scruple: they murder, cheat, enslave, burn villages, and abduct children if the pay is good.

Kios Status

Reason for being thereThey were hired to capture Ann O Calabas and return her to her family. The mission is extremely dangerous and exceptionally well paid. They are using their time in Kios to investigate whatever catches their interest: they expected the Loreshian ruins might be worth exploring if time allowed, and after discovering the city’s magical history decided to take their time and enjoy the occasion.
How they reached the cityThey arrived aboard their airship, the Raza.
FoodThey carry food aboard the ship.
Diseases and cursesMikase Shirkan and Octavius Katro handle them.
ObjectiveCapture Ann O Calabas and enjoy themselves.
ObstacleNone.

Rumors and Truth

Wild rumors trail the band - that they are an almost-extinct race of blue mind-controllers, half-dragons of dark ritual, or ancient heroes like Raven and Olander raised by a necromancer. The truth is stranger: the Raza is the name of a ship - a rare surviving airship of the fallen Empire, one of perhaps five ever documented. It was discovered somewhere in the Black Desert by the band’s enigmatic leader, Phirse Jeet (old-Common for “wins each time”), who was born beyond the desert in the very Heart of the Empire and survived it.

The Crew

  • Phirse Jeet - leader and level 20 Talent Chronopath; a nomad of the Heart of the Empire who stole the airship and fled the eye of magic to live rather than merely survive; ruthless, decisive, and a formidable spellcaster.
  • Juen May - level 20 Assassin and Phirse’s number two; a killer of preternatural perception who reads heartbeats and the smallest tells, trained by the Kazuko Mei crime family.
  • Octavius Katro - level 20 wizard and descathi researcher who fled his own trial over the Girl in the Volcano project; author of the derided treatise The Cycle of Ages.
  • Arthur Chase - level 20 Meteor Knight, weapons-master, and manipulator of gravity; born Andrew Morgasten Welfsore, and the most wanted criminal in Difloa for public urination in the Fountain of the Gods.
  • Mikase Shirkan - level 20 Oath of the Crown paladin and former head of the Clairnian Royal Guard, ousted after the rise of King Meltor; she cut down ten compromised guards during her escape.
  • Kal Varric - recently deceased; a bugbear said to have been raised by wolves, killed during an Athens robbery that alerted Gilded Requiem.

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Notes

  • This page was reorganized from the former NPC-The Raza entry (a group filed as a single NPC); each member now has their own page.

Sources & Attribution

  • Primary lore: content/private/_originals/NPC/NPC-The Raza.md, author TrueMichato.
  • Kios status: content/private/_originals/dik-and-the-gang/מסמך עלילה.md, author TrueMichato.

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