Neb

Neb "Goin" is a Rogue Warlock from the Tomb of Annihilation campaign.

Background
If one were to trace the rumors far back enough they would find that Neb was either born in Lyrenton or was discovered as a baby, abandoned, just outside of it in Rose Quarry. Whichever is true makes little difference as Neb lived in Lyrenton until his guardian died in a quarry accident. He became a street urchin and honed his thieving skills surviving in the city. At the age of 11 he made his way to Eston. He found a new home and employment at age 15, and then once more relocated into the Cannith House at an uncertain age. There he remained, a faithful servant and performer for his lady until he was requested to join a newly formed special ops team, the Desolation Squad.

He used his sharpened and polished skills of manipulation and infiltration for the group's missions for years, until the Mourning occurred. It was at this point, faced with the loss of House Cannith, his home, and perhaps the only people he truly cared for, the shock of which made him unconsciously return to his natural state, revealing the truth of what he was to the rest of D-Squad

In his free time Neb enjoys practicing calligraphy, having been taught several styles of it during his first legitimate job.

The Deed, The Debt, And The Deceit
After the events of The Mourning, Neb discovered a member of the Cannith family was still alive, and in need of help. In a moment of charity uncommon to him, Neb saved the life of young Aloan d'Cannith, rescuing him from a group that had designs to end the boy's life with the aid of Bucket and Fargus. Neb not only lost 300 gold to give Aloan safe passage and a new life, but lost an alias due to Fargus. Neb has always been especially unwilling to divulge just why he was so willing to put himself at such risk over Aloan d'Cannith, and the mystery grows only more bizarre as one attempts to find out just how Aloan became a member of the family.

Unbeknownst to Neb, Fargus had not only sold out his Hobgoblin alias, Ganne Talmor, a favorite for city infiltration, but also his alias Meya Thornsong. If Neb knew of this he would hack off Fargus' head and chuck it in a river to make sure the damn halfling could not get back up again.

Meya Thornsong: A Memory and a Murder
Meya, a female human guise, was used by Neb to assassinate the head of a Medani branch family. This was done in a bid of counter-espionage, after the target had gained hidden knowledge of the Cannith family. While Neb was successful in the assassination, and the destruction of this sensitive information, it led to the release of a bundle of secrets about other families and notable individuals. The word of this death had been whispered throughout nations for quite some time before ever partially quieting. A partial description of Neb's disguise was released and so he chose to retire the alias. If it were discovered who she, and subsequently who he, was it could spell disaster for not only Neb, but the noblewoman that had ties to it.

Aliases All Around!
Neb has a great number of aliases and alternate identities. When he needs something besides taking over some random no-name employee of an area, he creates his own identity.


 * Ganne Talmor, a male Hobgoblin. One of Neb's earliest stock forms, it was a favorite of his that he loved to use to fly under the nose of people, sometimes rather literally.


 * Jada Parm, a male Bugbear. Great for intimidation, Jada has been an enormous asset for Neb when it comes to getting information the hard way.


 * Nita Parlia, a female Human. A beautiful woman with a unique scar on her jaw, one would not expect such an eye catching identity to belong to an assassin. But then, one also rarely expects that same beauty of poisoning a glass of wine at a party, or slip a thin blade between someone's ribs in the midst of a celebration.


 * Hath Iluthuli, a male Drow. What is easy to ignore? A male Drow. Even easier? A beggar male Drow. Easier yet still? A blind beggar male Drow. No one notices Hath, especially since they do not expect he could be watching them through his cloudy, unfocused eyes.


 * Kelly Harkdat, a female Dwarf. She does great work in places that are wary of anyone over four feet tall and gobliny. When Neb needs a stout fellow sliced, he goes for Kelly.


 * Dainar Færine, a male Elf. This is Neb's default form for most cities, and was the one he had used while under the employ of House Cannith. It was an easy one to use to walk through Cyre without a second look.


 * Atann, a male Chalt. The latest form that Neb is currently under the process of creating, to help him blend in with the natives and get more information with less suspicion.


 * Meya Thornsong, a female Human. His first persona, used as the handmaiden of Malla Nettlelark, a human noble woman. He used this one-time guise for a high profile assassination, then retired it just as quick.

Rumors
During character creation, we were asked to create 5 rumors about our character. 3 of them should be true, 2 of them false. The other players do not know which is which.


 * 1) He was romantically involved with Lady d'Cannith, hence why he was so ardently loyal.
 * 2) During his adolescence he got stuck in the form of a young woman (Meya Thornsong) and ended up becoming the handmaiden to a wealthy family member (Malla Nettlelark).
 * 3) His first kill was the wealthy family member he had been handmaiden to, after unexpectedly turning back to normal and being discovered.
 * 4) He was an orphan that lived most of his life in a band of three other orphan changelings, who would work together to distract and pickpocket people on the streets.
 * 5) He once used a soup ladle to bash a leopard's skull in after being startled by it while cooking.