Fortune

Fortune is a tiefling bard who travels across Valian conning folk wherever he goes. Around 27 years old Fortune is self-named based upon his aspiration to achieve riches. His birthplace is unknown, as is his birthname.

Description
Fortune is a taller than average Tielfing, standing at around 6'2. He has dark red skin and solid bright blue eyes. He has long horns that extend along his head, and dark blue hair. Fortune also has a goatee that he always keeps well groomed. Fortune also wears a large black brimmed hat, which he claims is his lucky charm.

Personality
Fortune is a confident individual able to fit into any social situations and adapt in order to better pull off his scam. Sly and cunning Fortune always has a back-up plan, and a dozen tricks up his sleeves. He is distrustful, preferring to work alone, and although he is skilled in getting other to share their secrets, Fortune rarely opens up to individuals. Fortune is chaotic neutral, willing to lie and cheat his way into wealth. However Fortune does have his limits, refusing to kill another civilized race, and having great distaste for those that do. Fortune has a sense of wanderlust, wanting to travel across Valian despite the obvious dangers in doing so.

Power
Although having no formal arcane training Fortune is a skillful bard, able to use his magic to influence others, making them more friendly or gullible. As a bard Fortune uses a small wooden flute as an implement for his spells and rituals. Fortune's magic is focused around manipulating people. He can make outrages lies believable, make strangers instantly life long friends and even make people fall asleep with just a few notes on his flute. Fortune is also no slouch in combat, carrying a songblade dagger in case things get heated. Due to the reputation Fortune has made in certain towns he also has become skilled in illusion magic, able to alter his appearance and voice.

Past
Very little is known about Fortune's early life. Fortune will tell whatever backstory fits the situation best. Some days he is a disgraced son of a noble, leaving his life of luxury to see the world, others he is poor orphan whose parents died due to the Darkness. Whatever the truth may be, Fortune has been travelling across Valian for the last 5 years, going from village to village, spending some time in each city scamming the locals. Sometimes he spends his time in taverns rigging games of poker, other times he is more ambitious, attempting to trick nobility that he is an envoy from far away lands looking for a trade agreement. Eventually the town will realise that he has been conning them and he will flee town. Sometime Fortune will be arrested however his tricks, fast talking and magic has helped him escape from prison multiple times.