Backstory

Callias claims to be the last living chronicler of the Dragonbone Vanguard, telling tall tales of how he marched alongside them to shatter the Bukhara Spire Gateways. In truth, Callias was barely a child when the Vanguard finished their quest. A survivor of the mean streets of a post-war trade hub, he learned early that a lie travels faster than the truth and pays twice as well.

He makes his living selling 'authentic shards' of the corrupted Gateways—which are usually just colored glass or common quartz. However, his life of grift hit a snag when he accidentally swindled a remnant cult of the Shadow War. In his panic to escape, he stole a tome he couldn't read and an amulet he didn't understand. To his horror, the amulet actually works, tapping into his infernal bloodline to manifest wild magic. Now, he wanders from settlement to settlement, driven by the 'Coward's Guilt.' He wears the battered breastplate of a dead soldier he bought at a pawn shop to look the part of a veteran, but the only thing he's ever fought is sobriety and the consequences of his own actions. He is terrified that the cult is tracking him, and his 'laughter' is often just a nervous tic to cover the sound of his own racing heart.