<div class="floatright"><strong>Elias Balthazar</strong> (http://)<br/>(https://i.imgur.com/sZckKrZ.jpg)<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Info</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>HP:</strong> 22/22<br/><strong>AC:</strong> 11<br/><strong>Effects:</strong> n/a<br/><strong>IC post counter:</strong> 2<br/></div></div></div>As Elias looked at his companions, as they each spoke in turn, unconsciously, his face seemed to mirror theirs. A miniature Ja'rok, then a taller Keiyurikyouu, a wider Guan, a thinner Gazra, a mirror image of Vera. Elias' eyes hung for a long time upon the supple curves of Keiyurikyouu, the thin white tendrils, wriggling seductively upon her ample chest and between her legs and over her slender hips.<em>'Wouldn't mind to see what she could do in bed...</em>he thought. Keiyurikyouu can hear this thought of Elias' Awakened Mind.<br/><br/>After the awkward prod of being a fun house mirror of the group, Elias focused and changed his features into a<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">charming young man, with black hair</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.imgur.com/58H7CY1.png)</div></div>. Something that wouldn't cause people to look twice at the glowing dots deep inside of a hood. It would take some time for Elias to assume this face naturally, but he would work on it. Mask of Many Faces Invocation<br/><br/>"So our task is at least clear, then. Bring the Darklands back under heel. Extend the life of the Blackwall Ward. And above all, become stronger. You certainly know how to delegate tasks, my Lord Chargoth."  As the summoned heroes... villains?... Dark heroes? continued to talk, the pecking order began to coalesce. It threw Elias for a curve, because while no one was at the bottom of the stack, no one was at the top either. Everyone here had their own power, their own unique gifts to bring to the group. It was an odd feeling, to be regarded as an equal among them. Elias was looking about his person for pen and paper, but instinctively he held out his hand and about waist height for all, (thigh height for Ja'rok), Elias bent the ambient light and produced a large map of the world (https://i.imgur.com/IxB2IpF.jpg) for everyone to see.  Minor Illusion Cantrip<br/><br/>After giving the group the one page cliff notes of the kingdoms before them, Elias nodded in agreement with Guan and Ja'rok. "Indeed. We need to know what we have to work with. We have some time, but not enough. Thinking of what to do in Dorman, Numera or Thrune means nothing if we have no armies to break out of the Blackwall, and the locals here seem hellbent on squandering what's left of their strength.