Stago, Illusionist Pick Pocket

Stago is a gnome from Fleckstone Village, just north of Bug Tussle. Stago’s father, Vimvender, left Fleckstone not long after Stago was born, in 1299. The patriarch of the Wimsicalamity family decided to leave family life and gem mining behind in order to pursue his passion for magical study and adventuring.

Stago never knew his father but his mother constantly scorned him for leaving a family and a productive gem mine for a life of adventure. Stago spends much of his time in the Green Rajah’s bookstore, reading everything he can on illusion magic and even getting some pointers from the Raja himself.

In addition to a fascination with his father, adventure, magic and books the young gnome is also good at taking things that belong to other people. None of these passionate pastimes curry any favor with his mother.

It is precisely to avoid his mother, or at least delay seeing her, that drives Stago into the Fighter’s Own Tavern late one afternoon. The gnome is astonished to see in the dimly lit bar an unlikely sight--a flamboyant man in a huge yellow hat sitting with a hulking armored warrior with glowing red eyes.

"Now this is more interesting than mining gemstones or arguing with mother!" He thinks, and sets about seeing how much he can drink for free while he observes the strangers.