Nei Saon, Sound of Silence

Character Sheet

Bonus point expenditure

1 dot to raise Athletics to 4 dots
2 dots in Resources
6 dots to raise Stealth, Larceny and Dodge to 5 dots
4 dots for Monkey Leap Technique
2 points to raise Linguistics and Socialize to 3

XP expenditure

24 XP for Reflex Sidestep Technique, Perfect Shadow Stillness and Invisible Statue Spirit

Solar XP expenditure

12 Solar XP to raise Wits to 4
1 Solar XP to raise Investigation to 2
3 Solar XP to raise Investigation to 3
3 Solar XP to raise Craft (Poisons) to 1

Background

Nei was born in the East of Creation, in the city of Nexus. Orphaned by sickness and forced into the streets, Nei was taken in by a group of thieves-for-hire and occasional assassins, the Umbral Hand. A mute, Nei found himself a natural at clandestine work and thievery, and was trained by the Umbral Hand, whom he saw as his own kin and family. From humble beginnings of pickpocketing, all the way through burglaries and to grand heists in the homes and palaces of the nobility and Dynasts, Nei got the job done quietly...with a few mistakes occasionally, of course.

However, it was during a solo heist into the Manse of one of the Dragon-Blooded Dynasts that Nei pulled off the incredible. While busy cleaning out a room of its valuables and trinkets, Nei was discovered. With guards rushing in and watching every entrance and exit, Nei just seemed to...disappear. Even when the Dragon-Blooded himself joined the search, not a trace was left behind apart from the missing valuables, and still yet more went missing even after he was discovered. Nei had used his cunning, agility and skill to sneak through the manse, even while having active searchers for him, and still escape with full bags of loot, while never being seen since his discovery. This display of all that which embodies the Night now brought the boon of the Night Exaltation upon him.

After that though, the Umbral Hand deemed him in need of a partner, just in case, and so he met Sable Shadow, in many ways his exact opposite. The two got on along well after Nei's initial bout of coldness faded as they worked together. However, after a job gone terribly wrong, the two had to flee Nexus and go into hiding. With the help of the Umbral Hand's contacts, they managed to secure a place on the Denzik Fleet, travelling to safer climes where they are not as well-known.