Shadow Dagege

"'I love two things - Pinot Grigio, and Cream of Mushroom Soup' - Shadow Dagege"Having grown up in Aereni as part of a strict Tabaxi clan ruled over by a Tabaxi Overlord, Shadow fled that life and travelled to the North East when he was around 15. People on the journey were surprised to see that Tabaxi even existed and Shadow spent five years travelling with "Hilreon's Wonderful and Extraordinary Circus Show " as something of a novelty for the people of The Kingdom of Hamrar and the surrounding lands. Shadow was particularly fond of Ragash, the Dwarven Beast Master who shared his veneration for nature and all wild things. However, on reaching Skalavik in CE 959, Shadow realised Hilreon had been paying him less than 1/4 of the gold the other performers made. In a moment of impulse, Shadow snuck into Hilreon 's carriage and stole what he thought he was owed and disappeared into the streets of Skalavik, never to return to the circus.

In this moment of impulse Shadow learned of his true abilities, those of a thief and a rogue. He quickly gathered around him a group of likeminded thieves and started making a living stealing trinkets from the market places and houses in Skalavik. He proved to be extremely adapt as a thief and leader, as well as being charismatic enough to talk his way out of any situations in which he was caught red handed. One day, after several months of running his gang, Shadow was approached by a Black Dragonborn who introduced himself as Senorun. Senorun  told Shadow that he works for the biggest crime family in Skalavik, the "Alchemists " and "encouraged" Shadow to donate a portion of his weekly earnings to the "Alchemists " in return for the "Alchemists " continued protection. Shadow agreed, but always obscured the true value of his weekly haul in order to pay the "Alchemists " less. As such Shadow gathered a reasonable nest egg in his headquarters - a rough, dockside pub you own known as "The Squatting Cat ".

After several months, Senorun revealed he knew Shadow was misrepresenting his earnings. However, he said that if Shadow stole him a "Crown of Greater Restoration " from the city of Rangan, Senorun would continue to look the other way.

Having recovered the crown from Captain Diamond Edge the Deranged, Shadow put the crown on and it promptly got stuck. The Alchemists aren't going to like this...