Zaethus joined The Veiled Alliance along with Ramphion, gave up the theater,
and redeemed his family standing just in time to inherit the estate. Zaethus still secretly indulges his
passion for acting in a way that not even Ramphion knows about.
Zaethus wears a ring of polymorphing that allows
him to change shape three times a day. An elderly
Council wizard bequeathed it to him as a legacy, in
thanks for his loyalty to the Alliance. Now Zaethus
uses the ring to impersonate any of several imaginary henchmen whom he pretends to employ.
He journeys to a hideout on his estate under cover
of psionic invisibility (his native wild talent), then
takes another form. Zaethus uses three forms, representing his three nonexistent henchmen: Mord
the mul, a half-giant named Hrink, and an elfwoman, Davriana.
The nobleman plays all these roles to the hilt, coloring his portrayals with distinctive behaviors and
background details.
This once prosperous patrician drew his familys
scorn because theater fascinated him. He even took
to the stage under an assumed name. He met Ramphion when he acted in one of the playwrights first
works, and they became friends.