People of Eamon

Hoakindor "Hokas" Tokas is the senior resident wizard at the Main Hall of the Guild of Free Adventurers in the city of Evenhold, a position he's held for so long that scarcely any members can remember the guild without him. He shares insights and wisdom with the guild council, helps protect the guild from threats, and (for a fee) offers spellcraft lessons to members. He also operates a small shop in the central chamber where he sells magic-related supplies and material components.

Born in 1111 YA to a healer mother and nobleman father, Hoakindor and his twin brother Poldrick both showed aptitude for magic at a very early age and were accepted into the prestigious Dark Spire school of sorcery in Lindomshire. There the brothers received the nicknames "Hokas and Pokas" for the tricks they'd perform together to amuse their friends. The tricks tended to be familiar ones that anyone could achieve through simple sleight-of-hand, but the brothers — Hokas in particular — delighted in accomplishing them instead with highly sophisticated sorcery. An anecdote told in the Main Hall is that the young Hokas once produced a rabbit from a seemingly empty hat by magically recorporealizing it from a bone hidden in the lining.

Though a remarkably powerful and experienced wizard, Hokas is more down-to-earth than most other senior sorcerers, whom he often considers stuffy and arrogant. He mingles freely with the adventurers in the hall and can often be found drinking with them at the bar.

Hokas has a full, white beard and piercing violet eyes. He usually wears a pointed cap and is clad in a blue gown over which he wears his baldric and sword, which he prefers to the more usual wizard's staff. When necessary he can act with a speed and vigor that belies his seemingly advanced years.

Anyone visiting the Main Hall of the Guild of Free Adventurers in Evenhold is likely to be confronted by the guild's beadle, a gruff, burly man known to most members simply as "The Irishman". Squeezed into a small office overlooking the hall's outer chamber, the Irishman acts as the guild's gatekeeper, registrar, and bouncer, vetting applicants, accosting interlopers, and ejecting anyone who's enjoyed a bit too much ale at the bar.

Born around 1152 YA (1936 CE) in a village in Cork, the Irishman was by all accounts a bright and extremely venturesome youth, and at the age of 16 made his way through a rift to Eamon where he joined the guild as a daring young adventurer. By 20 his exploits had already earned him the respect and praise of his guild-mates, as well as a modest cache of gold for his dotage, so he switched from dungeon-crawling to training and spent several years instructing new members in combat, survival, and the many other rough-and-tumble skills needed to excel as a free adventurer. Laid up by an injury in 1177, he moved on from training to become the amanuensis for the guild's elderly senior clerk, and soon succeeded him in that role. He later added the office of beadle to his curriculum vitae, a position he gained in part due to his imposing physical presence. The Irishman has since become an indispensable and colorful institution within the guild.

Broad shouldered, barrel-chested, and with a beard as thick as a hedge, the Irishman is an intimidating figure and can often keep junior members in line just by furrowing his bushy brows. He's known to have a soft spot for the hall's barmaid, who affectionately calls him Podge.

You'd be hard pressed to find a single member of the Guild of Free Adventurers who'd never wielded a weapon from the shop of Marcos Cavielli or carried one of his shields. The affable human armorer has long supplied adventurers (particularly beginners) with the basic, affordable arms and protection needed for their journeys, selling them from his shop in the guild's Main Hall in Evenhold.

Marcos (b. 1159) and his younger brother Pedro joined the Cavielli family's modest armory business at a very early age, learning the craft as children and working throughout their youth with the elder artisans in their family. Upon the death of their father Umberto in 1184 they inherited joint control of the venture and immediately took steps to grow it. A savvy and persuasive merchant, Marcos in 1187 convinced the Guild of Free Adventurers to grant him a three-year franchise for a shop-board in the undercroft of the guildhall, and the Cavielli brothers quickly made this the heart of their growing business.

The brothers crafted and sold simple but dependable items at prices that even novice members could afford, while also purchasing more exotic items from adventurers which they resold either at the shop or through other channels. The shop soon became very popular among the guild’s members, so much so that their franchise was easily renewed in 1190 for a five year term, and renewed again in 1195 for ten more. The operation now employs several skilled specialists in armoring and smithing, and has been quite lucrative for the family. Though they do business as the Cavielli Brothers, Marcos is the smiling face that most visitors see in the shop, while Pedro handles the books.

Marcos lives with his wife and children in a comfortable town home on the northern edge of the Temple District.