| Relatives | Cavii Kero |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | The Unravel, Cavii's Cafe |
| Aliases | The Negotiator |
| Species | Choeru |
Ravii Kero was born late. Exactly 3 minutes and 7 seconds late to be precise -- a fact that their grandmother never let them forget. Cavii was of course born right on schedule, and just kept right on doing everything else right in life too as far as everyone was concerned. Oh Cavii landed a nice job out of town. Oh Cavii is making such a nice name for themselves. Oh Cavii opened a cafe. Oh Cavii monogamized to such a lovely soul. Oh Cavii, Cavii, Cavii. Ravii on the other hand seemed to do exactly one thing very wrong early on, and it has followed them the rest of their lives:
Ravii was not Cavii.
History in Ravel
Ravii moved to Ravel just as soon as they could get out of town. They quickly settled in, rented a nice studio apartment, and formed a satisfying harem. They landed a job they were good at selling upscale homes in the elven district, making offers they couldn't refuse. If the offers weren't always above table, who was to blame Ravii?
More than anything, they were content being out from under the Cavii Kero name. Don't get them wrong -- Ravii loved their brother, and knew them better than anyone else. They were often a sounding board for Cavii's bolder ideas, and a quiet editer of their worse ones, the gentle nudge that turned a good idea into a golden one. Ravii had talents of their own of course, but they just weren't Cavii, and so every meeting turned into disappointment when they shared the same face in a small town.
Ravel was a chance to finally start fresh for the first time in their lives, and Ravii had truly made the best of it.
That is, until Cavii moved to town. Cavii moved to town, opened a raucously popular cafe, and suddenly their shared face was everywhere, but plastered only with Cavii's name. Once again, people were stopping them in the street, and Ravii once again had to be the constant bearer of bad news. They weren't Cavii.
Eventually, Ravii confronted Cavii about this, ready to fight, but instead came away with yet another deal. The success of Cavii's Cafe, combined with the connections Ravii had already made in the city made for a perfect storm. Cavii's Cafe would provide the front, and Ravii's real estate connections would provide the buyers. The Kero Brothers were finally in business together for once, and they were unstoppable.
Then, Cavii's darling partner died. Rumors started to swirl that it wasn't a chance death, that someone had stacked the deck, and Ravii began to wonder if for the first time Cavii had finally suffered the wrong end of sharing a face with his dear brother. A deal had recently gone south on a piece of prime real estate on the water, one that would have been the jewel of the district, and Ravii had been at the center of it.
Had someone, finally, mistaken Cavii for Ravii?
The thought alone was enough to send Ravii into a spiral of hells all their own. They left the business. Sent their harem away. Moved houses -- frequently. They stayed away from the funeral for the off chance that whoever did this might look for them there, and put Cavii in jeopardy again. Add in a week or two of the Ravel law enforcement giving Ravii the runaround, and Ravii was tired. A feeling that eventually lead to the family's hallmark -- stubborn. Stubbornness, when aimed at the world around them, led to a cold, creeping, icy, spite that fractaled and wove through them until they were finally ready to truly earn the reputation they had always been mis-assigned. Ravii was ready to find who did this.
While Cavii moved out of town, Ravii quickly learned of, and joined, The Unravel. They slowly climbed the ranks over the years, seeking the power and influence that could lead them to the answers they demanded. They became known as The Negotiator for their talents not only in hammering out deals, but in making sure you followed through with them. No one ever broke a deal again with The Negotiator without paying a terrible price.
History in the Fantasial Freeze
Ravii had managed to climb into a respectable ranking position among The Unravel before The Fantasial Freeze began, when they had to aside their personal vendetta just to survive. They used their vast network of connections to hunt down the cause of both the freeze, and the terrible diseases that seemed to come with it. Eventually, they came to the conclusion that something on the other side of death was causing these curses like the Wendigo -- and who better to chat with death than The Negotiator themselves? Ravii attempted to push their soul to the edge of death in order to meet with the beings that lived there. Unfortunately for Ravii, their companions in life were not attentive, and they did not return to their body. Realizing they were stuck on the other side, Ravii made the best of their situation and tried to learn about the fate Cavii's partner.
Surprisingly, Cavii Kero's name seemed to open doors on this side of life the same way it had on the other, and they were lead eventually to Thesaurus -- a colossal, boney creature with little patience for Ravii's inquiries and a much higher tolerance for true death. Ravii's skills did not completely fail them, however, and they were able to negotiate their own freedom from this place in exchange for bringing Cavii Kero to Thesaurus. In the end, Ravii was able to send out whispers among the creatures on this plane to other souls on the brink of death in order to get the message to his brother, but these things took time. Months passed before Cavii, having finally received the message, attempted the same ritual Ravii had and was thereby brought to Thesaurus. Although Ravii had completed their side of the deal that was struck, it quickly became apparent that it was not at all Cavii Kero who Thesaurus actually sought. Ravii was no fool, however, and had ensured the right clauses were in the deal, allowing them to escape back to the mortal plane with their soul despite the misunderstanding.
Thesuarus' rage at the deal gone wrong was soon felt across Ravel as giant blow holes emerged -- one in the very elven district that had instigated this entire mess. The creatures that Ravii had met on the other side soon took on terrifying blowted forms in the mortal plane, and now run entirely amuck in the city.
