Sylcan Calcador
Born with a mind too gifted for the swamp, Sylcan rose to great prominence in the medical world before becoming a victim to it.
Early Life
Hailing from deep in the Slíomach Bog in the village of Alagadiço, Sylcan showed an aptitude for intelligence that far transcended his surroundings. Rather than being ostracized by his peers, they instead exploited his knowledge to create mischief and destruction. They often fooled him into creating bombs and traps that the village youth would use for wicked purposes.
His naive nature didn't pair with the cruelty of the rowdy townsfolk of the swamp, and his parents saw the only path to a better life for the boy was to send him away. They booked him passage on a vessel bound for Vila Sumida where he could use his gifted brain to help the realm, rather than bring it to ruin.
Professional Life
Sylcan got a job working at the Sanatório Desesperança as a compounding chemist. Working with the researchers and doctors at the hospital allowed him to create a number of life-saving formulas - work that he found both intellectually and personally fulfilling. These pills are still being used to treat patients to this day.
Unfortunately, his curious nature lead him to continually push the boundaries of what his medicine could accomplish, and when there weren't any patients to test them on, he used himself as a lab rat. This noble choice served as his undoing, when he found that his mental proclivities also made him susceptible to addiction. Sylcan quickly became reliant on his own drugs to get through the day.
Scandal & Exile
Having become so beholden to his own drugs simply to get through the day, it was only a matter of time before his addiction became a dangerous liability. When the extent of his depraivity was uncovered by the staff, he was brought before Mistress Isabel and confronted by his transgressions. He was ordered to vacate the Ilha Lamento and never return.
Since then, Sylcan has travelled the realm dealing drugs in back alleys and darkened rooms. Unfortunately, around the time of his dismissal, the lands began to grow hostile and dangerous - leading to a number of close calls with an early death. He has sworn time and again that if he could find a place to settle down, he would kick his addictions and submit to a simple life.
