Background of Hesperose

Upon making a successful gather information check... and taking 20... the party vaguely learns that Hesperose owns the battered ship, Celeste, that he and Glaucus arrived in.  He tells how the two strangers were making arrangements at the docks in Karpothos, his home city, one dark and stormy night.  His crew were in the city, celebrating the ides of Panamos, a period when the seas are stormy.  They celebrate as this is basically a vacation for them.  In between the cracks of thunder, a louder sound was heard along with the shaking of the ground.  The majestic mount Menetes had become a pillar of ash and huge globs of lava were tossed out upon the land.

Hesperose guided Glaucus on how to prepare the ship to disembark.  Caught between a volcano and a storm, the Celeste miraculously stayed afloat.  As the storm intensified, the ship began taking damage.  With no way to control the ship and days of starvation all seemed lost for the duo.

Hesperose says that he mostly did merchant business with cities to the east of Karpothos and is not familiar with the lands to the west or north.  He has not heard of Madea before but he thinks he has heard of the oracle of Premulus as a child.  Maybe it was a mix up between a tale of an oracle and Romulus...  He dismisses the question saying he does not put his faith in the hands of prophets or gods.  He and he alone writes his own story.

He sometimes seems gruff, other times cocky.  He definitely likes to talk about battles and cursing the gods.