Ka'lii

The party's resident human monk.

Backstory
Kal’ii was kidnapped into slavery soon after the birth of the daughter of his master, Borvan. The daughter, an efreet like her father, was named Lon. Kal’ii grew up with Lon, and was assigned to being her friend; that was his job as a slave. He went to town on the chain line every day to auctions, errands, and other events. On these excursions, Kal’ii noticed a pattern — every day at noon, a group of elven fire druids opened a portal to the Prime Material Plane.

For 25 years, Kal’ii grew closer and closer to Lon. She blossomed into a stunning young lady, not to mention a brilliant wizard. Although she loved having him around, she knew that he needed to be free — to escape her father. She crafted a small file, which Kal’ii used to break the chain on his bonds.

He held the chains together all day while completing his regular chores, and then got ready to go to town. As the chain line passed through the market, he gathered his nerves; he knew today, he would escape the grasps of Borvan. However, he wanted Lon to come with him. She could come and live with him in a better place. A freer place. They had never talked about it, and Kal’ii didn’t know why. He dashed toward the gate to the Prime Material Plane, grabbing her arm. And she followed. They dashed through a crowd to reach the portal, and jumped through. Then, in a sudden fiery blast, a large magical hand popped through the portal and grabbed Lon, pulling her back in and destroying the doorway to her.

Kal’ii collapsed to the ground. Not only was he utterly heartbroken, but he also was very cold. The environment around him was full of temperate trees. He had become accustomed to the 100-plus-degree weather of the Plane of Fire.

He still did not let any of this slow him down. He trained in this environment for the next three years, learning the basics of monastic traditions from a band of monks and hiding himself and his party from predators in the night. Every twilight, his wrists burned with intense heat as a reminder that he still belonged, by law, to Borvan.

He vowed to free his bonds and return to Lon.