====== Bacco ======

**Bacco (Barkat al Salam)** was a young man when he left his home, but was already an apprentice astrologer having earned the title āləmā when he was twenty. He has a natural talent for divining the future and has used that to keep himself alive as dark forces seem to stand against him. He has found a measure of happiness, but already knows that a moment where he may die is rapidly approaching.

Bacco is taller than average standing one-hundred and sixty centimeters (5'11" tall) with a solid build and strong face. He is not afraid to take the reins of leadership and always has a plan and several back-up plans. He is difficult to catch unawares and is willing to run. Honorable death is for those that have not prepared.


===== Statistics =====

  * **Capsule**: Diviner of Fortunes from the Stars
  * **Occupation**: Astrologist, Gang Member
  * **Nationality**: [[atlas:Turan]]
  * **Family**:
    * Parents: Farid al Salam (father) and Inaam al Salam (mother), Jabir ad-Din (step-father)
    * Siblings: Nadia (elder sister), Kamil (elder brother), Sabiha (younger half-sister)
    * Spouse: Ekua (married 459)
    * Children: Walentyna (daughter, born 460)
  * **Lifetime**: 434 AH -
  * **Religion**: [[orgs:Uhl]]
  * **Ethnicity**: [[creatures:Human]], [[orgs:Turanians]]


===== History =====

His skill at fortune-telling and understanding of the principals of astrology opened the doors to Ithid, a prestigious school for astrologers skilled enough to work at the highest levels. With his training at Ithid he was destined to find work with a powerful Pasha or possibly even one of the Sultans. His last foretelling, before he fled, told him of his mother's duplicity and his father's death at her hands. He tried to warn his father, but he could not stop it in time. Instead he fled before his mother and her new husband found out and killed him.

The stars drew him to [[atlas:Fountainhead]] and warned him of the danger in the rains and water. He takes precautions against its influence; although he has never been drawn to [[people:Aegrin]] and the [[lore:Caves of Chaos]].


==== Legacy of Marak ====

During the [[atlas:Fountainhead]] arc of the [[campaigns:Legacy of Marak]] campaign Bacco commissioned a small high-power, low-draw crossbow for Ottone, whom he had given the task of assassinating [[people:Alavara]].



===== Timeline =====

^ Date  ^ Events (Age of Heroes)  ^
| 456  | Arrives at Fountainhead  |
| 457  | Joins the [[orgs:Empty Eyes]]  |
| 460  | Purchases crossbow from [[people:Freya Snowstomper]] for Ottone  |


===== See Also =====

  * [[lists:Fountainhead Individuals]]
  * [[lists:Magicians]]
  * [[lists:Humans]]
  * [[lists:TGuranians]]


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