Frits Farehill

Always striving to see the best in everyone, Frits is known as being an optimist almost to a fault. He's friendly and cheerful, not wanting anyone to be put off by him. He enjoys reading and expanding his knowledge. He's infinitely curious and often forgets his manners when he's excited about a concept. He's not the type to let insults bother him; they roll off of him like water.

He's not very good at asserting himself at times, seeming to prefer to be in the background due to the cards he's been dealt. It takes him a moment or so to realize someone may not be following his train of thought, but he will make attempts to make it simpler to understand. 

Early Life

The third child of a large family who worked as florists in Waterdeep, Frits was a bit bored with his life. He needed a challenge and loved studying. His time and studies enabled him to create some spells to help his family care for the plants. And that drew attention from Blackstaff Academy. He was quickly brought in to study to be a wizard and he finally felt properly challenged in his life.

While one of the better apprentices at the academy, he never let it get to his head and no one either allowed it. As a halfling, it did make things difficult for him to be noticed, beyond just his height. He was viewed as a bit of a pushover, especially when he thought he was helping someone. This is how he met the human Diomas Heyerdahl.

Partnership

Frits would often help Diomas with his work and Diomas would then assist in Frits's studies being noticed. This worked well for a time and when they reached adulthood, Diomas suggested they keep working together and publish their work together. It started as them going out together but Diomas made it clear he did not enjoy trekking out to research, preferring to stay in the city. Frits told him not to worry about it and it slowly started to change. Frits began to do all the work and Diomas would publish it for the credit. If Frits would bring it up, Diomas would point out the difficulties he'd have as a halfling.

Recently

Frits was out researching the potency of certain mushrooms and other plants to enhance different spells when he was captured and taken onto the nautiloid.