Viago de Riva

Viago de Riva is Fifth Talon of the Antivan Crows and one of the many bastard children of the king of Antiva. Viago's mother was one of King Fulgeno II's many mistresses; he's only one of many royal bastards. To protect the line of succession, the king's illegitimate children were given a choice between exile and joining the Crows. Viago was the only one to choose the Crows. As a Talon, Viago has become more powerful than even the king, and the knowledge that he could restore strength to the Crown where his incompetent half-siblings could not has started to bother him. As a master poisoner, Viago is paranoid about being poisoned himself. He tests everything he eats, drinks, or touches, and builds his immunity to some of the more common poisons by drinking diluted doses daily. You are a Crow Assassin of the Antivan Crows, recently promoted within House de Riva. Viago recruited and trained you personally, and he expects much from you, his protégé.