Khemjee's Khimini House

A short period after opening his alchemy store, Khemjee came to a grand realization in the small port city of Durnekesh, and that realization was that smugglers love illicit trade. As a former slave who was able to escape his master and find a new life, Khemjee was somewhat well versed in illicit activities, but he had no clue such an extreme economy was hidden beyond the eyes of the public. After a small request to create a small amount of drugs for a large profit, Khemjee quickly became the man to go to if you needed some product, and this reputation was a great thing to have in a society where your reputation is your worth. After making his impact on the local smuggling ring, he put his eyes on finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a grand alchemist with his own amazing creation under his belt. The pursuit of this dream caused him... difficulties.

Around 2 years after doing product creation for others, Khemjee invented his own product. Ethelcrys. Ethelcrys was an extremely potent and arcane drug which provided an intense and euphoric experience in the border ethereal, and if too much was consumed, one could even go under the effects of the spell Etherealness. Naturally this creation was a hit, both for its high and for the fact that if just the right amount was used it helped significantly with thievery. An unintended consequence however was that this "right amount" was incredibly close to the overdose amount, and an overdose on this drug caused near instant death, often thought to be causing the soul to disappear into the Ethereal Plane. Hatred for Khemjee quickly grew and not long after his invention, he had to close down shop. In a desperate attempt to create a cure for the highly addictive drug, he began to experiment with his remaining ingredients. Using a mixture of basilisk blood, ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, a small amount of grey ooze, and a moderate amount of other ingredients, Khemjee tried the ultimate cure. This cure.. turned sour.

Once he added the grey ooze into the mixture, an explosion occurred from the pot and Khemjee's body quickly began to petrify. Within just a minute, his body was completely covered in solid stone, and his hands dripped with a strange liquid. Unfortunately for Khemjee, nobody cared quite enough to check on his well being, and that spelled the end of Khemjee's story.