Appearance

Physical Description

Adar is deceased. Prior to his untimely death, he was in peak physical condition, although he had been recently attacked and bitten by a werewolf. It was unknown if he had contracted Lycanthropy or not, as he died before any symptoms were able to present.

Body Features

Adar had a fairly normal frame for a human of his age. He was healthy but not overly muscled.

Facial Features

Adar wore a thick black beard.

Identifying Characteristics

Adar sometimes manifested a star-shaped brand on his left hand, when he pacted with the entity known as Aym.

Physical quirks

Adar often presented a number of physical quirks based on the pact he made each day with various powerful entities. These included everything from growing curling ram's horns, to becoming sickly and sallow-looking, to becoming unable to keep from constantly weeping.

Apparel & Accessories

Wore a set of fine chainmail and wore an anklet of translocation.

Special abilities

Adar was able to manifest a number of powerful abilities based on pacts that made with various powerful entities.

Mentality

Personal history

Adar, of Ikaan, of the Eternal Tower and the line of the Star Emperor, was born to a minor noble house, the seventh son of a seventh son. His ancestors included heroes of great fame and reviled madmen in equal parts, and the reputation of his family in the wider world was negative or non-existent. Adar received little affection from his parents, who were often away on business or busy managing the family’s small estate. His youth was impacted by tragedy – the death of a favorite sibling, mysterious illnesses among the household staff, and other strange occurrences. Many of the villagers whispered that he was a cursed child. His friends in the village grew distant, his siblings left home to travel the world, and he spent his adolescence in the company of books and stories. When he became a man, he too left home and traveled the western world by land and sea. He worked as a mercenary, a merchant’s guard, and a wizard’s apprentice. Adar’s life was dull and he crafted grander plots to enhance his prestige, win coin and fame, and obtain esoteric knowledge. With a stolen grimoire from his master’s collection and some rudimentary teaching from a blind old wretch met in a tavern, Adar began to master the dark arts of soul binding. He sought to increase his knowledge of the binding arts and dark powers, completely unaware of his innate connection to the entity known as "The Star Emperor".

Education

Adar had the finest education money could buy. He spent his adolescence in the company of books and stories. Adar spent some time as an adult as a wizard’s apprentice, and he absconded with the latter's grimoire. He was also able to gather some arcane training from a blind old wretch he met in a tavern, who taught him the dark art of soul binding.

Employment

He worked as a mercenary, a merchant’s guard, and a wizard’s apprentice.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Adar managed to travel and saw much of the Western world by land and sea.

Failures & Embarrassments

Adar's youth was impacted by tragedy – there was the death of a favorite sibling, a mysterious illnesses among the household staff, and other strange occurrences. Many of the villagers whispered that he was a cursed child.

Mental Trauma

Adar was haunted by his past, which led him to feel isolated and alone. This haunted him and led him to embrace making dark pacts with various otherworldly beings.

Taboos

Binders of Adar's ilk were generally unwelcome in civilized society. They were sometimes viewed as a necessary evil however, as they could be paid to eliminate other even darker threats that could menace a town or village. Adar generally tried to conceal the marks of his dark pacts, but sometimes he was unable to do so.

Known Languages

Avateynian (common), Abyssal, Giant

Personality

Motivation

Adar was driven by the tragedies of his past, which left him feeling nothing but contempt for the outside world. As such, he had little compunction against aligning with dark forces.

Social

Birthplace

Ikaan

Current Residence

Blakkgaarde

Wealth & Financial state

Despite being born from a minor noble house, Adar was far down in the pecking order. His wealth was mostly earned through his career as a mercenary.

Family Ties

Adar was born to a minor noble house, the seventh son of a seventh son. His ancestors included heroes of great fame and reviled madmen in equal parts, and the reputation of his family in the wider world was negative or non-existent. Adar is descended from the extra-planar being known as "The Star Emperor".

Religious Views

Adar did not have a patron deity. He did not worship the entities with which he bound his soul, but saw them as conduits for power.

Social Aptitude

Adar usually came across as persuasive and charismatic. He could also be quite deceptive, and used this ability to his advantage.