Luke Silverheart

Luke Silverheart is a ranger forged from grief and silver. The last of his line, he bears three claw marks across his face—gifts from the Fenris Tribe, who slaughtered his family when he was a boy. Those scars are pale reminders of mercy granted by killers who should have known none. Since that night, Luke has devoted his life to their eradication.   He lives and fights out of the Aerie, the fortress hidden deep within the Mooncrest Woods where the Cardinalhood operates. Its silver-tipped barricades and high towers gleam faintly beneath the forest canopy, ready for the next assault. Luke commands his squad without fanfare, his authority drawn from the weight of his hammer and the steadiness of his will.   He wields a massive silver warhammer, a weapon heavy enough to shatter bone of man and wolf alike. Beneath his chainmail, he wears forest-green ranger garb and a locket containing a painted likeness of his parents. In quieter moments, he studies a tattered map marked with suspected Fenri dens, each one another promise of vengeance.   Those who fight beside him call him fearless. Those who oppose him call him cruel. Both are right. His hatred of lycanthropes leaves little room for mercy—even when faced with werewolves who speak, reason, and plead. To Luke, words from beasts are lies, and the only cure for their kind is the swing of silver in moonlight.         In the Mooncrest Woods, there is a constant struggle between the law-bringing Cardinalhood and the feral Fenris Tribe. For years the rangers have kept the werewolf tribe at bay, suppressing them to a dark corner of the woods. Recently the Fenri have become more bold; attacking during the day even when their source of power, moonlight, has vanished.   Luke Silverheart is a master werewolf slayer using his silver warhammer to crush the canine skulls of any enemy who meets the whites of his eyes.         Luke Silverheart is a average built, pale-skinned gaulan who lives in the Mooncrest Woods. He is of average height and has short blonde hair thats shaved at the sides. He wears green garbs over top chain mail and carries a large silver warhammer. The Silverheart family has a strong history in the woods Luke grew up in as they have been reknowned werewolf hunters for generations.   When he was young, his parents were killed by a night raid by werewolves from the Fenris tribe. The Fenri are werewolves who have taken residence in the province known as Greywyn south of the Cardinalhood base. These werewolves have been shunned by society for their bestial nature, yet most werewolves are sentient in beast form. This is why Luke hates them so. The werewolves were not mindless beasts acting on their animal instincts, they were a cutthroat group of assassins sent to slaughter the Silverheart family. Luke was only a child and received mercy. He kept his life but got three claw marks across his face, these scars still cover his right eye to this day.   In his teenage years, Luke met up with a group known as the Cardinalhood. These rangers were a group of law-enforcing people living in the lawless Mooncrest Woods. The Cardinalhood became the guardians of the forest, keeping any bandit or creature at bay. Luke took a keen interest in them and fronted the task force that dealt specifically with werewolves, a beast he already had a knack for killing. Luke is a quiet ranger who leads not through speeches or rallies but through inspiring example.     The Aerie is the Cardinalhood's main base in the forest province. The high wooden walls are built from strong trees and create an imposing fortress hidden in the woods. Many towers circle the Aerie where lookout stand to watch for attackers. At the base of the walls is spike wooden barricades. The spikes have been dipped into molten silver to create extra protection against werewolf raids. The lush forest is immense and makes it hard to pin point the Aerie's location. The trees due their job to block out the sun and create and calm feel to the woods.   Luke and his team capture a werewolf known as Crea, she is sympathetic towards them even though she is the one in a cage. Luke and Crea discuss how she could have been captured on a night of a full moon, this is where werewolves are at their strongest. Aerrow, The leader of the werewolf pack storms in and frees Crea, knocking torches over during his rampage. There is a short fight where Luke loses to Aerrow and Crea. Aerrow howls with the moon behind him while standing on a burning guard tower.