Tursin, Extinguished of the Islands

Tursin is a rough mine dwarf who joined the Merkaynian Enclave when he was young.   His field commander was Arcus Sheerfall and he worshipped him as a warrior.   Tursin was born with ursinthropy so he can change his shape into a bear at will.   Tursin can outdrink most common folk due to his tough gullet from his early years in the mines.   Tursin was reborn into the order after a stint of bad behaviour in his youth, the death of Arcus at the Battle of Snowpeak was what put him back on the right path.   He has string of dove tattoos for each person he has saved, the tattoos show up as white fur when he turns into a bear.     211 5E (Age 36) Sarvin, Wan, Maggie and Tursin find the hidden village of Nak in the Mooncrest, a task they were set upon by Addikus Windslayer. As they could not find leave the forest gnomes how they were, beaten and homeless, they officially gave their contract to the Shatterbrand. The gnomes were first occupied by the Kingfishers and then attacked by the dragon awakening. As long as the Shatterbrand delivered the Dragonlance to Addikus, the Enclave would protect the Gnomes of Nak. A member of the Shatterbrand asked about his mother, who he knows is a member of the Enclave. A draken woman known as Daedra is next in line to become Byycon.     Town (Nak) is being destroyed by a Red Hag. Along with 2 kobolds and 2 drakes. Groups of civilians are being killed. Dragons do not understand draconic. When a family is about to be roasted, 4 green tower shields block the flame. The Merkaynian Enclave has arrived.   Wan, Tursin, Sarvin and Magdalyn.   Tabby’s family is dead, chirs was being recruited by the kingfishers, they purchased a prophet from the desert to help manipulate people into joining. For Chris they told him that Arygos killed his brother, fueling the flames on their recruits hatred of dragons. With more attacks happening its easier to gather new followers.   Tursin turns into a bear in the day, has cape pants.   Magdalyn calls half elves halfies.   Sarvin in untrusting to the party.   Wan agrees to the terms to take the gnomes of Nak to Eidon.   The Enclave cannot continue on their mission with the people dying. Wan thinks they should complete it and get paid and then they can peacekeeper. Sarvin tells how the people come first and they need to delay the mission. Wan offers you guys the contract from the Eastern King.   Sarvin’s Vlox Mission   Day 1 Meets with the Merkaynians and agree to a plan to investigate the broken seal of Vlox at the bottom of the Pit   Send a letter out to any Merkaynians geographically nearby, with the runes of the teleportation circle for the Palewind.   Day 4   Takes the Palewind to Gyaron to create a staging point just offshore. This ship is helmed by [Nu Maroch] of [Nu Maroch]. A teleportation circle is placed on this ship, allowing a mobile location placed right outside of Gyaron in case anything bad happens.   Tursin and Maggie are with you on this trip, Quaker stayed back as this was going to be dangerous and only veterans of the Enclave chose to go.   Day 8   Arriving at Vinheiravir, the Capital city was now destroyed. The aqueduct with the godly likeness of Shoreez passing water down to Sootha that wraps around the city stands strong, as it has for centuries. The straw roofed buildings of the Pacuran-Yergralffe city have been destroyed by green fire.   Sarvin initially ventured onto the shore to scout out while you waited for reinforcements.   Screams were heard from outside the city as numerous chain dragging Harrowed encircled a home that was covered in Junk Metal, it looked as though this family had been holding out for a while against the revenants.   You rushed over to save this family outside of Town, the Island Enclave got overwhelmed by the sheer number of Harrowed wandering the island. This felt as though there were more than previous scouting missions, so the Harrowed were coming out of the broken seal exponentially faster.   Tursin was knocked unconscious, bleeding out while Maggie tried to use her ballista shield to fend off the undead.   Sarvin took out many but he and Tursin were overwhelmed, Harrowed piled on top of them.   Sarvin activated his brand but a different effect took place when the Harrowed were biting down on him.   He absorbed the undead into himself and green fire came up from his armor, engulfing his face but not causing burns. His eyes glowed a bright green.   He took on a harrowed form and blasted back the pile of Harrowed. This didn’t kill them but was able to give Maggie and Sarvin enough space to clear out the remaining hunters.   He quickly gave Tursin a healing potion and Maggie loaded her ballista.   Tursin went into his werebear form while Sarvin was engulfed in his own green fire while in his harrowed form   The bear, the ghost and the ballista were enough to overcome this horde.   Hoping that reinforcements were coming, the increasing amount of Harrowed needed to be dealt with. The three Enclave members set out over the mountain pass.   Sarvin left the pit when he was only five and he still remembered the way he took to escape.   That was his first dose of fresh outside air and he would never forget that.   Day 9   There was a man who helped Sarvin get to the docks where you eventually left the island for the mainland.   This man was a recluse at the top of the mountain and you learned later in life, the symbols he had on his wall was that of Rezial, Martyr of Death and Undeath.   At the time, the young Sarvin had no idea this man was a pariah as he was kind and helpful to you. His old house would make a great rest stop to prepare for whatever met the trio at the Pit.   When you make it up to the hut, it is surprisingly still in use, possibly a new resident so the team is cautious.   There is still an altar to Rezial next to the home with the leather wrapped boar skull that symbolizes the god of Death in many cultures.   Rezial is the father deity to Merkayne, Sparato and Vlox. You decide to knock on the door to the hideaway before heading down to the Pit.   To Sarvin’s surprise, you meet the Old Man on the mountain overlooking the Pit. This man is older than a gaulan should be. Issat, (Ees-Sat) former stormblood of Gyaron and grandfather to Tayne.   Issat was forced out of his village for his worship of Rezial, the god of Death and Undeath.   The Pit has strange effects on people and Issat was swayed by the strict order of the Pit. He found solace in death as well as bringing death upon others, he felt as though he was allowing people to move onto their next destination in the Black Ocean.   Now he is weak and dying now but lived life as the adventurer known as the Black Orchid, a legendary knight who traveled the world.   Issat remembers Sarvin, who would have been only 5 when he left the Pit.   He informs you that Vlox’s corruption has spread when the seal was broken. The avatar of Vlox and any followers they corrupt are already free onto the world   The Harrowers come from the portal at the base of the Pit. Although Vlox’s hunters are already out there, closing the gate to the portal will stop their chains from unraveling further.   Issat remembers Sarvin not only because Ornir are rare on the mortal plane but a white devil with gold markings was unique in its own right. This look was known from a notoriously rebellious house of Baan. This house gained enough power that they threatened Rezial himself, so the God of Death called upon his most effective killers to go to war with the house of white and gold.   The thought-to-be extinct Fifth House of Baan was eradicated by the Battle Strings of the Ninth House. Rezial himself requested the execution of the Fifth for their strength was becoming too powerful as they allied themselves with Rezial’s own betrayer son, Merkayne. Sarvin had not known this but always felt drawn to the Enclave and its history.   The Black Orchid was intrigued by Sarvin, Rezial does not let live those he does not wish, so Sarvin’s line existing must be the work of his deity, Merkayne’s father Rezial allowed this to be and Issat would not hunt the House that already suffered so much.   Vlox is locked up in that portal but is still too strong to slay in that realm. His prison is also his shield.   Only once Vlox puts his full spirit into his final host will he be truly killable in the mortal realm. He would only risk this at the end of the convergence, when the connection to the godly planes is at its closest.   That transfer will only happen at the end of the solstice, once his final avatar reaches the one of the World Trees.   Day 10   The trio fight their way through the army of undead, clearing a path to the monolith in front of the Portal. This was the seal that was opened when Thormund attacked.   The undead are piling on as you try to block the portal where thousands of chains are flowing out of. This seems like a lost cause as there are countless more Harrowed than you could have ever expected.   Sarvin is able to hold back the harrowed as he learns to absorb them, he can't use it on all of them but he can take out a few then release a blast of fiery green to fend them off. Since this power comes from their own, it only blasts them back while you continue fighting. Maggie swears she saw a phantom version of Sarvin swinging his sword as they fought.   You are finally able to move the seal in front of the portal but because of the destruction originally caused by Thormund, a large rock is in the way.   Suddenly darkness engulfs the green flames lighting the room and the Merkaynians are fighting blind.   Their shields begin to glow as the entry way they came in through begins to glow with a subtle green as well. Issat in full black armor carves through the Harrowed. Followed by a dozen Enclave members that used the Palewind to get to Gyaron.   Merkayne’s power is drowned out down here but a paladin of his father, a man of death and honor allows yours boons to prevail. The shields of the Enclave members light up brighter. Sarvin feels his ghost powers rejuvenate. As his shield glows, he can continually absorb Harrowed.   The Merkaynians and one Warden of Death fight off the horde.   Behind you the sound of chain dragging gets louder as a new wave of undead comes up behind the team from inside the broken seal portal. Tursin, trong in his werebear form, sees a way to move the boulder blocking the large circle-shaped seal.   Tursin is able to move the rock but to your despair, his position is impossible to move out from. The seal crushes Tursin as the chains are now blocked from unwinding further.   The Lantrun of the Island Enclave doesn't have time to mourn as the Harrowed continue to swarm him and your allies.   Sarvin absorbs five more harrowed but releasing the energy proves ineffective against this many of them.   A few more Enclave members fall, the Seal is closed so their lives were lost to something grander but Sarvin wanted to find a way out of here, to make sure Vlox does not win.   Issat tells Sarvin that “Paladins of Death and Honour are not so different.”   Issat tells Sarvin to kill him if they want to live on, he has fulfilled his purpose to the god of Death.   Sarvin, with no other options, stabs the man with his sword. Maggie is being overrun at this point as well as the remaining Merkaynians.   As Issat falls to the ground, Sarvin’s eyes turn black as streaks of black liquid run down his face, filling his gold markings. He lets out a black flame mixed in with his green burst and destroys the Harrowed around them.   Maggie and the others are heavily burned from Sarvin’s attack but she is alive while the Harrowed are destroyed.   Sarvin and Maggie cast the Merkaynian Death rites on Tursin and the others as the large Seal door is covered in magical, overgrown marigold flowers. The Rites of Merkayne would protect this tomb. This act allows Tursin to pass onto Merkayne’s Emerald Spire. Sarvin helps Maggie out of the pit and is followed by the remaining reinforcements..   Day 11   Vlox is still out in the world but the Harrowed can go no further than they have already reached. Vlox will have to come up with another way for his armies to reach his destination.   Sarvin’s Merkaynian brands now has a black orchid marking looping around it, allowing him to use that burst once he store up enough Harrowed   Day 14   Arrive at the Palewind   Day 19   Return to Eidon, mourn Tursin.   Outcome of Month Away   Turns to Harrowed when he uses his Paladin powers. Can absorb a Harrowed by burning a charge, can store up to five and gains the black necrotic fire when he reaches five, where his gold changes to black momentarily.