Vendak the Zealot
Bar5 - Human - Chaotic 3, Good 4
Str 16 Int 12
Dex 14 Wis 12
Con 15 Chr 10
Stat increase to Str @ 4th level
BAB +5
Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +2
AC: 17 - Touch 12 - Flatfooted 17
Att: +9 Melee (Bastard Sword 1d10 + 3), When Raging +11 Melee (Bastard Sword 1d10 + 5)
Feats
Exotic Weapon Prof (Bastard Sword), Weapon Focus (Bastard Sword), Instantaneous Rage
Class Features
Fast Movement (+10), Improved Uncanny Dodge, Rage 2/day, Trap Sense +1, Illiteracy
Skills (48 skill points, max ranks 8)
Knowledge (Religion) 8 + 1 = +9
Knowledge (History) 8 + 1 = +9
Knowledge (Planes) 6 + 1 = +7
Perform (Oratory) 2 + 0 = +2
Ride 5 + 2 + 2 = +9
Handle Animal 5 + 0 = +5
Listen 5 + 1 = +6
Spot 5 + 1 = +6
Heal 4 + 1 = +5
Equipment
Breastplate, Bastard Sword
Brief Background
Vendak is the elder of a pair of fraternal twins born in the Chapel of Pter on the plains. His father was a devout priest of Pter and his mother a gifted healer. Growing up, Vendak and his brother were fully educated on the dogma of Pter, they also learned the proud history of the Chapel and how to identify extraplanar foes of Good.
The Chapel of Pter has long stood as an outpost against the power of evil. It is poorly fortified because it's primary role is to act as a shelter for the common folk that carve out a living on the plains. Time and again it has been beseiged and overrun by evil forces before reinforcements can arrive. Time and again it has been rebuilt after evil was driven back.
The history lessons had a strange effect on Vendak and his brother, Bormak. Learning how many times the Chapel has been destroyed, both brothers put less value on written word than on oral tradition. Vendak, in particular, refused to learn how to read. All of his lessons were committed to memory. He can recite them adequately if given the opportunity. But compared to his Bormak, he is not a strong teacher.
Vendak fully believes in Pter's values. He knows that evil walks the world and threatens all the mortal races. He knows that some must stand against this evil so that the rest can live fulfilling lives. He has personally accepted this responsibility as one of his purposes in life. Vendak is very zealous in upholding Pter's values. He helps protect those that are threatened, but he is beginning to believe his purpose is to seek out evil and destroy it. He is moving from the perspective of the Protector to that of the Crusader.
In his zeal, Vendak is able to accomplish feats that many followers of Pter are unable to emulate. Even in his breastplate he moves as if unhindered. On the sparring grounds, his opponents have a difficult time drawing a weakness in his defense. On the occassions that Vendak is faced with an opponent that he believes is evil, he seems to draw an inner strength from his belief that he is doing Pter's work in the world. He seems stronger and tougher when faced with such foes.
Vendak would be notable to the commoners that frequent the Chapel of Pter, but his true fame began when the Chapel wsa threatened by a marauding force of Hobgoblins. Requests for help had already been sent for when the first scouts indicated that the hobgoblins were within a days distance of the Chapel. By this time, standard procedure was to abandon the Chapel and rebuild after the attackers had been eliminated. Vendak's father personally ordered the retreat this time.
Vendak and Bormak wholly disagreed. By their logic, leaving the Chapel of their Lord to be defiled was heretical. In defiance of their father's wishes, they proclaimed they would stand and defend the Chapel. There was no counsel that their father could offer that would dissuade them. And the longer they argued, the more inspiring Bormak's words seemed to some of the other defenders. By the time their father gave up, there were an additional eight warriors willing to stand by the brothers' sides.
In terms of war, the battle was small. But the defense that was mounted against the hobgoblins was significant indeed. Outnumbered by nearly 3 to 1, the Chapel of Pter was successfully defended with minimal injury. Indeed, Bormak's well spoken tales of bravery bolstered the defenders to fight beyond their own expectations. Vendak held the ground before the doors of the Chapel and none of the hobgoblins could pass him. It was a short, bloody battle and it took both brothers to fell the chief marauder. In the aftermath, both brothers worked to stablize and save their fallen comrades.
It was a small thing, the defense of the Chapel of Pter, but from small events, greater events unfold. Their father returned, thinking to bury his sons while rebuilding the Chapel. Instead, he was greeted by 10 hale men and a smouldering pile of hobgoblins. That day, a father found inspiration in the bravery of his sons.
