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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phaezen" data-source="post: 4935383" data-attributes="member: 42839">------- Following Darkness, Revenant Assassin"Say hello to the Raven Queen from her loyal servant" Following Darkness fights as part of the stable from the temple of the Raven Queen.  He kept to himself until recently when has started encquiring about rumors of giant activities.Ruthless and efficient Following fights with shadow, mercilessly killing those who are unfortunate enough to face him.  In recent fights he has seemed distracted, which has almost cost him his life.[sblock=Background]Following Darkness was a dwarf in his previous life. He sacrificed himself to help prevent members of his clan being taken as slaves, and has been sent back by Moradin and the Raven Queen to take revenge on the Giants. No-one knows what promises the Allfather made to the Raven Queen to get her help. Awakening in a temple dedicated to the Raven Queen with no memories of his previous life. The priests were initially uncertain as to what to do with him, employing him as a guard an enforcer in the temple.  His growing skills caught the attention of the head priest. The priest received a vision which led him to send Following to the arena to hone his skills in combat.Growing rumors of giant attacks on the borders have made him itchy, but the leadership of the temple have grown wealthy off his gladiatorial exploits and are hindering his efforts to leave and investigate his destiny.[/sblock][sblock=Levels]Level 1 - Appear at Temple, started trainingLevel 2 - Becomes enforcer for the templeLevel 3 - Fighting skills became apparent, sent to the arena to hone them on orders of the Raven QueenLevel 4 - Not well liked by the crowd, but successful.Level 5 - Continues successfully, crowd start appreciating his ruthlessnessLevel 6 - Becomes distracted, appearing almost unwilling to enter the arena, has several close calls.[/sblock][sblock=Description]Following is short, with ashen skin and sunken features.  His eyes are gold orbs with points of red light in place of the pupil. He wears his black  hear long, with a full, well groomed beard, worn in a fashion reminiscent of dwarven slaves. In the Arena: He appears in the arena wearing plain black leather armour and seems to wield a new weapon every time he steps into battle. He does occasionally use a shield when fighting with a single handed weapon. Out of the Arena:When not fighting or training, Followingwears a simple priests robes, the only item he seems attached to is a strange medallion he was wearing when he first appeared at the temple.  Its is the shape of a anvil, embossed with a ravens feather.[/sblock][sblock=Character Sheet]Paste your character sheet here.[/sblock][sblock=On Things Gladiatorial]Following fights with single minded purpose, to defeat his foe as quickly as possible.  He uses the shadows in the arena to his advantage, often dissapearing and striking at his foes from unexpected angles.Following has become unsettled by rumors and talk of Giant invasions, and feels a calling to investigate this menace[/sblock] [sblock=On The Gladiators]In character comments on the other PCs.Caged Fury: Bargr: Q'ynn: Rodeh: Atrius: The Scholar: Kadaj: [/sblock] ------- [Sblock=notes]This is a work in progress which I will finalize by the end of the weekLet me know of any changes, for example changing Giants to another race or empire.Mount wise, Gloom from Dragon 375, page 65 reskinned to appear as a boar would be interesting if you would allow it. [/sblock]</blockquote>

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