ESCALTHEMAS
Sorry this is so long, I got carried away 
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HISTORY
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Escalthemas was once a celestial prince (a human or aasimar or unique being...your choice) that lived high in the heavens in a tower of alabaster surrounded by all that was good and holy. Here he lived a gentle life, he was kind to all in his realm and would sit in his lofty tower day and night in contemplation of the darkness in the universe and what could be done about it, for all his good works there were always people at his door that had suffered at the hand of evil.
One day as he sat in the encroaching dark of dusk with a candle burning on the desk in his study he saw his personal truth in the flickering flame and the shifting shadow it cast on the wood...
Every light casts a shadow and in the shadows of the world evil grows. Bring light to eradicate the evil and the shadow only shifts and flitters away, to purge the shadows one must live in them, conceal your own light and you can walk in the darkness and destroy the evil that lurks there from the inside.
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Since Escalthemas changed the course of his existence he has become a darker being, a being of darkness in fact though non-the-less is still as good on the inside as he always was.
APPEARANCE
He has three appearances; one is that of a lithe, attractive young man (16-early 20s) with a slight opalescence to his skin and a whispyness to his form as though he is slightly incorporeal. This is the form he bore before his change, that of a celestial prince, his actual appearance in this form is not set and he can appear as a member of any race or coloration. His most often chosen form is of a human with white skin and dishevelled blonde hair though he has appeared as an ‘oriental’ youth as well with a certain frequency.
His second form is that of a figure in a cloak of soft yet iridescent black that covers him entirely, he wears soft black clothes like those of an assassin and has an aura of shadow about his that keeps his face in perpetual shade with only the slightest definition of features visible. When he moves the slight glitter of stars can be seen on the underside of his cloak though he can extinguish these at will. This form is strange in that it has an illusion in its fabric which means that whilst shaded in such a way Escalthemas can’t be recognised, there is no association created within the mind of the observer with rumours they have heard of descriptions they have been given of him. (Very, very high DC)
To gain the power of his shade-form Escalthemas manipulated the very fabric of himself and the multiverse about him, because of this if he steps into true daylight he loses his shadow form (a more powerful form) and its use for a period of time (yet to be set).
His third form is a reverse of his shade form, an incarnation of his radiant inner light which he carries within himself. This form is his most powerful, a light that blinds and burns darkness and is painful for even the pure hearted to look upon but he can only maintain it for a short while (think along the lines of a super impressive Barbarian rage that makes you into an incarnation of the force of heaven)
ATTITUDE/PERSONALITY and REALM
Escalthemas’ philosophy is to immerse himself in darkness to infiltrate evil and then to turn upon it after he has been taken into its heart where he reveals the light he hides in himself and burns the evil away (e.g. posing as a fiendish mercenary for the blood war then turning on his employer etc.). However there is also a kindness in him: In the same way as the glabrezu or succubus drags the good into darkness; Escalthemas, when in the depths of darkness, can sense any light that may glimmer in souls he encounters, he then works on these and as he ascends back to his realm in heaven when his particular mission is done he tries to take any beings he has found that could be brought back to the light with him. To this end he maintains a serene realm on the twilight layer of the Beastlands for those with good hearts but who cannot exist in the greater community of good. E.g. Drow and other reformed dark beings, Fallen Celestials that are still good, Reformed fiends, those that wish to do good but are shy or insecure in their goodness and feel unworthy of the true light of heaven. It is a quiet realm of peace and acceptance where there are no laws except a sense of reliance on the other beings there to guide each other and support each other. Any being is free to leave as they desire which happens frequently as many of the beings are struggling with their own good natures or are haunted by evil they have done in the past. However many return to the kind embrace that Escalthemas’ ideology has brought to the place.
ALLIES/ENEMIES
Amongst the more aloof of the bright and high figures of Good Escalthemas is distrusted. They believe he may be close to a fallen being as he repeatedly plunges into darkness, they think his inner light will be swallowed by darkness. Peaceful beings often see him as perhaps too aggressive in his pursuit of evil and it’s destruction and his similarities to an Assassin (he often targets key evil figures) sit uncomfortably with some guardians of Life.
He has allies however in good beings that must deal with evil constantly and with some Gods of rogues, the night, and even healing as he rescues lost souls also beings that are reformed.
Amongst the hordes of evil he is a feared legend, a shadow they are aware of yet cannot trace because he is undetectable to them (because he can disguise his very nature and it is near impossible to actually recognise him, an evil being can never tell if the person they have taken as their advisor is actually their assassin.) A particular enemy is the Lord of the Nine that is a fallen archon as teh dark lord stands as a figure of what Escalthemas fears couls be his own fate as he enters into the heart of evil again and again.
SYMBOL
Escalthemas’ symbol is a solar eclipse. The shape of a dark moon hiding the radiant burning light of the sun.
TITLES
The Righteous Rogue, The Shadow that Walks, He that has fallen and risen, The Kind Shade
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK???
(Which bit in particular just from personal interest?)
