Wow, started writing and didn't exactly know when to stop
Of course any of this that conflicts with your idea of the campaign is subject to change as you see fit. Are the aberrant feats Abberant blooded and Inhuman Vision from Lords of Maddness acceptable?
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General Inquisitor Zacharia (Adramalech) Te'Ashun
Abberant Blooded Elf
Paladin 8 / Rogue 12
Patron Deity: Wee Jas
Personality
Long years of deep cover operations and a steady focus on the arts of war and subterfuge have left Zach grim, determined, and some would say ruthless. Normally Zach takes the elven air of aloofness to the extreme, and is a man of few words when he isn't barking orders or calling for quiet. Perhaps surprisingly to those who know Zach on a purely professional level, the Grand Inquisitor is capable of dramatic shifts of character and attitude when he needs to assume an alternate identity. In the company of a few trusted friends Zacharia is warm but sedate, showing a razor wit that hasn't dulled with age.
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Early History
War makes men desperate, and in the darkest days of the Cellon conflict elves did turn to most venomous allies. A small colony of elves cut off from their brethren and besieged by overwhelming numbers of drow were sought out by an emissary of Shar who offered succor from their enemies, broken of spirit and disillusioned to their gods, the elves warily accept.
With the aid of fell magics the Yuan-ti did hide the remaining elves in wilds untouched by mortal-kin. The arrangement seemed a grace from a strange but benign society in the beginning, the elves were well cared for and respected by their new neighbors. Surprised by the civility of the Purebloods, the children of Correlon allowed them deeper and deeper into their society.
The Yuan-ti corrupted slowly; a gift of White Resin here, statuettes and art unknowingly desecrated to their vile god finding their way into elven galleries, even introducing select and unwitting elves to cannibalism. It is a credit to the elven spirit that they lasted four generations before falling upon each other like starved dogs. Zach is an offspring of that fated community.
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It is sixty years before the beginning of the Second World War. A famished and half-mad elven youth wanders into Settonton from the surrounding wilderness. Frail and speaking an alien tongue he is taken in by the church of Pelor. Conservative priests whisper in suspicion bordering on fear at the child's slitted pale blue eyes.
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It is twenty years before the Second World War, and the frail youth has grown into an athletic, clever young man. Today is the second proudest of his life, under the embrace of a sunny morning, Zacharia swears his paladin vows. Despite dreams of bloodied altars and serpentine transformations, Zach is a force for virtue within Bylan. His virtue and fevor are applauded by the Order and Bylan nobility alike.
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It is sixteen years before the before the second world war. Zacharia grows further from his peers as the terrible nightmares begin to intrude from his dreams into the waking world. A cult of Nerul worshipers sent by Sasog to weaken Bylan view the paladin as a weak link within the order. Taken in slowly by their ruse Zach unwittingly betrays his church, murders a fellow paladin and Falls in process. The order rebuilds, and all mention of the snake-eyed paladin is stricken from record.
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It is only three years before the Second World War. Zach has gone to ground within Bylans criminal underworld. Starting over in deep cover the Fallen paladin stops thieves, murderers, and worse things on no one's authority but his own. Rumors of an avenging angel calling itself "Adramalech" circulate throughout the darker corners of Bylan.
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The Second World War has begun. Zach returns from hiding and gains atonement under the faith of Cuthbert. His zeal redoubled, Zach moves quickly up the ranks of the Bylan military. Finding acceptance in these desperate times he begins to court the Lady Yule Ashcombe.
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It has been four years since the first blows of the Second World War, and Zach has attained the rank of general and is regarded as a war hero. Between tours of duty he weds the Lady Yule, children are expected as early as the following year.
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The Second World War draws to a close. A grim and tightly muscled knight in black colored chain mail stands atop the castle battlements watching the end of the war unfold beneath him. Mere hours ago Lady Yule (now the lady Yule Te'Ashun) revealed herself as a Yuan-ti Pureblood bent on bringing Zach back into the Serpent fold. Her death is quick. With little left for him on the front Zach returns to Settonton a broken, the first few gray hairs beginning to show prematurely.[/sblock]