Edwin Pennington, Fighter Eldritch Knight
A faithful man raised on the southern edges of the empire of man where hard work was a daily burden, Edwin grew up knowing life as a mercenary, taking work on expeditions into the Boneyards to the east in search of artifacts and wealth. Either he would die quick or strike it rich, both of which he decided would be better than the life he was living. Unfortunately, on one fateful trip when delving too far into the Boneyards, the expedition he was escorting veered too close to the home of a tribe of Dark Elves, whereupon his party was slain. Fighting tooth and nail to escape, the toxic magics of the land around him allowed The Raven Queen, the dark goddess and Matriarch of the dark elves, to assault his soul and attempt to corrupt Edwin into one of her hexblade warlocks. Through his willpower and ardent faith to his god of light, Valous, his soul was briefly spared in that dark land and he made his escape, only with a scar left across it. His soul torn in twain with a dark curse upon it, the Raven Queen's touch lingered long after, separating him spiritually from the weave of life that connects all of humanity to their gods. With his spirit torn asunder and tainted, his mind has slowly fractured as well causing delusions, and his body has become a vessel ripe for eldritch arcane energies to flow through him. Edwin's quiet demeanor can keep him hidden amongst the rabble for naught but days before his insane mind drives those around him to shun and outcast him once again, forcing him to forever move across the lands as a hermit.
Now, with no true home, Edwin stalks the lands looking for foul beasts and dark arcane magics to slay, convincing himself that by doing this he is using his accursed strength for the greater good, fighting fire with fire, and that he may be redeemed, or until his mind and soul eventually succumb to the Raven Queen’s whims…
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