Filknar the Terrible

A well-earned nickname

Filknar Linarn

Filknar the Terrible wasn't always known by this name. His birth name was Filknar Linarn and he was unremarkably non-terrible when he was a child. He earned himself the nickname after making sure dysvoll was even more overrun and terrorized by Dark Entities than before - which is indeed quite terrible.

I've heard many stories of Filknar the Terrible through the years. My mother used to use the story as a way to make me behave as a kid. I honestly don't know if any of it is true.

— Elken citizen

Life of the Terrible

Filknar was born around 260 ADF. The exact date isn't known, but most described him as being around 40-60 years old when he was on his vengeful and mean streak of bringing in more dark creatures to the world. He was born in the southern parts of Elken in a town that no longer exists. His mother and father were leather workers and made their living making primarily shoes, bags and waterskins.
Filknar had a normal childhood, he had to younger siblings, both his parents were alive throughout his childhood and he went to school. However, the older Filknar got, the more angry and aggresive he became. Filknar's area had a few dark entities here and there, but it was quite minor compared to other areas of Dysvoll. He saw how misserable peope were when these creatues were around, and he enjoyed it.

Obsession

Filknar became obsessed with the creatues and through a lot of research, he learned that they most likely stemmed from the dark magic possessed by Dark Fae and that humans are able to use the magic too, they just have to acquire the Dark Mark from a fae. He raved on about this to anyone and everyone, but due to the limited knowledge about fae at the time, they all took him for a raving lunatic. This angered Filknar, and he decided that they would pay.

Revenge

In 314 ADF, Filknar suddenly disappeared from town. Many people noticed his absense, because they'd become so used to his strange pressence. Some people thought he might've left due to a family emergency or maybe he'd wondered off into the mountains and gotten into an accident.
In reality, Filknar was plotting is revenge against all of his neighbours, who he felt had wronged him. He was so angered that they didn't take him seriously and so he would make them pay and have them realise that they were wrong, all in one go. Two flies with one swat.
He ventured around the continent for months, until he finally found what he was looking for: A gateway to the fae world. He was very lucky that it led to the dark realms, as it could've theoretically gone to any of the other fae clans. He was found by one fae who warned him to turn back and leave immediately. Filknar managed to fool this fae into giving him a dark mark and promptly fled, so the fae couldn't keep him prisoner.
With his new magical abilities, he slowly began learning magic. The fae had told him to be careful, since many humans end up suffering from Magic Rot. However, Filknar wasn't careful enough, and he soon began exibiting symptoms of magic rot, both mentally and physically. He had memory issued and decaying flesh, but even with this, he refused to stop.
He decided to make himself a staff to aid him, the idea was, that if he imbued it with lots of magical energy over time, he could use it to lean on when he needed lots of magical power, very fast. He was bad at drawing magic from the right places during times of stress, so if he stored some in the staff while he had time to concentrate, he might not cause himself even more symptoms of magic rot. This staff is later called Summoning Staff of Filknar the Terrible.
Filknar went back to his home town, where he procedded to open small portals to the dark realms and pull through dark entities, very violent ones. They ended up laying waste to the town as well as other settlements around it. Filknar was hunted down by the towns people and executed for his horrible crimes. Execution was unusual, but the townspeople knew they had no way to contain a magic user, and so they decided it was the only way to keep Filknar from doing even more horrible things.
After his execution, he gained the nickname Filknar the Terrible. This was how everyone reffered to him.

Conditions

• Dark Mark

Birthplace

southern Elken

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Dark brown

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Light tan