Riyeras Niltek
Riyeras Niltek
Riyeras Niltek was born in Northern Achogon to a human mother, named Catherine Niltek. He never met his father, who disappeared before he was born. Riyeras was barely given any attention by his mother, as she had to tend to the family farm on her own. Riyeras, being taught by his peers when he visited the nearby town of Vashton to be loyal to the empire, and eventually decided that training for the national assassin's guild was the way to exercise that loyalty.
When he graduated, his first assignment was to hunt down a half-elven child who had been caught performing sorcery. This child put up quite the fight and escaped, while his entire family other than the father was arrested. Riyeras was annoyed at not being able to complete the job, and he never failed another assignment, up until one fatal mistake.
After killing a wizard librarian, Riyeras happened across writings of a prophecy that told of a sorcerer rising to power on the day of the triple eclipse and using their magic to terrible ends, and found that the sorcerer's weakest point would be at the beginning of the second eclipse. He deduced that the sorcerer would probably be somewhere on Jebesea, and decided to deal with this sorcerer if he got the chance.
A little while after uncovering this prophecy, Riyeras had just finished an international assignment in Equan when he met Rhinestone, a talking panther with some arcane knowledge, as well as highly limited knowledge of the prophecy.
They communicated for the months leading up to the triple eclipse, deciding what to do. As a side, Riyeras was paid by prince Johann to dispose of Prince Fergus, and was going to complete the task after he and Rhinestone had dealt with the sorcerer. Finally, on the day of the first two eclipses, they found some travelers who considered themselves capable fighters. He also noticed the half-elven child he had failed to kill back then, which he also believed to be the sorcerer in the prophecy, partially due to the fact that he hadn't seemed to age, but didn't tell any of the others.
The group headed out to Lake Gondolin, where Riyeras then stabbed Naeris, the half-elven child, through the heart, killing him instantly. The others, including Rhinestone, immediately attacked him, mortified at such an act. Naeris then rose up from the dead, having had a shadow enter his body, and sent a shadowy harpoon through Riyeras, killing him.
A few days later, Riyeras was resurrected by the royal adviser, who then hired him to hunt down and kill Nigh Must. He had a brief encounter with prince Johann, as well as the brother of a diplomat he had killed five months back. He saved them from someone who was attacking them at the time. He then ran off, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
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