Description
The crisply adorned human before you draws the attention of many passersby as
each moment they linger and stare brings up more questions. A clear runt of
the litter, his short stature as a male would bring normally a life of
ridicule and yet he carries himself like royalty. A sleek black robe lined
with ivory trim hugs his weakened somewhat bulbous dad-bod form - clearly
something once of value, it has now become marred with the wear of an
adventurer. Most of his equipment seems haphazardly collected; stitched
together from a local waste bin or rotting corpse and yet some of it shines
with polished care. Tight-fitting black moleskin gloves crack softly as his
hands perpetually open and close as if he enjoys the constricting noise. His
soft-red eyes are seemingly frantic with the night's possibilities, streaks
of spidery crimson criss-crossing over his irises completing a bloodshot
mess.
His most prominent feature is a dark hilarity in his face. It's the face of
the happily condemned, a face that radiates a horribly handsome warmth, a
face to send children crying to their mommies. On the fringes of his face and
nape of his neck is a collection of grime and dirt that creates a
dead-awakening fetid stench... and yet he carries a clean silk handkerchief
in his shirt pocket? Odd indeed.
With a skip in his step and a flourish from his robe, he waddles on.... a man
enjoying his mission with a passion in his step. Inquiring for further
detail, you spot the following...
Role
A Housewarming Gift
Added Sun Dec 6 13:13:26 2020 at level 1:
"Hmmm... yeeaaaaaaah, I don't remember this room at all. I mean, clearly it's
pathetic - Haelior would never tolerate such drab colors. Definitely not
here."
A young man across the room begins to back up nervously, his pleading eyes
lingering on the door being blocked by this strange pontificating outsider.
Regretting his choice to let him in, the simple man tried to ignore his
rising fear by answering some non existent question. "Never liked them colors
either, just got no coin t'change it."
Haelior started to slowly walk towards the side, tapping a finger to his
chin. The young man moved in matching slow motion like a trapped deer trying
to escape but Haelior swiftly twirled around on his heel and moved back to
block the door. The farmer froze in place as sweat began to pour down his
forehead.
"I remember... hmm. There was a boy, walking out of a burnt-out building.
Little runt, nothing to um, nothing like me of course." Haelior locks his
eyes on his audience and asks with a rehearsed kindness. "You're old
enough... clearly, do you remember anything like that?"
Fumbling for any response, the farmer tried his best to sound calm and failed
miserably. "Uhh, yeah no-... ah, I mean maybe? I ain't remembering much righ
now. Lotta stuff burns."
A devilish grin spread ever so slowly across Haelior's face that made the
farmer nearly piss himself. "Well, of course it does. Maybe I started it?"
With an impish wink and wolvish smile, the farmer this time did indeed
relieve himself. In a moment of pure panic, he bolted for fresh air.
"Ah-ah-ah, now don't be so rude! You are one of the early lucky, soon-to-be
many, that are going to see what happens when perfection never stops." With a
quick twiddle of his fingers and a mumbled phrase, the farmer faltered in his
sprint and unceremoniously slammed head first into the doorframe with a
sickening crunch.
"Well, that makes this next part easier." With a quick tightening of his
grip to crack some knuckles and a small little arm flex, Haelior closed the
door and began to whistle.
Fade to Black
Added Sun Dec 6 13:23:37 2020 at level 1:
Hidden within the wallboards of a false cave support just south of Galadon,
lies the remains of young Haelior's journal. His memory of its whereabouts
have long been forgotten - for some unknown reason, the pages are slowly
turning completely black.... as if Thera itself wants to erase something.
.==========11th Day of Freedom, Month of the Grand Struggle================.
| /
| Father and mother, friend of foes, what true weakness do they impose? /
| They took my tools today, I'll have to find new ones. They can't stop <
| me from sharpening wood can they? Idiots. We'll remember that look so \
.\ it can be frozen forever. Haelior Veranimea won't be held back by such/
. \ simple notions of c-________________________________________________/
. \__________________/
. ______________________________________________________________________
./ -er me they do. It's obvious now, I've scared them into silence. Go \
| play outside they say. Leave the other boys alone! Why not go walking \_
| and get some fresh air. Wash up for supper, you wouldn't want to catch a |
| cold! By the gods, I will swallow their souls and then rip the clouds out|
.\-f the sky and shove them down their throats! DO YOU NOT SEE WHAT I WIL-/
. \_-ECOME! No, of course not. All they see is this sack of blood but th-/
. \ for what power lies beneath. My bones are strong, my will is u-___/
. \______________________________________________________________/
. ____________________________________________________________________
./-iographer's note: Looks like I wrote this long ago - man, I was fu-\
/ one screwed up kid! Still no sign of where, probably for the best a-/
\ we wouldn't want interupti-.. _____________________________________/
.\_____________________________/
Only -my- dreams come true
Added Sat Jan 2 22:54:53 2021 at level 47:
Blinking out of one of his "beauty naps", Haelior let out a cat-like yawn and
shivered into consciousness. Sleep hadn't been doing much good lately and it
was starting to annoy him. "Must be the damn Gods again, messin' with me." He
turned his gaze upward at the night sky. "You wish you had this!" he yelled
out, grasping his groin and then chuckling to himself. When he got no
response, he childishly stuck his tongue out at the full moon.
Removing his cloak as makeshift blanket from his 'bed', Haelior stood up
slowly and began to stretch for a workout that would never come. His 'bed'
rolled over and began to sit up, one of his golems which had been facedown in
the earth. Haelior glanced over at the golem and muttered absently "Oh, clean
yourself off - you're going to get dirty and make me look bad! And next time,
flatten your head a bit - slam it into a wall or something". While the unholy
machination laggishly fumbled to strip dirt and flesh off of its face,
Haelior walked over to the local lake to have a look at himself.
Grinning immediately as he caught his own glance, he was always impressed how
impressive he looked. Widening the grin to comical size, something inside
stopped his moment of fun... that memory again.
***
You find yourself behaving courteously and righteously. You try to
scream, but nothing happens. Your blood boils as you try to wrest control of
your facial muscles away from someone else, but only manage to create a hint
of a sneer. You feel the other, tamer person with you - a partner in
consciousness...You both want the same things, but he holds you back. Why?
You recall planning that if and when you escape, you would become a twisted
perversion of him. Your name, too, would be a twisted perversion of his.
Haelior, rather than . . . Rather than that self-righteous fool that hides
his rage and fights others who have the strength to be what he wants to be.
The details of the memories slip through your grasp, though the feelings
still sing in your veins.
What was his name, again?
***
With an uncharacteristic enraged growl, Haelior lunged his fist into the pool
of water and glared like a madman at the shimmering visage.
"Ahrloire... you'll never get it back! NEVER!" Starting to pace along the
shore, he mumbled "What to do, what to do. Murder, love, sex?" He gagged for
an audience that wasn't there. "Noooooooo.... this time it'll be you who gets
tortured."
The serene lake rattled with his maniacal laughter.
PK Wins
Dec 13, 2020|Lv 19|Moudrilar's Monastery|Madoka vs 1: [19] Haelior (100%, chilling touch)
Dec 15, 2020|Lv 28|The Shadow Grove|Sertif vs 1: [28] Haelior (100%, chilling touch)
Dec 15, 2020|Lv 28|The Drogran Hills|Feldscren vs 1: [28] Haelior (100%, smash)
Dec 17, 2020|Lv 28|Udgaard|Asultal vs 1: [28] Haelior (100%, punch)
Dec 23, 2020|Lv 35|The Battlefield|Lonfedric vs 3: [30] Drellion (28%), [35] Haelior (18%, deathly touch), [34] Krugnuk (53%)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|The Inn of the Eternal Star|Guiburuey vs 3: [51] Narra (58%), [51] Vizzar (30%), [40] Haelior (10%, smash)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|Mausoleum|Grittode vs 2: [40] Vizgrathol (62%, icy needle), [40] Haelior (37%)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|Mausoleum|Saanders vs 2: [40] Vizgrathol (100%, claw), [40] Haelior (0%)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|The Tahril Mountains|Zydeki vs 2: [40] Vizgrathol (38%), [40] Haelior (61%, punch)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|Outside Hamsah Mu'tazz|Hamredat vs 2: [40] Vizgrathol (12%), [40] Haelior (87%, claw)
Dec 26, 2020|Lv 40|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Hamredat vs 2: [40] Haelior (81%), [40] Vizgrathol (18%, icy needle)
Dec 27, 2020|Lv 41|Mausoleum|Volkryn vs 1: [41] Haelior (100%, smash)
Dec 27, 2020|Lv 41|Coven of Dralkar Wood|Ubekoz vs 4: [41] Haelior (4%), [46] Mallister (26%), [42] Toulouia (54%, immolation), [45] Lutensus (14%)
Jan 1, 2021 |Lv 47|Eil Shaeria|Ganndretia vs 2: [51] Cejea (25%), [47] Haelior (74%, deathly touch)
Jan 5, 2021 |Lv 47|Ruins of the Deep|Brynala vs 3: [47] Haelior (59%, claw), [50] Nulgha (33%), [45] Khuon (6%)
Jan 5, 2021 |Lv 47|The Eastern Road|Khuon vs 3: [51] Kithervroy (37%), [47] Haelior (21%, punch), [50] Nulgha (41%)
Jan 18, 2021|Lv 47|East Sumner's Road|Orleenn vs 1: [47] Haelior (100%, punch)
Jan 18, 2021|Lv 47|East Sumner's Road|Lonfedric vs 2: [47] Haelior (83%, punch), [51] Nateh (16%)
Jan 19, 2021|Lv 47|Fortress of Light|Ubekoz vs 1: [47] Haelior (100%, punch)
Jan 21, 2021|Lv 47|The Eastern Road|Caamyr vs 3: [51] Vizgrathol (51%, immolation), [51] Kithervroy (36%), [47] Haelior (12%)
Jan 24, 2021|Lv 47|Fortress of Light|Derrideigh vs 2: [50] Nulgha (2%), [47] Haelior (97%, claw)
Jan 27, 2021|Lv 47|Hamsah Mu'tazz|Orleenn vs 2: [47] Haelior (17%), [51] Itzenxilaatl (82%, claw)
Jan 28, 2021|Lv 47|Udgaard|Anomandriax vs 1: [47] Haelior (100%, smash)
Feb 10, 2021|Lv 47|BattleRager Village|Veldren vs 2: [47] Haelior (81%, punch), [51] Tristhana (18%)
Feb 12, 2021|Lv 47|The Imperial Palace|Swuini vs 3: [46] Atrellio (23%), [41] Harguk (46%, crush), [47] Haelior (30%)
Feb 17, 2021|Lv 47|The Eastern Road|Faeranduil vs 1: [47] Haelior (100%, word of death)