Post by Harkker on Aug 9, 2013 4:13:57 GMT
« on: April 19, 2013, 05:12:01 PM »
Long has it been known that mercenaries have always been in and around the city of llium waiting to be hired. Often flush with coin, the mercenaries would seek drink and companionship, often coming to a small cottage in town called the garden. Life was dangerous for the ladies of the garden and even more so for their unwanted children.
23 years ago (Sept 2007 real time) the holy avengers led by the charismatic champion Sir Talos Trueheart started a campaign to root out evil within the kingdom. Racism and ego corrupted the holy avengers more than the evil they wished to uproot, and soon several paladins started to fall from grace within their group. It was during this time that the mother of Lonnie and Kiri, caught the eye of Sir Bryce a low standing paladin with the group. He would often come to Illium to seek out the mercenaries and hire them for the Holy avengers missions and it was during one such visit that he tried to force the pairs mother to return his affection. Somehow the conflict became heated and all women and children within the building, were consumed in a fire. The Holy avengers at the time claimed that they were practicing infernal heresy and that the building had to be burned down. Their main political rivals of the holy avengers at the time noted that there were children in the remains to which the holy avengers claimed they were Halflings.
Only 2 people were not consumed in the fire having been sent on an errand just before Sir Bryce burned the building down. The only living proof that the household was not indeed a demonic pit, Lonnie and Kiri were placed in Sir Bryce's care for his failure to safeguard the Holy avengers name. Sir Bryce was rejected by his deity for his sins and took it out on the pair the whole while pretending to still be in Avar's favor with his peers. He was a harsh master who beat them at the slightest sign of disrespect.
The older of the two siblings Kiri, did her best to protect her slower more dim witted brother, who would often get the worst of the beatings. The two bonded by abuse, formed a tight trust.
14 years ago the two spent time at a Gypsies circus and the idea of escaping started to plant itself in their heads, but before they could enact their plan Kiri showed the first signs of lycanthropy and a string of savage killings were reported. Sir Bryce discover what had happened to Kiri and being unable to call upon Avar's favor and unable to ask other Avarian's for aid without risking his secret shame he chained her in a makeshift cage in his basement. Lonnie was beaten when he tried to free her, and escaped on his own.
Kiri was left in the cage every full moon to be tortured by sir Bryce. Holy Water tortures, exorcisms and the rest for years turning Kiri into a feral animal.
Lonnie in the mean time found the cult of yablick and became a full priest returning to save his sister from the horrible fate. The two fled the Sir Bryce and the church of Avar, instead joining the shadow assassins guild and eventually using Kiri's raw physical might and Lonnie's pure spiritual power eventually took over the guild under the streets of Kalamon.
Long has it been known that mercenaries have always been in and around the city of llium waiting to be hired. Often flush with coin, the mercenaries would seek drink and companionship, often coming to a small cottage in town called the garden. Life was dangerous for the ladies of the garden and even more so for their unwanted children.
23 years ago (Sept 2007 real time) the holy avengers led by the charismatic champion Sir Talos Trueheart started a campaign to root out evil within the kingdom. Racism and ego corrupted the holy avengers more than the evil they wished to uproot, and soon several paladins started to fall from grace within their group. It was during this time that the mother of Lonnie and Kiri, caught the eye of Sir Bryce a low standing paladin with the group. He would often come to Illium to seek out the mercenaries and hire them for the Holy avengers missions and it was during one such visit that he tried to force the pairs mother to return his affection. Somehow the conflict became heated and all women and children within the building, were consumed in a fire. The Holy avengers at the time claimed that they were practicing infernal heresy and that the building had to be burned down. Their main political rivals of the holy avengers at the time noted that there were children in the remains to which the holy avengers claimed they were Halflings.
Only 2 people were not consumed in the fire having been sent on an errand just before Sir Bryce burned the building down. The only living proof that the household was not indeed a demonic pit, Lonnie and Kiri were placed in Sir Bryce's care for his failure to safeguard the Holy avengers name. Sir Bryce was rejected by his deity for his sins and took it out on the pair the whole while pretending to still be in Avar's favor with his peers. He was a harsh master who beat them at the slightest sign of disrespect.
The older of the two siblings Kiri, did her best to protect her slower more dim witted brother, who would often get the worst of the beatings. The two bonded by abuse, formed a tight trust.
14 years ago the two spent time at a Gypsies circus and the idea of escaping started to plant itself in their heads, but before they could enact their plan Kiri showed the first signs of lycanthropy and a string of savage killings were reported. Sir Bryce discover what had happened to Kiri and being unable to call upon Avar's favor and unable to ask other Avarian's for aid without risking his secret shame he chained her in a makeshift cage in his basement. Lonnie was beaten when he tried to free her, and escaped on his own.
Kiri was left in the cage every full moon to be tortured by sir Bryce. Holy Water tortures, exorcisms and the rest for years turning Kiri into a feral animal.
Lonnie in the mean time found the cult of yablick and became a full priest returning to save his sister from the horrible fate. The two fled the Sir Bryce and the church of Avar, instead joining the shadow assassins guild and eventually using Kiri's raw physical might and Lonnie's pure spiritual power eventually took over the guild under the streets of Kalamon.