Rewyn Horne, Herald of Vayt

[Rewyn Horne]

Timeline The following is a brief summary of events that have transpired from the beginning of Rewyn's history write-up to the present day in Mizahar. -- 477 A.V -- Born. -- 489 A.V -- Enlisted into the Ebonstryfe training regime. Soon gathers the belief that Rhysol is craven. -- 492 A.V -- Cast from the regime for his insolence, creates emotional rift between he and his brother. Hardened by the punishment he received, and eager to prove his worth elsewhere. -- 493 A.V -- Discovers false father died of illness, takes up residence in his home. Spends nights at taverns until he encounters a sellsword company under the instruction of a man named Murs, who is actually his birth father. Befriends Murs and his sellswords, and is offered a spot amongst them. -- 496 A.V -- Watches as fellow sellswords are burned and tortured by a craven witch, learns the value of friendship and trust. Begins to truly understand the way the world works, and how quickly things can go wrong. -- Inexorable -- Sellsword company encounters the witch. -- 497 A.V -- After four years under Murs' command, Rewyn and his fellows are ambushed by unknown assailants. A large portion of Murs' company is slain, and he himself takes an arrow to the thigh. After six days at sea, Murs dies, and Rewyn never knew that he was his true father. Returns to Ravok to find his brother, only to find him killed for a traitor and a coward. -- 498 A.V -- Drowns himself in alcohol and his readings, trying to find a way to revive his fallen sibling from the grave. Turns to learning Spiritism, in hopes he can bring Horwyn's ghost to him. Vayt intervenes, as Horwyn died of poison; and poisons are his dominion. In anger, Vayt marks Rewyn with his Gnosis, so that it may burn him if he continues his meddling. Marked with Other, a voice that speaks to him from inside his head. -- 499 A.V - 503 A.V -- Spends his time travelling in search of knowledge, attempting to uncover secrets and information on various types of magic. Stays in Sahova for three weeks of the summer, reading and gathering information in the Grand Library. Leaves Sahova for Zeltiva. -- 504 A.V -- History ends, devotes himself to Vayt. Travels from Syliran Wildlands to Zeltiva, in hopes of heightening his understanding of Spiritism and poisons. Arrives in Zeltiva on 20th of Winter, 504 A.V. -- 505 A.V -- Remains in Zeltiva, studying poisons and attempting to unveil a forbidden book on Spiritism. Vayt is yet to reveal his intentions with Rewyn, and Other seems to have gone dormant for the time. Inability to locate the book flares Rewyn's frustration. -- 506 A.V -- Vayt makes contact with Rewyn, in hopes of helping him locate the book he has been searching for. Other also re-arises, begins pestering Rewyn. Reimancy Riddles is located with Vayt's help, and for the first time Rewyn begins to respect his deity. Vayt commands he spread his name across the smallfolk, namely the poor and unhappy, all over Mizahar. Rewyn preaches his name and teachings amongst some commonfolk who have an ill-faith in the world, before leaving Zeltiva on the 4th of Spring, 506 A.V. -- 507 A.V -- Travels the Syliran Wildlands a third time in his life, this time as an armed guard for a merchant caravan that peddles food and clothing to the small, exposed villages that dot the lands. During these travels he begins to feel his Gnosis plague him, and his hair begins to go thin and white, his face wrinkled and pallid. During his time with the caravan, Rewyn impels the smallfolk to revel in Vayt's ways, for he begins to believe the God of Blight truly is the deity of balance and order. -- 508 A.V -- Merchant caravan suffers heavy losses, and travel ends at Sunberth. Being a lawless town full of rogues, beggars and brigands, Rewyn begins weeding out the city's underlings, so he may force his lordships name and purpose upon them. Small skirmish ensues between Rewyn and a group of ''knights'', who worship the name of Tyveth and the fallen Sylir, seeing him as an advocate of evil. -- 509 A.V -- Leaves Sunberth with a small company of followers, bound for Taldera. Reaches Avanthal in the early winter, allowed entry into the city by posing as a merchant caravan. Stays inside Avanthal for the rest of winter, although is caught advocating the word of Vayt, and is banished, along with his accrued following. Roams the Northern Reaches searching for more hopefuls, until Vayt tells him that his current are unfaithful, and should be murdered through poisons. Rewyn does as his lord commands, and so begins his deranged demeanor. -- 510 A.V -- Travels from the Northern Reaches back to Syliran Wildlands, with the half a dozen faithful he was not ordered to kill. There, they part ways, as Rewyn instructs them to spread the word of their deity on their own accords. Now the owner of an Avanthalian Sleigh Horse, Rewyn dons an old cloak and buys a crude oak wagon, and begins preaching the name of his lordship openly, travelling from town to town. Those who shun him are killed, and those who join him are treated poorly. Acquires the false name 'Scourge' as his appearance grows more and more sallow. -- 511 A.V -- Still spreading Vayt's name like it were a plague itself, Rewyn is confronted by a small band of knights from Syliras, sent to put an end to the preaching of a dark god. The fight leaves Rewyn with a perpetual limp after a spear enters his thigh, though he manages to kill two men and escape with his life. Spends the rest of the year trying to overcome the limp, remaining stationed in Ravok, where the judgement of the Windoak is beyond any man. Moves back into his deceased fathers house, and begins forming small gatherings amongst the city, as well as continuing his practice of Spiritism. -- 512 A.V -- Agile enough to walk and ride properly again, Rewyn leaves Ravok to find a master of poisons. A Kelvic by the name of Garth Eagleclaw, who roams the Wildlands doing the bidding of their lordship. Although Vayt sends him to learn Garth's secrets, Garth does not want to give them up. Reluctantly enough, he does, though trouble ensues. Garth is killed, and Rewyn is empowered in his death. Vayt names him his herald and his hand, entrusting he will carry out the work of Garth. With the death of such a superior figure to Vayt, Rewyn believes he himself could ascend to godhood, and mayhap replace the God of Pestilence himself. -- 513 A.V -- Though he views ascension as a possibility, Rewyn chooses not to act on it, understanding the limit of his power. He spends the year in Syliras, Ravok and the lands between, carrying out whatever his master wishes him to do. By now he appears a dozen years older than he truly is, his hair white and thin, his face gaunt and pale. He has lost the brawn he once had, but still has the strength and speed in his swordplay. Discovers this when he is ambushed by The Flayed Brothers, a sellsword company with combat methods as savage as Myrian culture. Kills a dozen or so of the attackers, sends six fleeing and captures one. A third of the winter is spent torturing the mercenary to unveil the reasoning behind the ambush. The man dies before he retrieves any answers from him. Despite his victory, Rewyn receives a slash over his eye that renders him partially blind. -- 514 A.V -- Though his sight never fully recovers, he gains enough of his vision in his weakened eye back to see properly again. Much of the year is spent in his cups and in his books, bitter over his poor vision in the right eye. Vayt soon begins to discern his loyalties, though Rewyn proves them when he slays a small group of brigands who opposed him. Allows Other to take over a portion of his mind, though often argues in disagreement with the voice. His waning sanity renders the voice one of his only friends, as Rewyn grows bitter and isolated from the world. The end of the year sees him travel to The Northern Reaches once more, though his purpose is unknown to even him. -- 515 A.V -- Present year, currently lingering about The Northern Reaches as he makes a slow journey to Avanthal, hoping his appearance has changed enough to allow him passage. He seeks knowledge inside.