Pinark
| Pinark of Amerue | |
|---|---|
| Titles | Vakast, of Amerue |
| Race | [[Ghoul (Kobold)]] |
| Age(At Death) | 86 |
| Date of Birth | Era Vetus, Year 263 |
| Date of Death | Era Vetus, Year 177 |
| Nationality | Vakaser |
| Nation | Vakaser Herders |
| Occupation | Vakast |
| Religion | Individual Patron |
| Languages | Common |
| Player | Krelanu |
| Status | Undead |
[[Category:Ghoul (Kobold) Characters]]
Pinark is a Vakaser Kobold returned as Ghoul and the current Vakast of his people. Among them he is considered a great Warlock, not necessarily as a result of exceptional skill but rather a healthy mix of aptitude, charisma and deception. Painfully aware of the relative insignificance and technological failings of his people, he is weary of the outside world and very interested in it at the same time, embarking on a course of careful adaption. He is not too proud to lick boots and stab backs to safeguard and advance his people, seeking especially to stay out of conflict with the dominant powers of the central continent.
Physical Features
Already a diminutive figure at the end of his life, undeath has made Pinark an even less impressive sight. His pale green scales are completely dried and shriveled and in some areas missing in patches from his time as a corpse. The transformation to ghoulhood has dulled his once yellow eyes, while also halting the progression of his cataract, making them look more blind while preserving their sight. Similiarly to this ironic opposition, undeath has also infused Pinarks thin limbs with a ghoulish strength and speed surpassing even that of his youthful prime.
He likes to dress in a dramatic fashion with a dozen charms and spells on his person at all times, often in special pockets obscured by flowing robes he may design, but never again sew himself.
History
Life
Upbringing
Born centuries before Era Nova, Pinark grew up among his people, traveling in the desert from temporary camp to temporary camp unlike present day Vakaser children, who spend their first years in the permanent safety of Amerue. Too young yet to participate in raids, he was set to maintanance duty, which means caring for and cleaning the only two things that warrant such special attention among the Vakaser: arms in the armory and the artifact collection of the Vakast.
Adulthood
When a Vakaser Kobold is not particularly skilled in combat, they are mostly left behind when fighting parties leave the camps and therefore spend all of their energy on learning a trade. In Pinarks case this was leatherworking and tailoring. With advanced age, he could no longer perform this kind of work as his sight and dexterity had deteriorated. Since his mind was the only thing loyal enough to stick around to old age, he instead served the tribe as caretaker of the young, nest warden and advisor to the Vakast in his last decade.
He never partnered with another Kobold and had no children, but took great delight regardless in the rearing of the young.
Death
He died of exhaustion right before the conquest of Amerue in 177 E.V., but since his return has worked hard to postpone his death a few days in history, attributing it to wounds from the battle, thus giving himself the title "of Amerue".
Undeath
Pinark rose from the desert sands again in 12 E.V. After wandering the desert on his own for a time he came back to tribal life and eventually made it to the position of Vakast by virtue of the wisdom and power his tribespeople assume in venerable age.
Personal Obession
Having not only found a second life in undeath, but strenght and power beyond anything Pinark experienced in his true life, he has become obsessed with the craft of reasing the dead and making them return from the grave on their own. To this end he questions his fellow sane undead to no end and studies the more advanced ones with careful attention to detail. Since he has already achieved undeath and therefore knows he cannot hope to rise again a second time, he is terrified of the ever beckoning madness and ghoul-hunger. For this reason Pinark is desperately seeking means to preserve his own existance as a sane person and exploring ways to make even the sunscorched remains of the undead come to conciousness again; in what he thinks will be an even more improved and longer lasting form, godhood.
Relationships
To be formed
Abilities
Physical Crafts
He is familiar with tanning and leatherworking but his true talent once lied in the fashioning of clothes. Fighting was never his strongsuit and while he did experience a little bit of it in his life, he remains reluctant to enter combat even with his new gained physical prowess as a Ghoul.
Magic
His magical abilities are hard to gauge, as Pinark will do his best to exaggerate them at every turn and is also an avid collector of artefacts and magical objects, so it is often impossible to say what can be attributed to myth or ancient craft. He has a pronounced interest in necromancy and the quest for imortatlity and has been working to increase to number of returned dead in the Vakaser tribe year by year.
Character posts
Character posts will mostly be done through his scribe, Hapha Kering
Gallery
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