Varth

Varth grew up in the poor city of Llorkh where he developed a great distaste for the rich and powerful. He decided at 14 to commit his life to bring down people such as this, with the belief that power corrupts all.

Feeling his hatred Thules, god of mischief, appeared to him in a dream and offered him the power that he sought. He joined Thules's three other assassins who trained him to be a ruthless killer, together they became known as The Four Calamities, and their legend spread throughout the kingdom.

One day, Thules assigned The Four to take down their biggest target yet, the queen of The Wandering Vale. In his spying of the queen, Varth saw that the queen was a genuinely good person who cared for her people and he fell in love with her. The night of the assassination Varth stops his three teachers from killing her. He silently took them all down until a final clash of blades that awoke the queen and alerted the guards outside.

Varth manages to escape the city but is visited by a furious Thules that night in his dreams who curses him for his insubordination. Varth is now bound to Thules and remains in his servitude to him until the end of his days.

30 years later, Varth receives a letter from the queen and even with the curse, he cannot help but heed her call to action, no matter the cost.