NAME CHARACTERS OF HUMANITY The human faction is divided in kingdoms and tribes, loyal followers of Odyiir, worshipping and singing to the mighty Warlord, in their own way, along with fighting in their own unique style of warfare. These are three major characters from the Human faction, currently. Great heroes, lords, and warriors that rouse to fame with accomplishing great deeds.
Name: Van Den Hellion Tittle: King of the Ironcrown. Faction: Valnahien Iron-warriors. Weapon: Broadsword. Weapon Name: Battle Crying Fang. Class: Melee Specialist. Territory: Valnahein Kingdom. Famed Mount: Razorwing. Appearance: Light skinned, green eyed, muscular man, with golden huge semi-curly hair like Twisted Sister, wearing a open brown leather-sleeveless vest, a right thick two-layered shoulder pauldron with dark brown leather straps across his pecks, spiked wrist-bands, one leather thick semi-long glove on his right hand, and on his left arm is covered in silver armor like a knight with a gauntlet, a thick belt with a silver and iron belt buckle on the shape of the symbol of the Valnahien-a skull with iron crown, long dark skinny pants with thick long knee-armor with two layers, and a pair of heavy armored greaves and spiked boots. Background: Van Den Hellion was once a monster hunter, from the north of Deisnidder. He was a strong warrior that used to hunt and face northern wyverns, that tormented the area. Hellion, has always possess great strength, charisma, and mastering a iron broadsword, no other man of the North could rival this wyvern-slayer. Cause of this many warriors from across the territory started to gather under his name, at first he was against leading, preferring to stand and fight alone. Until one night, while training with his blade, a thunderbolt struck near the area without any stormclouds in the night sky. Hellion checked the area and found a mighty sword with the maw of demon as it guard in pristine steel. Taking the blade, he knew it was a sign from the God of Heavy Metal, Odyiir, as the ground showed the symbol of the small settlement of Valnahien. Waking the men that have come to fight under him, lead the small force of a hundred northmen to the edge of Deisnidder. After a five day travel, he and his warriors arrived at Valnahien, being attacked by a large gnoll pack, seeing this was the reason that the Warlord, has called to Hellion, with a mighty roar that shake mountain he lead his warriors to battle. Even with overwhelming odds, he and his warriors manage to come out the battle victorious, and Hellion personally slew and beheaded the gnoll chieftain, earning him the admiration of the people and local guard of the settlement. He believed his task was done, when the sounds of Heavy Metal echoed across the fields and shun a shining light upon him. Odyiir choose him as the leader and defender of Valnahien, and there he remained, as their new king. Over the years, the name Van Den Hellion grew, along with his heroic accomplishments. Expanding and improving Valnahien into a great city, slaying many vile enemies from gnolls, to wraiths, and even a Infernal Duke from the demons, amassing a huge horde of skulls from those vanquish, and the top the skull of his most trusted warrior and commander placing his ironcrown onto his skull, earning him the moniker of Ironcrown King. Other deeds he tamed a Greater Wyvern as his beast and mount, a true warrior and noble king. Earning the respect of the other kings of the land, and gathering many, many warriors under the banner of Valnahien.
Name: Aaron Luxor Draiman Tittle: Arch-King of the Shouting Palace. Faction: Neved Arch Court. Weapon: Great Warhammer. Weapon Name: The Destroyer of Silence. Class: Melee Warsinger-Singer. Territory: Neved Kingdom. Appearance: Mighty man of a bald head, reddish-brown eyes, has short silver earrings and silver spike stud under his lower lip, a small scuffle on his chin, a semi-full set of golden heavy armor with wide-thick collar and no arm-armor and underneath he wears long sleeved black shirt, red loincloth underneath his thick golden waist-armor, black bands on each of his fingers. Background: Luxor Draiman, began as a devoted monk and warsinger of Heavy Metal, and follower Odyiir. A member of the monk order of warsingers, known as the Brotherhood of the Striken Hammers. Since his young age, trained in the ways of war and harness the power of Source of Rage, gifted with no only great physical strength but also a blessed voice to sing great warsongs to Odyiir. His order aside from teaching the glory of Odyiir's Metal to the masses across the land of Neved and beyond, but also strike down the vile creatures that stand against mankind, from the awful Nightbourne, the vile undead Wraiths, and worse the accursed unholy Demons. Luxor, was dedicated and a great protector of the people, a strange quality for a member of the Striken Hammers. But he didn't care cause of his compassion and his devotion to the God of Heavy Metal, many people started to rise up, and fight alongside him and his brothers of his order. He served the Striken Hammers order for years, and has even managed to slay the infamous Black Lich, that has terrorized Neved for many, many years, and was even the reason that he became a member of the Striken Hammers, from one of the Black Lich's attacks. But just as prosperity and glory was rising in the kingdom of Neved, tragedy happen when the king, Phious Maxum, started to become radical, oppressing and draining the poor with increased tax, stricter and crueler laws and punishment, and even instructing the Striken Hammers to carry out cruel punishments and purges on the populace, claiming them heretics. Suspecting something amiss, Luxor gathered the more sensible members of the Striken Hammers, and amass a large amounts of populace to uncover the reason for the madness of King Maxum. This lead into a civil war, but seeing his people fighting and killing one another, Luxor raised his famed golden warhammer into the air, and began singing a warsong of such intensity, fury, and power that the clouds split apart, and a golden light shun down in the image of their God, Odyiir. Seeing this the Neved people stopped fighting, and kneeled before Luxor, once he stopped his warsinging, the civil war ended and he continued his march to the Shouting Palace of Neved. Once there he revealed the truth behind the kind madness, and a darker conspiracy. The king was killed long ago, his soul taken and body used by a ancient enemy the Black Lich, that sought to destroy Neved from within and lead a legion of wraiths buried underneath the Palace. The war between Luxor and the Black Lich, began and lasted for months, until finally Luxor cornered his mortal enemy and using the power of Rage, from Heavy Metal to smite and truly destroy the Black Lich once and for all, but many wraiths still remained. Uniting all the people of Neved he purged the undead from the land, and Luxor was meet with thousands, upon thousands men and women, kneeling with his brothers as well among those kneeling, after that day not only did Luxor, became the arch-patriarch of his former order, but the king of Neved. Earning the title of Arch-King, still a devoted monk warsinger of Heavy Metal, and great king that leads Neved to prosperity and honor to Heavy Metal.
Name: Damon Demonmark Tittle: The Lord of the Kioss Tribe. Faction: Kioss Tribe. Weapon: Thorn Scepter. Weapon Name: Roaring of Beasts. Class: Warsinger-Singer. Territory: Kioss Forest. Appearance: A great man of light skin, that paints his face in white with his eyes painted in black marks, with large black hair with the upper-center front tied up by a thin band, and amber colored eyes, he wears a black wood and vine made spike crown on his head, a large black furred thick coat over him, bones from beasts made into armor from a fanged necklace, a pair of draconian skulls as shoulder pauldrons, great bear ribcage with some iron plates on the ribs, serving as a chestplate, black tights underneath his armor, he has a pair of open-finger wrist silver plates with black straps and gloves that reach below his elbows, and a pair of silver knee-high armored platted boots with demon faces on the tops with red rubies, attached to the eyes of the toe-tips of the boots. Background: The Kioss tribe is one of the few humans group that kept their barbaric and tribal cultures of old age. Residing in the Kioss Forest, which they name themselved after, living in harmony with the wilds of the forest, and overcoming the beasts that dwell within it. From great black bears that double the size of a grown man, and great lizards that stalk and hunt in the dark known as Shadow Drakes. But the Kioss have managed to face and even hunt these beasts, using them for food, materials, and offerings to their God, Odyiir. Among the tribe, there is a man name Damon, very strong and capable warsinger with the voice of a demon with great power and ability with Heavy Metal. Since his young adulthood, he was a strong warsinger capable of using powerful songcraft and cunning to hunt great monsters alone, providing his worth and power to his tribe. For his skills and ability to use the power of the Source of Rage, he was granted a special staff made from the impaler thorns of one the deadliest plants of the forest. That staff became his weapon, and he became the head of the Ritual-singers of the tribe. Creating new warsongs, and gaining great respect and support from his fellow tribesmen, but then one day something unexpected came into their territory. Outsider that have forsaken their true cultures and traditions of their people have come into their forest, and started to chop down trees and waste greatly the bounty that Black Bears and the Shadow Drake can provide. Damon was among those that saw these invaders, and desacrators, Damon watched as the more hothead members of the tribe attacked and were easily killed, by the outsiders weapons, one being able to amplify the voices of the warsingers this greatly intrigued the young Damon, and he started to plan. Changing his clothing into more darker colors to hide among the ambient, and he snuck into the outsiders camp and stole a Echoing Scepter, and other resources from the invaders. Returning to the tribe's settlement, and presented what he learned, and show what he has stolen...steel and iron. Listening to Damon's words, and plan the Kioss tribe began to wear darker clothing and gear, sneaking into the camp of the enemy and stealing more, learning more of their enemies like their fighting capabilities and how to use their newly acquired gear and weapons. With this knowledge Damon merged his staff with the echoing scepter, and created his legendary scepter called the Roaring of Beasts, enhancing his warsinging and songcraft abilities. Under Damon's lead they tamed Black Bears and rode them, and using metallic paint they applied war-paint onto their faces, as a method to intimidate and cause panic among their enemies. At the late hours of the night, Damon lead a attack, it was a massacrer for their enemies, as they surrounded, and overwhelmed the outsider, and the few survivors that escaped the Kioss' assault, mentioned him a white and black demon with a red long tongue. Resulting in Damon gaining his second name, Demonmark. Seeing Damon's intelligence and ingenuity along with clear favor from Odyiir, he was made the tribe-chief, and under him the Kioss manage to fully conquer the Kioss Forest. Defending it from vile outsiders, ranging from knights of a outside tribe, grey skinned creature (dark elves), and savage houndmen (gnolls). Many great concerts dedicated to Odyiir have been song, in honor for the expansion and spread of the tribe. For years Damon Demonmark has reigned, even forming many classes and ranks among the tribe, defending their domain and erecting altars to Odyiir within and at the edge of Kioss Forest.