Kalen Dren - - Kalen Dren Kalen Dren was a human Paladin who believed in the Threefold God and was the primary crusader of the Eye of Justice . He lead a dual life as a member of an elite Waterdeep guard unit and vigilante crime fighter . Kalen suffered from a spellscar which numbed his body . The lack of feeling aided him when fighting but he did not experience pleasurable sensations as others did . Kalen believed his spellscar will eventually kill him . Description . Kalen had dark hair and colorless pupils . Although he had the ability to heal himself , he refused to use divine magic whenever he accidentally shed the blood of an innocent . Because of this , his body was covered with old scars . Abilities . Like the other wielders of Vindicator , Kalen could recall the sword to his hand , no matter where the sword was . Kalen was able to summon grey spiritual armor to surround his body . Possessions . Kalen wore leather armor and carried the epic bastard sword Vindicator , a blade once used by the god Helm . He wore a helmet to hide his identity as Shadowbane and had magic boots which allow him to run faster and jump farther than normal humans can . Relationships . Kalen was life - long friends with Cellica whom he regarded as a sister . His vows as a Paladin did not prevent him from taking lovers . He had a past relationship with his commanding officer , Araezra Hondyl , which seems to have ended amicably . Kalen slept with Fayne , a fey ' ri , causing Myrin ( who had a crush on Kalen ) to be heartbroken when she saw them together . He had a close platonic relationship with Leeera , one of Sune ' s priestesses . Rhett idolized Kalen and wanted to be his apprentice but Kalen refused due to guilt over Vaelis . History . Early Life . Kalen was an orphan and was raised in Luskan by a rogue who took in children and used them in his criminal operation . While at the " orphanage " , he met a young halfling named Cellica and the two became close friends . As he was begging on the streets one day he met the Paladin Gedrin Shadowbane who gave him the sword Vindicator , made him promise never to beg for anything again and cuffed him on the ear so he would remember the promise . Kalen joined Gedrin ' s church , the Eye of Justice , and travelled to Waterdeep with Cellica where he was trained by Levia Shadewalker . Waterdeep . He joined the Waterdeep guard and was gravely wounded in a battle in the late 1470 ' s DR . During the battle , he took an arrow intended for an officer named Araezra Hondyl , saving her life . Although he recovered from his wounds , he continued to behave as though he was disabled so that no one would suspect that he was the vigilante Shadowbane . Araezra took Kalen on as her aid although he wasn ' t expected to engage in combat because of his supposed disability . In his Shadowbane persona , he roamed Downshadow in the upper levels of Undermountain rescuing damsels in distress and performing other noble deeds . In 1479 DR he intervened during a fight in Downshadow between a high ranking priestess of Sune , Lorien Dawnbringer , and an evil dwarven monk known as Rath . This incident brought him into contact with members of his guard patrol who didn ' t recognize him because of his helm . Over the next few days Kalen had several other encounters with the city guard and even eluded them on a wild rooftop chase through Waterdeep . During one of the encounters , Vindicator was taken by Areazra , although she returned the sword several days later after she discovered that Kalen was Shadowbane . Shortly afterwards , Kalen came upon a strange blue fog that contained a crying young woman with blue hair . The woman was Myrin whom he rescued and took back to the rowhouse he shared with Cellica . Myrin was a wizard from Westgate who had been trapped in an intradimensional space by the Spellplague for nearly 100 years . She had an extremely powerful spellscar which allowed her to use another person ' s magical abilities if they were near her . Myrin attracted the attention of Lilten , the high priest of Beshaba , who made several attempts to kidnap her . Rath , one of Lilten ' s minions , was finally successful and abducted Myrin and took her to a belltower . Kalen tracked Rath to Downshadow where the two dueled . Rath jumped through a magical gate which led from Downshadow to the tower and Kalen followed and bested Rath by knocking him off the belltower . Rather than kill Rath , Kalen turned him over to the city watch . At some point in 1479 or 1480 DR Kalen took a young apprentice named Vaelis who was apparently killed accidentally by Kalen . After his failure with Vaelis , he felt guilty and no longer worthy to wield Vindicator . In fact , the blade burned his hand although because of his spellscar he hardly noticed . Luskan . In 1480 DR Kalen received a cryptic message that Myrin might be in trouble in Luskan and he traveled to the city . At the city gate , Kalen gave Vindicator , which he no longer felt worthy of , to a young guardsman named Rhett . While in Luskan , he was confronted by an enforcer for the Dead Rats gang , captured and brought to the Rat ' s tavern . Myrin had been captured by the Dead Rats earlier and , in order to keep her docile , had been told she was the new leader of the gang . Myrin convinced the Rats to release Kalen . Kalen spent time poking around the city with Myrin in search of the cause of the Fury plague that was sweeping Luskan . Kalen decided that Luskan need more order so he spent ten days beating the rival gangs into submission . He then called a public meeting to select a king of Luskan . The meeting , which was attended by all the Luskan gangs deteriorated into a huge melee . During the fighting , the demon Scour attacked , killing many people although Kalen and Myrin survived . Lilten told Kalen and Myrin that Scour was in the Luskan underground . The duo , along with Rhett and Sithe found Scour and apparently destroyed him . Westgate . Later in 1480 DR , Kalen and Myrin traveled to Westgate in an attempt to determine what became of Rhett . While in Westgate , Kalen found that there were two others who claimed the Shadowbane title : Rhett and his first apprentice Vaelis . Kalen fought and defeated Vaelis , cutting off his arm during the fight . Appearances . " Downshadow " " Shadowbane "