Duvark Greysteel

“Choices fall away, without you even noticing, until there are very few left, and you realize that you are nothing but what you are.”
-Duvark Greysteel
== History ==
The knight Duvark Greysteel was a compatriot of the other two other preeminent warriors of Stormhold, Sid Blackwood and Sceledrus Kane. While Blackwood became a general on the kingdom's frontier, and Kane commanded troops in the capital, Greysteel became bodyguard and chief military adviser to King Rainer. He was presumably instrumental in the decision to gather a host of adventurers to hunt down Nelgeroth and his cultists, and had a front row seat to observe the King's mental decline. Despite his anger at the machinations of his fellow adviser and the kingdom's effective ruler, Adyra Alderstar, he abided by his oath of loyalty to the ailing king, defending him from Sceledrus Kane's rebels. 
At some point in the past, Duvark Greysteel mysteriously came into possession of an adamantine dwarven dagger, an objective never sold or given to outsiders. He wielded a flaming greatsword in battle, and was considered the greatest warrior in the kingdom, though he was not, as often assumed, a paladin. 
Even after almost everyone else had abandoned the ailing king, Greysteel continued his mission. Only when confronted by his old friend Sid Blackwood with proof of Alderstar's treachery did he finally stand aside and allow the Steel Jackals access to the king, although doing so shamed him greatly. After Blackwood's death and Alderstar's flight, Greysteel remained as the only surviving official in Stormhold, and the king's right-hand man in the wars to come. 
== Personality ==
Duvark Greysteel was unfailingly brave and deeply committed to his oath of loyalty to King Rainer, standing by the increasingly imbecilic monarch as the kingdom began to unravel around them. He kept his reservations to himself and was willing to face death before dishonor. He was a realistic - sometimes fatalistic - thinker, and fair in his dealings with others. Extremely passive, he was deeply unwilling to take any decisive actions that went beyond his duties, even if such actions were obviously necessary. 
Category:Lands of Löthur
Category:Kingdom of Stormhold
Category:Lawful Neutral