Dagan Vennet

Born in 1029, Dagan is the elder son of Casim and Rivka Vennet. In 1051 he would become their murderer and be responsible for the death of his sister Gwenaelle's husband Rykzer and younger brother Vankul. Known across the Isles of Aradia as a kinslayer, Dagan dropped off the map after the failed usurpation of his mother's seat. Only in 1086 would he return to civilization, a changed man - and not for the better. He is the leader of the League of Bastards. 
==Biography==
===Early Childhood (1029-1048)===
At 7 years old in 1036, he went through a phase of pulling girls' skirts up. That phase was brought to an abrupt halt shortly after his brother Vankul's birth when Zara Moon visited. After he attempted to pull up her skirt, she clocked him in the face, breaking his nose. 
===The Pirate War (1049-1051)===
===Kinslayer (1051)===
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He fled to Nagari, where in the port of Tonavi he was approached by a mage named Darva. She told him she had seen him in visions and dreams, he tried to wave her off as some palm-reader looking for a handout. But then she detailed to him what Kievos had said to him - the lies he had woven, how he was the cause of his brother's death at the hands of a drow named Reynis. This young man stared at her with wide eyes, but then accused her of being in league with the drow that had killed his brother. She told him other conversations he had been part of, moments of his life she had seen: past and future.
She told him she didn't know why it was so important that she found him, only that she knew her future was bound with his. Unknowingly, she fed into his hubris and this was one of the solidifying moments where Dagan Vennet believed he was destined for greatness.
===Destiny & The League of Bastards (1052-1055)===
Despite the age gap (Dagan 23 and Darva 38) and the obvious differences between the two, Dagan and Darva became friends. For a time they stayed in Nagari with Darva working as a palm-reader and Dagan as a mercenary-for-hire. However, as the Pirate War came to a close, Dagan approached Darva with his paranoia of being found in this place. The pair left with a group of veterans-turned-pirates. Dagan and the drow captain quickly came to blows and a mutiny was staged - Dagan became the new captain, unstoppable with his 'seer' by his side. 
But Dagan was no sea-faring pirate. He relied heavily on his crew to make the right decisions, and eventually there was a storm they couldn't outrun or outwit.
Many of the crew drowned, but the survivors - including Dagan and Darva - washed up on the island of Boulange, Coeur. Their pirate companions managed to calculate where they likely were, although they didn't know for certain which of the Coeur islands they had ended up on. Darva had never heard of this place, but Dagan had heard brief mention of a nation of savage half-dwarves. He claimed the Heartstone Family originated from one of the islands here, as did Klossner - the former bodyguard of Richard Holdenhome, and founder of House Klossner which Darva's half-sister Agnes had married into.
As the crew found ways to survive on this island, stories began to come out. A surprising number of the crew had been born of nobility - but cast aside as bastards, or their parents had noble blood without a legit claim due to their own questionable parentage. Darva finally revealed to Dagan who she was and how she should have been the heir to House Holdenhome. This formed a bond between them all and friendships began to cement. A strange nobility also began to seep into their community - Dagan was still their captain, but there was a newfound respect among them: it could have almost been called equality.
When they were attacked in the night by the tribal peoples of Boulange, their group fought together ferociously. The tribals who survived the encounter were taken captive and given two options - fight for Dagan, or die. After seeing the cohesiveness of his group and the power of his seer, they curiously chose to join them.
Word spread among the tribes. Chieftains came to prove their mettle against Dagan's forces, stupidly throwing themselves at the enemy without strategy. This bizarre proving of worth only served to train Dagan and make him stronger. He and his men became a strong fighting force and each fight only gained them more warriors - warriors that they began to train to be better, smarter.
Soon, Dagan was taking the fight to these tribes. He conquered left and right, a bloodlust stirring in him that Darva hesitantly admired. This was certainly not the future she had expected for herself, but she stayed at Dagan's side no matter what.
In 1055, after almost four years on the island, Dagan was being called The Conquerer of Boulange. Not only had he waged war or absorbed all the tribes on the island, he was now leader of the largest settlement. His crew were lords among the people, taking land and women, beginning families, and effectively colonizing this wild land.
And he wanted more.
=== Warlord (1056-1080)===
Through the remaining 1050s, Dagan took Terre and Regis' Cairn. It took another five years to conquer Minette and Pierre, and in 1065 Dagan was feared by all throughout Coeur. Darva had become known as a terrifying witch, most fearing her but some coming to her in hopes of learning her power. She took several apprentices and reached an extremely respected rank in society.
The taking of Delacroix was by far the most difficult military endeavor. But by 1071, Dagan's forces had swept through half the island and razed the place. The peoples of Coeur were not known for surrendering, nor did they expect mercy - but when they parlayed to join Dagan, it was clear he had won. He beheaded all the remaining chieftains to show he would not accept compromise. He had conquered these people with the killing of their leaders - and they accepted this.
In 1072, Darva was the one to lay a crown upon Dagan's head. They knew this coronation would not be considered legal in the eyes of mainland Aradian law, but what did it matter? No outsider accepted a King until they were under his boot themself.
The trivialities of rule chaffed on Dagan, but his ruthless methods got results. He formed a council of lords composed of many of his original crew, all of which were fiercely loyal to him - their king who had made them from paupers to nobles. The peoples of Coeur respected a strong leader and they appreciated their new way of life as outside ideas were implemented - medical treatments, economy, cultural additions, and many other concepts that were new to them. What they loved the most however, was the training that Dagan and his men could provide. These people loved a fight.
They loved a fight so much that when there was no one left to conquer, they demanded to travel across the seas. Dagan agreed this would be a possibility in the future, but that they would require much more training. And they needed ships.
Just before 1075 rolled around, a vision prompted Darva to advise Dagan of the Red Death. He pulled all piracy back until 1076 and medical preparations were put in place. The entirety of Coeur was only barely affected by the illness that ripped apart the rest of the world. This mercy of whatever gods truly existed, of destiny, again confirmed Dagan's belief that he was destined for greatness.
===Conspiring With & Against the Enemy (1081-1086)===
It was 1081, when Darva was 67 years old and Dagan was 52, when he finally came to her and said it was time to start planning their claims. As a human, he had a finite amount of time before his body would give out on him and eventually his mind. This was the time to take their lands, usurp their families, and produce heirs to preserve their greatness. It was clear that Darva's aging would proceed in the way of the drow. But Dagan was right, and they began plotting. They sent out agents from their League of Bastards - former pirates, or their new descendants. Darva's apprentices were assigned scries, able to watch these agents as they traversed the world.
===Current===
Dagan has devised a plan to put the League of Bastards on the map as a real threat.
==Skills and Abilities==
The early part of 31 years of leadership were carefully guided by Fluxhart, but Dagan is now a leader within his own right. He has a sound tactical mind, thinks outside-the-box, and provides wisdom for his people. 
Dagan is a warrior, skilled with many weapons, and his body bears the scars from battles and training. He has honed his body into weapon, but not neglected the newer arts of marksmanship.
==Author’s Notes==
* Dagan has a huge ego and believes he is destined for greatness. Any moment of success or being proven right only strengthens this belief to fanatical levels. (If Dagan lived in modern real times, he would be diagnosed with a Delusional Disorder, most likely)
* Dagan believes men are superior to women, but seems to exclude Fluxhart from his misogyny.
* For a time, Dagan did fancy Fluxhart but grew to realize she would be impossible to control as a wife, that he still wanted to see her as an equal.
* After killing Reynis Dul-Sansiska on the Tartaned Rose, he cut off her ear as a trophy.
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