Aelfgar Edman

Aelfgar is an Undead, Plague-infected Human that was consumed by a Plague Creature after his death in his home village. He somehow recovered from the creature's husk.
The Plague is slowly chipping away at him, with Aelfgar constantly trying to hide such fact. He is ashamed and has to cope with being a Plague Creature on a daily basis. His skin is slowly blackening as the days go on, and in two months half of his body is expected to become riddled with Plague.
Aelfgar was rejected virtually by everyone he knows, left alone to fend off for himself. 
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Aelfgar was born in 1347 AHD, being considered to be a blessing from the gods by his family. His mother loved him dearly, comforted him whenever she could, she was sure that Aelfgar was a blessed child with a blessed future. 
Edman was raised to replace his father at some point in his wood-cutting business, going off into the woods on a daily basis with his Father. Aelfgar quickly learned the ropes; cutting off small-sized trees already when he was twelve. He was bound to be a successful child.
Throughout his teen years, Edman would be tirelessly amassing a fortune for his family, ever since his father got into an accident whilst wood-cutting. His father's health would be slowly chipped away at because of the infection he gained after the accident. Not a single one of the outsider healers' treatments worked, the Runes only held back his impending death. No matter how hard Aelfgar tried, the situation seemed futile.
=== Adulthood ===
Aelfgar's father managed to live through his teenage years. Aelfgar sometimes saw his mother praying by his father's bedside, quietly spelling out words unheard before by Aelfgar. It all seemed strangely suspicious.
Aelfgar continued on to chop wood and sell it at the markets, taking hunting requests as a part-time activity. Being a gifted man ever since his childhood, he quickly learnt the ropes of utilising a bow and an arrow, even using swords at times. He got into a relationship with a rather beautiful woman, even considering the possibility of starting a family once they had amassed enough wood to build another home. Aelfgar was very well known throughout his hometown, as his helping hand assisted nearly every resident of the village. Aelfgar had high hopes, he was confident in himself. 
By 1368, everything was quite rosy for Aelfgar, until the raid on his village occured. Multiple ships dug through the sand of their shores, barbarians storming out of the boats. They immediately overwhelmed the guardsmen that Aelfgar assembled and shortly after he was the only survivor able to fend for himself. Even then, Aelfgar's one man army was nothing but a joke for the thirty-man crew that had surrounded him. Those barbarians decided to turn this into a fighting circle of sorts, letting out those willing to fight with Aelfgar. 
Edman managed to murder over five of the fighters that the raiders had set on him. The sixth one, however, was their leader: Edmund The Wolf Cloak. This Goliath of a Barbarian immediately overwhelmed Aelfgar's defence, breaking his sword, raised his mighty axe and aimed for the neck. Followed by a chop, and the falling head of Aelfgar Edman, the Helping Hand.
=== Present day===
Aelfgar felt cold biting at his body. He couldn't see anything. It was total darkness. He heard whispers, whispers of ethereal creatures, their begging, their pity. Then, a pitch black figure entered his mind. Its eyes, glowing with seething white, glared into his eyes, as though piercing his soul, his heart, his mind. It pronounced things Aelfgar had never heard, he couldn't comprehend a single one of its words, yet, he did. He understood its speech, as it spoke about his designation, final state. This final state was a being of Plague, Undead, cursed by Rutt. 
Aelfgar would wake up in a husk of a dead Plague Creature, being awoken because of the sun rays gently illuminating the decayed Creature's insides. He strugglingly got himself out of the near-solid plague's goo, easily getting through the ribcage he was underneath as it would reduce to dust upon such an impact. It was a sunny day, birds chirping, deers peacefully enjoying a meal of grass. Then, Aelfgar came to a realisation of his past fate, grasping his neck to check if it was intact. Everything seemed quite all right, before Aelfgar would suddenly begin to violently cough, spewing out a seemingly alive chunk of black plague goo. Aelfgar would be struck by this, he seemed to be infected with the Plague! He started to take off his ragged shirt, as it revealed a stripe of blackened skin going throughout his arm. 
First thing he'd do? Go and check up on his raided village. Aelfgar would, shortly after the revelation, approach his village's shore. 
There were broken planks and dead bodies laying here and there. The village itself was a pitiful, horrible view: Houses burnt down, people left hanging on spikes, gallows built with his once fellow villagers choked to death.. 
As Aelfgar slowly passed through the village in pure horror, he thought of a single thing. That single thing was his love, and thoughts, sometimes, come true. His late loved one was hanging on the mentioned gallows, her body slightly and slowly swinging from one side to another. Aelfgar would quickly hop onto the planks, dashing towards her rope, and trying his best to cut it off. As Aelfgar was trying to cut the rope, his passed girlfriend's head would waver in a strange manner, unbeknowst to him, before sliding off and smacking into the moisty dirt of a shoreline village. He'd stare in horror as the head fell off, going through his hateful thoughts about The Wolfcloak... 
After spending around 3 hours just sitting and contemplating, Aelfgar decided on taking down Wolfcloak, no matter what. But first, he has to determine whether he will live, or not in the foreseeable future... 
== Personality and traits ==
Aelfgar prefers to avoid conflicts, socialising and interacting with the Modir's folk. Ever since he was consumed by a Plague Creature, he alienated away from the society, lacking trust in any person he meets. This, of course, made an impact on his reaction to conflicts too. Instead of standing up and fighting like he usually did, the fear for death makes him place running away over protecting the victims. 
Aelfgar's fear of dying has been tripled by the Plague. He is paranoid; he overthinks the possibilities of another hateful assassin around the corner. That made him dodgy, untrustful, lacking courage. He might be written off as selfish and rude, although it all comes down to his fears and traumas. Aelfgar's unnerved behaviour took a toll on his calm demeanor. He can lash out at a person anytime, especially when it comes to Aelfgar's misdeeds.
==Equipment and abilities==
===Equipment===
* Aelfgar's Broken Sword: Aelfgar has his sword broken after the raid in possession, using it to cut his target's throats. It is mostly utilised as a dagger.
* Aelfgar's Leather Armour: Aelfgar's armour that gives him a considerable amount of defence from normally piercing attacks, like arrows. 
===Abilities===
* Plague Infection: Aelfgar's Plague Infection is the sole reason why he's not assaulted by other Plague Creatures, which consider him as one of them, thus not attacking. Though, a particularly hungry Creature may change its mind.
=== Weaknesses ===
* Plague Susception: Aelfgar is particularly susceptible to sun rays, due to his plague infection, rendering this as a vulnerability against the Light magic.
==Behind the scenes ==
*Aelfgar was firstly based off the main protagonist of Shadow of Mordor, but I wasn't satisfied with his supernatural premise.
*Aelfgar doesn't use a rune, because his village lacked a shaman due to some unknown reason.
*Aelfgar's village is presumed to have been located on the shores of Karlia Planes, but the village was be obliterated by the Plague Creatures feasting on the dead rotting bodies.
*He is technically a plague creature, related to the Decay disease. 
Category:Player characters
Category:Plague Creatures
Category:Undead