Gwaed

Gwaed, also known as Lord Gwaed and Gwaed, God of Rebirth is a legendary creature who rules over Carim alongside his mother, Rosaria.
== History ==
=== Birth of a Beast ===
Gwaed was born in 1469FY under extremely unique circumstances within the realm of Carim. His mother, Rosaria, who was once the concubine of Aldrich, saint of the deep but also the descendent of the line of Gwyn, discovered that Carim was attempting to make a pact with the dark realm of Londor, as their visions and goals intertwined and as such, Velka, Goddess and ruler of Carim (and also the ancestor of Rosaria) allied themselves with Londor. Rosaria knew that Londor practiced the ways of the Dark Hand, those that would steal life, soul and humanity from unfortunate victims and feast upon their spoils to become more powerful. Rosaria, with her small number of faithful servants, then began to start hunting them in secret and take their tongues, that had feasted long on the power of humanity. This was done in secret to keep the alliance between Londor and Carim, but to also ensure that she would have a child powerful enough to protect her. Using the tongues, she fused them into her womb and several months later a child was born, unlike any other before. One born with the power of the Dark Hand and using a similar ritual, was thought that she could bring him back to life, without repercussion. 
It wasn't long before Velka however discovered this child's existence and as such condemns Rosaria's actions as she deemed it as a sin, believing it to be against the natural order of the world, as no human should live forever. Rosaria by this point had already started concocting a plan if this was the case and soon after, she betrayed her own ancestor, informing the Londorian's that it was Velka that had been hunting the Dark Hand wielders. It was believed that Rosaria's child had the power of seduction, leading Londor to believe her and subsequently imprisoning Velka within the painted world, that by this point had long been held in the depths below Carim. Rosaria was then appointed as the ruler of Carim as her birth right being the ancestor of Velka. Now that they were safe, Rosaria named the child Gwaed, to continue names as intended from the Line of Gwyn. The first test of the rebirth of Gwaed came after an unnamed assassin attempted to slay the child and slay Gwaed they did. He was only a child when this happened and as such had no ability to fight back. The assassin was also killed in the attempt by a Knight of Carim, but Rosaria was not shaken as she believed in this power. She had several more Dark Hand wielders slain in secret to then perform the ritual which saw Gwaed return to life, alive and not hollowed. This ritual was done before the masses, which saw Gwaed come back to life and Rosaria became known as the Mother of Rebirth and Gwaed is believed to be the next God of the world.
As Gwaed grew older, his tastes became more and more unsatiable and began to crave more than just the tongues of the Dark Hands, but craved the hunt and the blood of humanity. At night he would prowl the streets secretly hunting those unfortunate enough to be strolling around at the same time as him. This led to the belief that there was a mythical creature roaming about at night, preying on the weak and eventually became known as the Beast of Carim, one that Gwaed would actually embrace, but of course keep secret. It wasn't until 1605FY that Londor discovered that Rosaria had been hunting the Dark Hands for their tongues, realising that she betrayed her own kin (meaning Velka) and that Gwaed was indeed a monster. Rosaria as such was taken into custody by Londor. She was escorted to live out her life alongside the tomb of her husband Aldrich, at the Cathedral of the Deep as penance for both these treacherous acts and the abandoning of her children when she escaped from Aldrich. Gwaed was banished from Carim, informing him that if he was to come after his mother that she would be killed. Rosaria was also told that Gwaed had been slaughtered and Londor then famously ripped out her tongue, mocking her for all she had done to the Dark Hands. Gwaed, now lost in a dark world, fully embraced the Beast of Carim and went on the run and travelled across the continent, once again praying on those that wandered at night. Londor installed a puppet King, a man of no renown known as Roland, in Rosaria's place so that they could then control Carim at its full potential.
=== A Beast Becomes a God ===
Overtime Gwaed began to age faster without the tongues to keep him young, though the physical aging of people is often different from person to person, its believed that Gwaed actually did not possess a soul and it was the tongues that were keeping him going. His complexion also began to fade and he began turning a very white shade of pale but his hunts kept him somewhat satiated for the time that he was living in the wilderness. When the Ashen One, who on his quest to become the next Lord of Cinder, let the First Flame fade, in his wake he destroyed the deacons that worshipped Aldrich as well as destroying Aldrich himself who had resided in Irithyll. As a result, Gwaed realised that the time to strike back at those that imprisoned his mother was now. Londor also began to fall with several rebellions on the joined on Eastern Continent especially that of Ren's Rebellion in the Eastern Lands and the Rebellion of Morion in Mirrah which in turn crippled the power Londor had, destroying their leadership and left them fleeing. As the continents once again began to split however, the remaining leadership and armies of Londor became trapped on the Eastern side of Dwyrain between the sea and the Ancient Kingdom of Drangleic.
With this news, in 3AD, Gwaed travelled first to the Cathedral of the Deep and slew the remaining members of the Cathedral and retrieved his mother, who was shocked to see him alive and aged to look older than her. With his mother in tow, he then travelled back to Carim and was said to have completely ripped the puppet king Roland apart for all to see and destroyed the forces that Londor had stationed at Carim. Both mother and son were however welcomed back as the rule of Londor had not been a pleasant one, with more and more Londorian hollows coming to live in Carim and turn it into quite the chaotic land. Gwaed had the Carim Knights destroy all the hollows that were living in Carim, which was described to be part of the Ashen Ones proclamation, but many saw it as an excuse for Gwaed to continue his blood thirst. Nonetheless, the hollows of Londor and Carim were destroyed and put to rest under the leadership of Gwaed and Rosaria. But to say that Carim was ruled in peace would not be fair, as the people had now substituted one monstrous ruler for another. Gwaed, with the power of the throne of the Goddess behind him, he could now do whatever he pleased. It started with every month, a ritual killing of one human would take place, in order to quench Gwaed's thirst, but he still began to prowl amongst the townsfolk, instilling fear into the entirety of Carim, fully embracing the name of the Beast of Carim. Though this did not happen all the time, but mostly around the time that the ritual was about to take place. Gwaed was otherwise thought to be a God and became revered and worshipped as the new God of Carim
This was effectively the process for over the course of the entire of the Age of Dark and other than rituals and night hunts, the city lived in 'relative peace' and was very much secluded from the rest of the world, taking no part in the War of the Hollowed Realms. But when the First Flame resurged back into existence, a new and unique Age of Fire was created. The First Flame in this case instantly began consuming the Darksign on all living beings, therefore thrusting the undead curse once again into the world without the need of it to be fading. In the years following, it was perceived that the Great Souls that had been sacrificed to the First Flame were released back into the world, with some of them fragmenting to represent other aspects of the life on the planet. Whilst a large majority of the souls split up and were scattered all over the world, several of them interestingly found their way to Gwaed. Gwaed in turn claimed several of these new souls, making him one of the most powerful beings in the world. The souls of which Gwaed claimed were that of the Soul of Shadow and the most interesting one of Rebirth, which allowed him to resurrect as many times as he pleased without hollowing, effectively cutting out the middle man that was his mother, Rosaria. The Soul of Shadow made him perfect as the beast of the night that could stay concealed, getting away with atrocities that he began to commit across the continent and avoiding the repercussions.
=== God Vs Human ===
The Wielders of the Dark will meet Gwaed in Carim.