Darrin Damask

=== "Prayer does not ready us for the greater work. Prayer is the greater work." ===
Darrin was born from an illicit affair between Peter, the eldest son of the Scheverell family and Perle, the eldest daughter of the Mathilsti elven line. The liaison occured during an meeting to build an alliance during a time when such a prospect was forbidden by the royalty. Fearing discovery of her imminent lovechild, and legally prevented from further fraternization with the Scheverells, Perle took to the mountains and secluded herself. After Darrin was born, Perle was burdened with heavy emotional turmoil and surrendered her child to the church of St. Cuthbert where the child was delivered. He was given the name "Damask" after the cloth he was wrapped in when he was surrendered. Perle then returned to the grove of her family and hanged herself on the vines of the tree of elders. With Peter unfamiliar with his bastard son, Darrin was raised by Sister Marjanet of the church. Marjanet fostered him to be a warrior of St. Cuthbert, and never shied from telling him the story of his arrival at the church: he was the bastard child of an elven noble who was too ashamed to bring her half-breed son to her family. Marjanet told him if he could prove he was the eldest child of the eldest child of the line, he was entitled to a place in their royal court and could "bring some order to those reckless wildlings". But because there was nobody in the kingdoms who could substantiate that, he would live to serve the church. One night, Darrin received a vision from the Raven Queen, who recognized his plight and offered him a deal: all he would have to do is [INSERT CAMPAIGN PLOT HOOK HERE] and his mother would be returned to life, able to substantiate his claim to the family. Seeing no glaring issues between the dogma of the Raven Queen and the tenets of St. Cuthbert, Darrin accepted the pact.