Moarax Elzarr

Sheriff **Moarax Elzarr** is the Captain of the Militia and Guard of the town of Gateneath, one of many towns that were once a part of the Barony of Uliman before its capital was sacked by Denisatvan forces.

## History

### Early Life

Moarax was born to a farily well-to-do couple in the town of Gateneath. He was a decent child in adolescence, albeit with an inflated sense of entitlement. When he turned twelve, he made a lot of friends that were members of a local gang known as the Setting Suns. In the early days of his association with them, he would get into simple bouts of mischeif around the town. This quickly escalated to theft, armed robbery, and eventually to a murder in cold blood. Moarax and his four closest friends - Julian Orlov, Darian Bathra, Deliliah Bathra, and Varish Kuzmin - had gotten in too deep with this gang and so it came to be that they were out of the town and working as highwayman on the roads around Gateneath, plundering wealth from pilgrims meant as offerings for Ir Morag Monastery. They were pretty good at walking the Crimson Path and always managed to evade any repercussions from constables and the investigations of detectives.

The leader of the Setting Suns, a changeling named Dusk, started vying for more power in the area. He started sending members of the gang to steal from or attack a rival gang known as The Knives Below. Moarax and his close friends didn't do much in these raids, but were always present. Not long into these offenses did they finally realize they were picking a fight they could win. Their spies had found Varish and convinced him to turncoat against the Suns, giving them information to locate their secret hideout. They had promised him clemency in this, but during the raid on the hideout left Varish to stand against the Knives and hope for mercy from the Suns. Ultimately, Moarax and his four friends were the only Suns who had escaped.

As they hid away in the forest from the rival gang that was seeking them out, Darian was revealed to have been Dusk during the escape. After a tense discussion in which Dusk explained that Varish was the one who sold the Suns out and that had led to the real Darian's death, Dusk demanded that Varish pay for what he had done. Dusk was very convincing and eventually inspired the three friends to murder Varish with their bare hands.

After that incident, the three of them swore to never speak of this again and part ways. Moarax went back to Gateneath, though his parents had already moved to Kalott due in part to the banditry Moarax was a part of. Julian went to live with some extended family in a small forest town called Rachdale to the north. Delilah was convinced to stick around with Dusk and the two haven't been seen or heard from since.

### Rising the Ranks

A few months after his parting from the Setting Suns, Moarax was caught out in Gateneath swiping some prized goods from a jeweler and got thrown in jail for about half a year. Upon leaving the prison, the only job that would take him was the city guard, and from there worked his way up to become Captain of the guard. Many people know about the troublemaking he got into when he was young and the crime that finally sent him to prison, but he's kept his secret close to his chest.

### Current

Moarax is Captain of the Militia and Guard of the town of Gateneath. He is commonly referred to as the Sheriff by those that associate with him. He has very few connections outside of his official relations and does his job dutifully. He believes that Julian must have gone the same way as him as there's no way he didn't learn his lesson and try to straighten out his wicked ways. He knows that Delilah must be out there somewhere out there with that snake Dusk. He has decided Dusk is truly the one responsible for Darian and Varish's deaths and he swears that if he ever meets that bastard Dusk again then he will not hold back the full wrath of his draconic strength.

## Trivia

Moarax Elzarr was created by Chris C "ChrismanTheGreat" for inclusion in the *Resistance at the Threshold* story arc.