Halgrave

**Halgrave** was the Guild Leader in Fel Sadanis and personified his organization in that position. He is also the ex-husband to Lavarro and loving father to their daughter, Mahria. He is apparently more widely known by his Guild nickname: "the Golem", or even "Lord Golem".

## Appearance

Halgrave is a large man in blue and gold full plate. His soul is sapphire colored with the appearance of being made of gemstone.

## History

Halgrave was already adventuring in his youth. His father was the rogue of the *Rousers*, the party of Burrik the Volcano, and they know each other since Halgrave was merely a 14 year old boy. (When Rain arrived, Halgrave was over 54 years old). Halgrave is fluent in Zeelada and Common, and is used to the customs of Xiugaaraa, although he cares little for their pomp.

Halgrave spent his quiet retirement working to secure the Guild's place in Fel Sadanis, despite not having any love for his administrative position. The Gold-plate Adventurer was the only person above level 50 within leagues, during his tenure there.

Halgrave sometimes forgets his own strength. He injured Rain while throwing him bodily out of the Guild for his use of Purify in the City. Halgrave levied a suspension and 500 Tel fine on Rain due to The Watch's complains against Rain's public use of magic, notably placing the welfare of the Guild above the wellbeing of its members. He later explained his reasoning to Rain, but didn't quite apologize.

Halgrave did not seem aware of the financial difficulties the guild in Fel Sadanis was under, including the embezzlement of Rankin. It has not been revealed if he was indeed complicit, but his wealth and power was probably earned the hard way, and he was merely out of touch with everyday business. Halgrave had a large luxurious mansion that was appropriated by Citizen Sadanis after the conquest of the city, apparently for being the one building resembling a palace most closely.

Halgrave is an extremely powerful awakened. In the conflict with Citizen Westbridge during the fall of Fel Sadanis, Halgrave provided a larger challenge than Westbridge was expecting. Westbridge won the conflict not through combat strength but through trickery, allowing Halgrave to leave the Majistraal barrier dome and then revoking his permissions for entry/exit, effectively trapping Halgrave outside of Fel Sadanis.

Halgrave immediately took off towards Xiugaraa where he was part in the deliberations between DKE, Watch and the Guild, on how to proceed with the situation in Fel Sadanis.

Halgrave made a reappearance in Ekrustia when he learned that Rain (and thus likely his daughter as well) was in Three Cliffs, and took the Guild's teleporter Glavin to get to Three Cliffs, where he rejoined with his daughter Mahria. Her refusal to leave Ascension made Halgrave suspect a cult, but he decided to stay with his daughter until she reconsidered her ill company. The second attack of the Empire changed the entire situation: Halgrave needed to defend the *Temerity* against an Incarn in a fight mano-a-mano on the upper deck. He had to avoid dodging to spare the boat from being destroyed by the Incarn attack's. Due to this he narrowly maintained the upper hand, but was gravely injured and could only survive the wounds he sustained, thanks to his full-metal battle-form. After the fight, Tallheart was able to forge/weld him back together, assisted by the healers of Ascension which resulted in Halgrave not becoming a (temporary) cripple. The whole performance of Ascension made Halgrave reconsider the worth of Rain's undertaking.

Halgrave decided not to engage in negotiations with Citizen Barstone and remained on *Temerity* when Ascension arrived at the city. Him staying behind was apparently a mixture of motives between keeping Velika in check, whose presence was threatening Mahria, and disinterest to engage with the people of Barstone.

Warden Vatreece showed Halgrave how his daughter perceived him, which apparently rattled him deeply. He joined Ascension as an Aspirant in the port of Eastspar.

## Build

Known Skills - Warrior build, can become a living metal golem

* Center of Mass (Tier 4)
* Living Armor (Tier 4)
* Airwalk
* Quickstep
* Regenerative Plate
* Alacrity

Halgrave does not have Mana Sight.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 205
2. ↑ Chapter 221
3. ↑ Chapter 93
4. ↑ Chapter 18
5. ↑ Chapter 57
6. ↑ Chapter 73
7. ↑ Chapter 93
8. ↑ Chapters 199, 200
9. ↑ Chapter 213
10. ↑ Chapter 200

Halgrave had Point of View paragraphs in the following chapters: #72, #73, #82, **#93**, **#193**, #195, #197, #200 - the ones marked in bold giving more insight into his motivations than the others. (Full list of chapters includes PoV breakdowns)