Admaris Aspenheart

**Early Life**

Admaris Aspenheart was the youngest child of the House Aspenheart (a lesser noble elven family of Breton). From childhood it was very clear that Admaris was a bright and clever boy who spent most of his time wandering the woods near his family home. By the age of 20 it was clear to his family that he was somewhat of a prodigy, especially so when it came to the druidic arts. Despite this, he was forced to stay home and continue his studies with private teachers. Admaris quickly became obsessed with Oberon, the fey King of Breton. His obsession caused him to often disappear into the woods at night. By the time he reached his young adulthood at the age of 100, he had convinced his parents to allow him to attend classes at Ikzidur Academy in hopes to learn more of other realms and other means of magics.

While attending school, he often traveled around the city and became close to a young wizard named Belavor (half-elf) who had been considering adventuring. They soon became close friends with a barbarian named Gyrez (leonin), artificer named Regron (dwarf), a bard named Jayla (halfling), a cleric named Lutz(human) and a rogue named Honig (half-orc). They quickly gained renown for their skills and heroism. Saving Breton multiple times from somewhat near cataclysmic events. Despite being called heros, like many adventuring parties Admaris's had often fallen victim to more shady and illicit operations. During a journey near his home, Admaris and his compatriots found a cave with abyssal writing on the wall and came upon a group of occultists. Understanding the writing on the wall from his time in school, Admaris convinced the party to kill the cultists in a form of ritual blood sacrifice. With the help of Belavor, Admaris was able to summon a powerful demon and the group made their first deal.

**The Blood War**

While Admaris had been falling into darkness since his youth, his deals with demons more than solidified it. He and his party made huge strides in not only hitting the nine hells hard, but in several attempts to make it easier for them to infect the material plane and grab a foothold in Avalon. This came to a bit of a halt when they became compromised during a mission in the nine hells and were captured and imprisoned. Figuring a druid would be an easy mark, Bartzabel son of Abaddon was sent to torture Admaris first before getting to the rest of the group. Despite being young, they too were a prodigy and an excellent torturer. Surprised by their brightness and charming looks (for a tiefling) Admaris attempted to seduce Bartzabel by managing to druid craft a small rose (an impressive feat through the anti-magic bars holding him). Bartzabel was instantly smitten and quickly revealed that they too were looking for an escape from the nine hells. Over the course of a month, Admaris learned everything about Bartzabel and struck a proposal of freedom and love for escape. Bartzabel, being naive but hesitant, goes along with it anyway.

While Admaris believes he has Bartzabel wrapped around his finger, Bartzabel has come to terms with his inevitable death for a chance of true love. After freeing Admaris and his party and returning their possessions, Bartzabel surprises Admaris with a kiss, saying his goodbyes. Holding Admaris’s hand, Bartzabel sheds a tear as they say their  goodbyes and accept that they will be facing death through the wrath of the devils. Before they are caught, Admaris makes the decision to let love grow and joins the plane shift circle created by Belavor. Bartzabel opens his eyes to find himself in a beautiful grove which has been tended by Admaris.

Keepin his promise, Admaris and Bartzabel (who changed their name to Ash) became wed in a druidic ceremony. While most of their relationship consists of Admaris using Ash and their skills as a cartographer to help the demons further infiltrate the nine hells, Admaris found that he did in fact truly love the young tiefling. While his heart was broken when Ash left without a word, taking his maps as well as Admari’s favorite sword, he felt more bitter about his inability to control his husband at that moment. He decided though to let his love roam free for a bit. Afterall, he knew his little Ash would be his again soon.