Lochlan Yllawynn

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**Lochlan Yllawynn** is a genasi warlock played by Damian.

## Biography

### Early Life

Lochlan was born in 4E:3, in the town of Prosser, in the Elsir Vale, a region of the Crusader Lands. His mother was Deillyr Starcloak, an adventurer with the the Six Blades adventuring group, who fought in the War of the Orcish Incursion. During the war Deillyr made a pact with a marid out of desperation. This relationship would later become far more intimate, and Lochlan was the result.

Lochlan grew up living with mother in Prosser, where his mother ran the tavern, among other duties. Lochlan grew up performing for travellers there. His father was absent except for infrequent visits, and as consequence their relationship was strained.

Lochlan grew up as unfortunately quite a bad judge of character and was known in Prosser to be a "sucker for a pretty face". He met a man from out of town, became instantly infatuated, and tricked into participating in and being fall guy for crime. As a consequence Lochlan was forced to leave town for first time.

### L'Trel

Deillyr insisted Lochlan's father make a new pact, this time with his son, to ensure Lochlan's safety, and Lochlan left home to head to L'Trel, hoping to see the ocean for the first time. He was present in L'Trel on the day of the great fire. In the chaos he was recruited into the Volkrad Army by L'Roi and helped bring order to the troubled city. He formed a group with a few other volunteers, and after the end of the immediate crisis in L'Trel, they escorted Pitar Kratys back to his family freehold in the south. Pitar's son, Tarran Kratys, requested assistance in defending the freehold against the Blood Rune orcs, and the heroes helped the Kratys family hold off the orcs by defeating the orcish captain, Hallir and his lieutenants. After this successful mission, the heroes returned to L'Trel, where they took part in the Challenge of Champions.

### Messenger

After this, they acted as couriers for X'Celsiah Mia, ferrying her unpaid taxes over the Wyvernwatch Mountains to the city of Volkrad. During this journey a blizzard forced them to take shelter at Jacob's Well, where they encountered a red slaad. After a harrowing fight they were able to reach their ultimate destination and after dealing with the corrupt tax minister in the city, they delivered the funds as requested.

On their return to L'Trel, the Iron Stoves assisted a swamp-dwelling hermit named Katan, who was plagued by campestris and a giant crocodile nemesis. They discovered the source of the swamps ills, a naive bog monster who was breeding giant mosquitoes, and convinced the creature to eliminate the mosquitoes and return the swamp to normal. With Katan's problems solved, the Iron Stoves returned to L'Trel, eager to get their reward from X'Celsiah Mia. She received the gladly, and announced she had another task for them, to deliver a message to her compatriot, Soranna Anitah in Drelin's Ferry.

### Return to the Elsir Vale

Drelin's Ferry was suffering from Orschan raids, and Soranna tasked the Iron Stoves with a mission to find the source of them. They headed north from the town, gaining the assistance of the hunter Jorr Natherson to guide them through the Witchwood. They reached the supposedly haunted Vraath Keep only to discover it occupied by an advance scout of the Red Hand led by Wyrmlord Koth. After a harrowing battle they defeated him, and discovered that a huge army controlled by the Red Hand was mustering at Cinder Hell, and due to march south over Skull Gorge in the next few days.

They arrived at the bridge, finding it heavily defended, with hobgoblins, hell hounds and a green dragon standing watch. Chimalli transformed into a giant badger, and burrowed underneath the bridge, weakening it significantly until a large section of it broke off and fell into the river. They engaged some of the now stranded forces and retreated, their goal of delaying the army achieved. They headed south back to Vraath Keep and then on to Drelin's Ferry, staying ahead of the horde until they were forced to engage at the town, hoping to buy enough time for the remaining civilians to evacuate.

### Mission to the Ruins of Rhest

With Drelin's Ferry successfully evacuated, the Iron Stoves went behind enemy line, investigating rumours of road blocks in the north of the Vale. Here they met the Tiri Kitor elves who told them of a Red Hand leader named Saarvith who had set up a lair in the sunken ruins of Rhest. They travelled to the ruins, fought their way through the forces of the Red Hand, facing Saarvith and his black dragon ally Regirax. In the ensuing battle they barely emerged victorious, with Venfi dead, thanks to the dragon's acid breath.

Tygon, bereft at the loss of his ward, gathered up the warforged's remains and silently departed, leaving the battered and bruised Iron Stoves with only four remaining members.

### New Allies

Recuperating at Vraath Keep, the Iron Stoves were joined by two new members, both already enemies of the Red Hand - the bounty hunter Franky Scallion and the mysterious bard Alluin Trisfiel. With their assistance, the party was able to locate the Ghostlord's lair in the Thornwaste. After a harrowing battle however, the group began to doubt their mission. Lochlan, worried about his mother in Prosser, departed to return to the town, hoping to warn her of the Red Hand's approach.