Alfar Tauronoth

**Alfar Tauronoth** is a primary protangonist turned antagonist of the Elegy of the Damned oneshot as well as a secondary antagonist of the Draugr and the Devilsworn oneshot.

## Appearance

Alfar is a white dragonborn warlock who originally had a pact with Tiamat, as of now, he has a pact with the devil Asmodeus. He is very tall and has a skinny frame, standing at a height of 6'4" and weighing 237 pounds. While he still towers over many people, he tends to slouch whenever he can in an effort to make himself smaller and prefers to hide himself with a large cloak, which typically covers his horns with a hood. He generally carries a quarterstaff and has a crossbow tied to his back, along with a bag of holding and a dagger that hang from his hip.

## Story

### Early Life and Conscription

Little is known about Alfar's early life except that he was an orphan and a very good thief, earning him the nickname "Slick." When he was in his early twenties, he was caught attempting to steal from a noble of Pendlebrot and thrown in prison. With the devils pouring in to Aetherca through portals, Alfar was offered the chance to obtain his freedom through a royal pardon if he participated in the mission to strike at the hells themselves.

### Elegy of the Damned

In the hells, Alfar was the first member of the strike force to give up a memory, as he did not want to waste time and wanted to gain his freedom as soon as possible. He chose to give up the memory of the crime he committed which landed him in the situation in the first place (this came back to bite him later when Charon used this memory to chain Alfar to the ground and stop him from casting spells).

Alfar was also one of the only two members who was able to move about freely as a result of the hat of disguise, which he used to disguise himself as a devil. During their travels to the spires where the portal was held, Alfar summoned a fiendish red monkey, which the party assumed was a friend. Once they reached the spires, Cascis and Alfar pretended to be devils escorting a group of sacrifices and were able to get into the spires. While trying to think of a way to shake off the guard who was escorting them, Alfar blew the horn of silent alarm, making the guard believe that the spires were being attacked and leaving the party to their own devices.

As soon as they were left alone, the party traveled to the castle where the portal was and here, Alfar used his monkey to save Garrick (who had entered one of the forks in the tunnel and was about to be discovered) by having the monkey run past the creature guarding that section of the tunnel, resulting in the monkey dying a horrific death. Continuing down the decidedly least dangerous path, the party eventually reached two rooms full of magic weapons. Assuming that the weapons were not cursed, Alfar stuffed every weapon he could find into his bag of holding, something that the party disapproved of.

In the ensuing fight with Asmodeus and Charon, Asmodeus used the weapons in Alfar's bag of holding to surround Alfar, unable to escape, Alfar called down a flame strike on himself and melted the weapons, creating a puddle of molten metal on the ground where he was. Later in the fight, he used this fact to taunt Asmodeus, which prompted him to snap Alfar's neck. Alfar was healed and while Asmodeus was monologuing, he interrupted him and said that he was no hero, he just wanted money and power. Asmodeus offered him all the power he could want and after a brief consideration, Alfar swapped sides, proceeding to do as much damage as he could to his former party members and prevent them from stopping Asmodeus.

In the end, he failed and was defeated by an angry Willow.

### The Draugr and the Devilsworn

His first appearance in this oneshot was as a disguised man who tried to see what the party was transporting in the cell, once he confirmed that it was the Ashspirit, he reappeared to the party later while they were moving through a tunnel.

He taunted the kin of the Ashspirit, Zen, and after taunting the party some more, Zen was able to break the medium that Alfar was using to maintain the projection and he disappeared.

Alfar's minion was defeated in the old castle where he was once killed to be sent to the hells and his plans were foiled.

## Personality

Alfar, as a mortal only cared for a few things, his survival, and power. He kept people around as long as they were useful to him in achieving these two goals and was willing to sacrifice the lives whenever he deemed necessary. He feels little to no guilt for betraying those who trust him and he has a very good idea of where his limit lie, making sure to do his best not to cross those who are far more powerful than him.

Alfar is also extremely slow to trust, likely a result of his environment as well as the way he treats those who trust him, and whenever he sees something that is worth grabbing, Alfar will do his best to obtain said item.

## Relationships

While those in the party that went to the hells with him did not know him very well, they still trust Alfar enough to get the job done as he did several things that protected the party and enabled them to continue on in their mission. However, once he took Asmodeus's offer of power, the party's attitude towards him quickly changed to one of hate, a grudge that was passed on to the future kin of Zin Ashspirit.

He currently has a pact with Asmodeus, someone who he is keen to cross if a better offer comes along. However, Alfar realizes that this is very unlikely and has been doing his best to remain in favor with his patron.

## Other Notes

### Notable Items

* The horn of silent alarm, which he used in the hells to distract a guard, allowing the strike force to enter the castle that Asmodeus used to house the portal
* Hat of disguise, which he used in order to pretend to be a mute devil, which allowed him to act freely in the hells
* Bag of holding, which he used to store all of the valuables that he stole

### Fun Facts

* The betrayal of the party was not a planned thing
* Alfar did not have to flame strike himself, he could have misty stepped, but he decided it would be more pragmatic to eliminate the weapons as soon as possible. This puddle that was left behind ended up stalling some reinforcements that arrived at the fight.
* Alfar tried to steal a cup from the King of Pendlebrot, but he was caught in the act and the cup was presumably retrieved after the ritual.

## Quotes

"If you give me that armor, I won't give it back" - Alfar to Willow

"What, he was just a monkey, I can make another one if you want" - Alfar to the party after sacrificing his monkey familiar

"Hey, I melted all your stupid little weapons, what are you gonna do about it" - Alfar taunting Asmodeus in an effort to stop the portal from being opened

"Come on guys, what'd you expect me to do" - Alfar to the strike force after betraying them