Camiel Chavine

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> "I'm sorry that I wasn't a good ally to you all. I wish I could have been better. But if our blood is to be spilt, if all this burns to the ground, I would rather die fighting as friends than perish at each other's throats like enemies." -Camiel, just before the battle against Orcus.
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Camiel Chavine (or Fred) is a former Shaggiteer and is the leader of the Hammerhelm guild. Camiel was widely known for his healing abilities, granted to him both by his angelic heritage and his clerical connection to the deity Hyralt.

## Camiel Chavine

### Relatives

Zariel (Mother), Diandre Chavine (Father)

### Affiliation

The Shaggiteers (formerly), The Black Seas Barracuda (briefly), The Church of Hyralt (current), The Hammerhelm Guild (current)

## Appearances

### Debut

Session 2 - The Kick Heard 'Round the World

## First Apearances

### Early Sessions

The youngest member of the Shaggiteers, Fred was introduced in session two, where he leapt into action to lend an (admittedly un-needed) helping hand when the Party found themselves in a cave full of Bullywugs. His role was solidified after he used his healing expertise to help save the child Yakaza kicked, an interaction that in some ways foreshadowed the complex and difficult relationship between the two in later sessions.

Early in his career, Fred was seen as a benevolent character, a quiet helper and healer to the Party as well as a bit of a pushover, especially when it came to his friend Estophan, his antithesis in personality. Fred defended Estophan despite the bird's racist remarks, showing the friendship between the two as well as the reliance and dependency Fred felt towards his feathered companion. This was the initial source of the Party's ongoing tension with Fred; his connection to this creature.

## Life Pre-Campaign

### First Mentions

Fred's early life was first touched on in Session Ten - The Gloomwild, wherein an angelic messenger of his father, Diandre Chavine, delivered him a message to tell him that he was being formally disowned if he didn't return to his home in Denair in thirty days. This was also the point where his real name was first revealed to be Camiel Chavine and not Fred. The rest of the Party seemed slightly disturbed by these discoveries (especially because of their rapidly souring relationships with the Aasimar), but Fred's reluctance to discuss his family matters prevented much discussion.

### Childhood

Fred had a difficult childhood. He was born the son of an illegal and taboo love affair between Zariel - the fallen ex-leader of the angelic armies, and Diandre Chavine, Denair's arch-priest. At birth his mother was sent on the run by The Dreamweaver for her crime, which left him in the care of his father and the archangel-turned-parrot Darmishir (known to him as Estophan).

It had been implied for much of his career with the Shaggiteers that Fred had a messy past, but the extent of this was only revealed in Session 30, when Diandre finally tracked down the Party's ship. He was shown to be openly physically and verbally abusive towards Fred, terrifying the cleric so much that even the normally uncaring Faerie and the stoic Cragglecock stepped in to help. This was far from the true extent of Diandre's crimes however. His father mutilated him before the Party, beating him almost to death with a sword, slicing one of his wings off, starving him in a dungeon, and sacrificing him ritualistically to Hyralt, only to dump his body in the ocean.

Most of Fred's childhood was spent in a similar fashion. His father forced him to heal the sick and injured until he collapsed and burned the skin from his hands (leaving the signature scars that litter Fred's palms), beating him terribly if he disobeyed. Magical experiments are also referenced in Fred's past; twisted attempts to "humanize" him and get rid of the angelic heritage that haunted his father. All of this eventually led Fred to run away, finding himself a ride to the mainland with Vlad Ironcock, his future traveling companion. Of course, Darmishir was not far behind, both because watching over Fred was his duty, and because he'd grown a bit of a soft spot for the boy after all these years.

### Life After Denair

After his escape from Denair, Fred took work where he could find it on the road, alongside his companion, Estophan. He worked many jobs, from assisting in forges to aiding merchants, but maintained a low profile and continued his worship of Hyralt and practice of divine magic in secret. This life wasn't fulfilling for him, and so Estophan made the suggestion that he take to the road and become a travelling healer (secretly hoping that doing so would help him find a way to free himself). Fred loved the idea, and so under his new alias he began to travel Sudai, eventually encountering the Shaggiteers after hearing the commotion on his journey away from Greyrock Keep.

## Relationships

### Yakaza Kibutzu

Yakaza and Fred were shown to have a complicated relationship across the thirty-five sessions of Arc 1. The two initially started out as enemies within the Shaggiteers, as Fred's first impression of Yakaza was seeing him injure the child in Session Two, which left a sour taste in the aasimar's mouth (especially because of his past experiences, see above). This frustration and fear reached a peak in Session 9, when Fred casts his 'Sacred Flame' cantrip on Yakaza out of grief when he suggests necromancy to bring back the group's fallen ally, Elvish Presley. From here the tension begins to dissipate, particularly after Yakaza makes the choice to stay with Fred in waiting for Estophan and run to his aid in the Gloomwild. The two started to build more trust at this point, as Fred was becoming slightly disillusioned with the other members of the party.

Yakaza's first death in Gauntlgrym at the hands of the Beholder sent Fred into a panic, as by this point he'd begun to grow a soft spot for the tiefling rogue. Despite him being killed by Estophan, Fred revived him with help from his deity Hyralt, showing the first time the aasimar actually failed to listen to his avian companion. It was also in the trek through the Underdark beneath Gauntlgrym that Fred sacrificed himself the first time for the party, particularly for Yakaza, and elected to stay behind with his new friend when the gates out of The Underdark wouldn't let Yakaza go. He was even seen giving Yakaza an expensive jewel he planned to use for spellcasting as a gift in hopes that he could sell it for enough rations to find his own way out.

After these events, Yakaza and Fred would become much closer, Yakaza often referring to Fred as his "only friend" and Fred doing everything in his power to defend and help the tiefling. This relationship reached its peak in Theros, when the two shared a quiet moment during a night watch they shared. Fred broke down and confided in Yakaza about his problems with their fellow party members and how he hated and distrusted them after his multiple deaths at their hands. Yakaza felt a similar hatred, and so the two formed an alliance to protect themselves against the rest of the Shaggiteers. This was a turning point in their relationship, as it signified a deeper trust and a simultaneous isolation from the rest of the party.

This alliance went strong for a while, until the two began to drift apart in Yodunheim. This eventually led Fred to snap at his friend after the incident with Charon in Arkus, which broke their alliance. The two became more like enemies after this fight when Yakaza became the first mate of the Black Seas Barracuda, while Fred was hunted mercilessly by his father. The two had a brief time of reconciliation before the Wimbledon-Pirate war, but after his father's death and his taking up of the torch as leader of the Denair clergy, Fred broke the alliance and left Yakaza because of the genocide he commited against Wimbledon. This led to Yakaza's death at the hands of Vex, which scarred Fred permanently. He was even seen hallucinating the presence of Yakaza in Session 34, and Yakaza was seen calling him out directly in his return in Raw, Unfiltered Calamity.

Despite thirty years of time, Fred still deeply cares for Yakaza, and finds himself regretting his decision not to help, despite his better judgement.

### Estophan/Darmishir

Darmishir was with Fred for a vast majority of his childhood, acting as a friend and guardian to him through his life at the church. As strange as it is, he viewed Darmishir as a best friend and mentor/parental figure. He credits Darmishir with "saving him" by inspiring him to live his life on the road and become a travelling healer away from Denair, which eventually led him to meet the Shaggiteers in the first place. Despite knowing of his crimes now, Fred still loves Darmishir, and misses him terribly.

### Vex Amanthal

Vex and Fred also had a complicated relationship. Most of their early time together and the mid-points of the journey were spent on good terms. Fred trusted Vex with his life, and admired the Shadar-kai for his strength and level-headed nature. After the Battle of Blizzard's Pass, Fred was seen asking Vex for help, something that was very difficult for him to do, after he overused his healing abilities on the soldiers in the fight. This, along with their quieter moments together solidified a decent - if distant - friendship between the two.

In later sessions however, particularly after Yakaza and Fred solidified their alliance, Fred developed a distrust for Vex, which only grew with time. This animosity reached its climax when, to secure the Denairian clergy as an ally in the fight against the Black Seas Barracuda and its pirate army, Vex sacrificed Fred to his father to earn Diandre Chavine's loyalty. Fred never looked at Vex the same.

In Arc 2, Fred has begun to forgive Vex. He understands why he did what he did, but the sense of betrayal still lingers slightly.

### Stionis Ero

Fred and Stionis maintained a decent friendship through most of the campaign. Fred was seen sticking close to Stionis in earlier sessions such as The Gloomwilds mostly because he found the satyr's calm nature endearing and thought he would make a good friend. Fred was seen walking eight hours along a trail in the jungle to find Stionis on his own after the death of Oberon and his family, and doing his best to comfort him.

In later sessions, Fred is seen offering Stionis help retrieving his body and his life from the amulet, and even re-summons Oberon for him, connecting the warlock back to his deity.

### Ailynn Daedra

Fred's relationship with Ailynn was alwaysa strained one across the entire span of Arc 1. He feared Ailynn, intimidated by both her magical prowess and reckless abandon with her spells. His dislike of her is perhaps the best example of his naivety and distrustful nature, as he never was very kind to the drow. Ailynn was seen purposely helping party members to get on Fred's nerves, which worked for someone as paranoid as he.

This relationship soured after an unfortunate mishap with some dynamite almost cost Fred and Cragglecock their lives in the mines beyond Dirt after Ailynn lit the TNT with her firebolt spell. Fred has mostly gotten over this, but the sight of dynamite does still make him wary, even if he won't admit it.