Drake Gwaelon

**Drake Gwaelon** is a half-elf warlock, who travelled with the heroes of Hamring. A mage of shady background, Drake’s goals are known only to him. He holds a friendly and trustworthy demeanor.

### Aliases

"The Warlock""Edgar" (name of his temporary beggar persona)

## **Biography:**

Drake was one of the most mysterious people in the Hamring Band. He never shared much of his backstory, except a one-time mention of his step-parents and that he attended an undisclosed magical university, which was later revealed to be a lie. He carried a backpack full of suspicious gear, that would suit a thief more than travelling mage. And he also often manages to know about things before they happen, mostly from some figure in the shadows.

After the end of events in Hamring, Drake was sent by his demonic master Malcontrove to Torisal, being tasked to spread the Lord of Betrayal’s influence. The cunning warlock did exactly that, but with a few setbacks, one of them being arrested by Guardian of Torisal, Eric Muldoon, for attacking him, but not before Gwaelon gouged out his eye in a skirmish.

In his prison cell, he managed to draw a summoning circle with his blood, calling upon his master and pleading for his aid. Malcontrove did just that, and with bonus, that included freeing every prisoner. Drake used the chaos to escape.

To lower the chances of his reincarceration, he sneaked through the alleys, and covered himself in mud and filth. He was miraculously spotted by Muldoon, and tried to trick him by saying that he was a pitiful beggar. Guardian did not believe his lie though, and would have nearly arrested him for suspicion if not for Mirabel Larch’s intervention. He was taken to the Elf Tower Inn by the Sage, meeting with Muldoon once again.

After the Guardian left to summon his master himself, Drake, still in his filthy beggar Edgar’s disguise, went to the Gutter. There he met the leader of Thieves’ Guild Black Fox, as he originally planned, and recruited him as the new Warlock of Malcontrove, thus becoming the *de facto* leader of Torisali criminal underground.

When he went to get a replacement for his taken duster coat and hat, he was confronted by Muldoon once again. Paladin was full of despair, wanting to get his soul back, and tried to recruit the warlock to his cause. Since Gwaelon knew that the Lord of Betrayal was too powerful to oppose, he declined, and laughed in paladin’s face.

He also revealed a part of his background in that situation, which introduced his mentor Edgar and his step parents selling him to the old Warlock of Malcontrove.

## **Personality:**

Drake often has a smile on his face, and most of the time he displays a laid-back attitude. He often jokes, or curses when he is distressed, and is very brutal in his interrogation methods, which reveals a cruel part of personality. He appeared to have some interest in his fellow adventurer Huma Burqa, adressing her as "as dear" or "my lady".

In Torisal, though, he revealed his true personality of a partial craven and cunning schemer, managing to get Thieves Guild on his side, and running away from the famously competent Guardian of Torisal.

## **Powers:**

**Adept Level Warlock:** Gwaelon takes his power from the domain of Betrayal, being capable of creating small visual illusions and using the traditional skills of all warlocks, such as Eldritch Blast.

**Fiendish Patron:** Drake serves Malcontrove, infamous patron of traitors.

## Relationships:

#### Rival:

**Eric Muldoon****:** Twice, technically thrice, he was confronted by the Guardian of Torisal, enough to consider him an annoyance.

## Trivia:

* A character from Onixana: The Sellswords.