Stravos

A young Stavros in the Dark Forest

### Origins

Stavros hails from some unknown place in Draxington. He was born not long after the death of the previous shadow lord. His commonly stated goal is to preserve the life of monsterkin, to provide them with care, food, shelter.

### Traits

* He values nature, kindness, knowledge, art, and perversion.
* He is wise, cynical, well-read and well-traveled, philosophical.
* Casually dismissive of authority, he hates bosses. He wears a silly tiny crown to show just how much respect for authority itself he has. He's been to jail multiple times as he flouts the law.
* Sometimes he is strange, silly, or playful. Sometimes he is serious, and stoic.

### Rumors about Stavros

* The Griffin Empire has labeled him as a necromancer and a heretic before.
* He has been called a traitor and a turncoat, a duplicitous double-crosser who weasels his way out of trouble with his words.
* Despite carrying a wide variety of religious symbols on him at all times, he doesn't worship or practice any religion.

### History

#### Saga 1

In Baklatavish, he founded a guild known as the Circle of Ravens. This guild operated out of a fortress in the underworld, protected by a handful of skeletons and the monsterkin forces of the town. He was hunted down by the Griffin Empire after robbing some of their graves. After leading the defense of Baklatavish against the empire, he was captured. Before they could finish his trial, the allies he had made along the way came to stage a dramatic rescue. Once he was freed, he became an Overlord in the Horde for his efforts. He left for Draxington and was one of the overlords there, living on a pile of treasure.

#### Saga 2

He reappeared on the island during saga 2, working as a doctor in town. He purchased a large building and opened a business known as Ravensmeet. The business was described as a non-profit shelter for monsterkin and their trusted friends. During his time on the island, he was detained twice. The first time was for healing agents of the Horde. The second time was for performing an unapproved ritual to cleanse a curse. Both times, he was set free after a short imprisonment.

When the Shadow Lord summoned a meteor upon the island, he was whisked away with the rest of the Horde, sent back to the capital. He would reappear later in Rixentop, where he donated a number of supplies to Rixentop and helped with constructing shelters for the Alliance forces that were hiding there. He promised he would let Rixentop decide whether they would risk the consequences of sheltering the alliance, then departed to rejoin the horde forces in the capital.

After some restructuring within the Horde, Stavros became considered a retired warlord of the Horde. Due to his retirement from that station, he is now called an 'Emeritus' in their ranks. During the final battle of Rixentop, he reappeared alongside a cohort of Horde minions. However, he abandoned them near the beginning of the battle, claiming that he was there to do his duty for White Mercy as a healer. He spent that battle healing the forces of White Mercy and the Mage's Guild.

#### Saga 3

After traveling through the void portal, he excused his betrayal to the horde as a convenient means of securing his passage through that portal. He continued to gift them thousands of raw materials as compensation for turning on the horde during that battle. However, with his gifts came a request, that he should be kept away from battlefields, for he was now reopening the Circle of Ravens.

Now, nestled in the jungle valley, Ravensmeet is once again host to the Circle of Ravens. The Sanctuary in Shadow is open to the public, and all of its services are free.

Stavros spent the next few months freelancing, teaching magic. She obtained a license to legally practice and teach necromancy.