Zen Brorlereik

**Zen Brorlereik** is a primary protangonist of the Dragur and the Devilsworn oneshot

## Appearance

Zen is a young man with blue tattoos wrapping around his body. He has unkempt shoulder length hair tied up in a bun as well as a light beard. He is very strong and stands at 6'5", weighing in at 255 pounds. While he does carry a shield, it remains on his back even when he is fighting and seems more ornamental rather than a weapon he uses. Alongside his shield, he carries a maul as well as a couple of javelins to compensate for the absence of a ranged weapon.

## Story

### Early Life

Much of Zen's early life consisted of training his fighting skills as well as learning about his ancestors, in particular, an ancestor that entered the hells to save the world. Once Zen became 16, he was gifted Zin's shield and was told that the shield would be of great use to him. Ever since then, he has carried it with him, but he has always felt too unworthy to use it, leaving it on his back.

### The Draugr and the Devilsworn

Once Zen turned 28, his family informed him that as part of his final training, he was to go to the Hexlight and complete the quest they would assign him. Unbeknownst to him, the quest was an escort quest to transport the Ashspirit (Zin). Throughout the travels of the escort group, Zen sat on top of the cell which held the Ashspirit to keep watch and ensure that there was no danger around.

At one point, the group met a pair of people on the side of the road crying for help. The man was bleeding and the woman was tending to his wounds. While the rest of the party was hesistant to approach, Zen dashed forwards and gave the man a healing potion, sealing his wound. At this point, the pair attempted to rob Zen, something that did not go unnoticed amongst the party, but after they were caught, Zen decided to help them out anyway and gave them his gold under the promise that they would go out and live more honest lives.

After that encounter, the party travelled through a tunnel where Alfar revealed himself to the group and explained who he was. This prompted Zen to go into a rage and attack Alfar recklessly, doing no damage whatsoever until he struck the crown above Alfar's head, causing Alfar to disappear. This encounter led to the party talking with the Ashspirit and once the Ashspirit revealed who he was, Zen realized that the Ashspirit was the ancestor who had travelled to the hells and saved the world.

This revelation caused the party to change their final destination and after killing Alfar's minions, they were able to find Zin's sword and Zen beheaded his ancestor, severing his link to the hells.

## Personality

Zen has a great sense of justice, and at the same time, he believes that speed and power are the foundations of victory rather than a strong defense. This is part of the reason why he does not use the shield he has.

Zen is very compassionate and refuses to let anyone who needs help suffer longer than absolutely necessary. He is willing to protect to the point where he would give up his own life, something that is passed down through the Ashspirit Ancestral Barbarian family.

At the same time, Zen is also very stubborn and when he decides something, he will almost never change his mind, unless it is to protect or save more people. On top of this, Zen is not very friendly, and will often try to avoid interacting people whenever possible, choosing to observe from the sidelines to glean their character rather than engaging in conversation with them.

## Relationships

Zen has a somewhat neutral relationship with his family, but he knows that all the members of his family are trustworthy and share his ideals and goals, as a result, when Zin Ashspirit reveals himself to the party, Zen is quick to trust him and follows his advice and instructions.

With the other members of his party, there is a fair amount of distrust between Zen and the other members as he views the other members as being their for the monetary gain rather than through a noble cause. However, he trusts them enough that he is not actively hostile towards any of them. Two members in particular, Roti and Stulrom, clashed multiple times with Zen and with Roti, things escalated to a wrestling match when Zen tried to help the couple they encountered on the road.

## Other Notes

### Notable Items

* Zin's shield, it is a family heirloom that was passed down through his grandmother and belonged to a member of the family that saved the world.

### Fun Facts

* Zen did not actually know Zin's name, only his deeds

## Quotes

"Get the [] off me, I need to go help" - Zen to Roti when she grabbed him leg to stop him from approaching the couple