Shadowforged

The Shadowforged, once known as Smith, is a Shadowfell Dark Lord of the Demiplane of Dread, Baron's End.

## Appearance

The Shadowforged is a 6 foot tall warforged with ebony plates, red eyes, and shadows emanating from his body. His body is covered with magical inscriptions with a magic focus in the form of a magic stone built into his head, similar to a brain.

## Personality

The Shadowforged acts politely, calm, and refined, in a soft, whispery voice that he only raises when truly angry. He controls Baron's End with an iron fist.

## Biography

Smith was built by a cleric of Gond, the Holy Maker, who was based in Hexview, Arcadia. When the cleric died, Smith took over his smithing business as his function designated he do. Smith had magic powers due to the methods that the cleric used to make them, and he used them mostly to help his fellow Hexview citizens.

Smith met and fell in love with Evelin Maximoff, a human runaway from Baron Institute. They lived together in peace for a while until Baron Marwood came to Hexview to retrieve Evelin, torturing both her and Smith in the process. Marwood ended up killing Smith. Unbeknownst to anyone, including him, Smith's coding had precautions in place if he was ever damaged enough to die. He could come back to life when the coding arranged itself properly, and any danger during this process would randomly teleport him away. Unfortunately, Evelin's magic surge counted as danger to the programming, and Smith's body was teleported away from Hexview.

Smith awoke three months later in a remote location, fully repaired but separated from Evelin. He was alone except for a young fire genasi artificer named Smokey, who had helped speed up his repairs. Smith learned he had been teleported to the Uncharted Peaks above Arcadia and began travelling south, back to Hexview. However, he found that it had been completely removed from its area. Devastated and with no idea where Evelin was, Smith swore that if he could not find his way back to Evelin, he would destroy the ones who started it all: Baron Institute.

The intensity of Smith's vow caused the magic within him to change, giving him the abilities of a paladin. He enlisted in the military for combat training. As soon as he had completed it, Smith headed for Baron Institute with Smokey as his only ally. On his way, he equipped himself with several anti-magic measures.

When he arrived at the Baron Institute, Smith told his ally to stay outside while he broke into the institute and slaughtered all the barons and as many of their allies as he could. In his frenzy, Smith killed many innocent pawns of the barons. Eventually, the fighting took its toll on Smith, and he began breaking down. Smokey rushed to his side and quickly tried to fix him, but had to rely on a burst of his own shadow magic to do most of the heavy lifting. As barons and pawns alike lay dying, Baron Institute was swallowed into Ravenloft by the dark powers.

Smith became the Shadowforged, the Dark Lord of Baron's End. He transformed the dying students into legions of warforged, while the surviving barons became monstrous warforged. The barons still plot revenge against the Shadowforged, and he is never able to definitively defeat any of them as the Dark Powers intervene and save them. Smokey remains the only living being in Baron's End.

Baron's End is a desolate world filled with machinery on every corner. Regiments of identical warforged patrol the streets.

## Relationships

### Friends

* Evelin Maximoff: Evelin was Smith's lover since she came to Hexview, though their relationship was brief as Baron Marwood arrived in Hexview to torture them. After his resurrection, when Smith could not find her or Hexview, he vowed to destroy the Baron Institute, the ones who caused her so much pain. Smith longs to be reunited with her even as a Dark Lord, but cannot leave Baron's End to search for her.
* Smokey: Smokey is a young fire genasi artificer who helped fix Smith when he was broken. Ever since, Smith has let Smokey tag along with him in case he needed fixing again. Smokey remains in Baron's End as the Shadowforged's advisor and repairman. He is the only flesh being in Baron's End.

## Abilities

### General Abilities

* Fighting Prowess: The Shadowforged is a strong fighter, able to wield a wide variety of weapons and able to cast spells to enhance his own fighting and strike back at those who dare to fight him.
* Spellcasting: The Shadowforged has a spark of divine magic remaining in him from his origins, allowing him to cast spells.