Fadril Vellan

Fadril Vellan - son of Findrael Vellan, after his death head of the Vellan family, self-taught hunter, husband to Heljoel Vellan, struggling to solve the mystery of shadow Spir'Thuz living inside him, fan of booze

## Biography

### Possession

Once upon a time , hunting big game as usual , Fadril got to see trace of an enormous deer. He noticed the broken branches and followed the trail. As he arrived upon a nearby water source , a marvelous deer has emerged before his eyes. He decided to climb on a tree and wait out a perfect moment to strike. The second he let go of bowstring, his heart started to burn with unimaginable pain. He fell of a tree and started screaming as if being ripped apart. The agonal pain caused him to faint. The nightmare that followed was the most realistic experience he ever had. The dreadful stories of thousands of people were flashing before his eyes, their desperation, their regrets, their tragedies. He felt what they felt , he thought what they thought. Suddenly he woke up, breathing rapidly and looking around. He was viewing the surroundings as if through a blue lens. Somebody was talking to him, so he kept looking around, but no one was there. He couldn't comprehend babbling in some unknown language.

### The tragedy

He decided to rush to his father in need for counsel. Riled-up by whispers ,he dashed into Findrael's lab. Petrified he was looking at charred pile of bones. The burnt skeleton was only recognizable by the Vellan family's signet on its finger. Distraught he kneeled and started sobbing silently in front of what remained of his father. What he noticed was that none of the books or jottings scattered across the lab were damaged in any sort of way. He started reading them one after another. They were telling about the origin of various demons, their motives, their story, how one may communicate with them. Mocked by a voice inside his head , here and then he sworn to finish the work of his father.

### Family

Trying to wrap his mind around basics of ancient languages and basic spellcraft , he searched for counsel in nearby Water Temple. Over there he met Heljoel and fell in love with first sight. The peacefulness around Heljoel stature made even Spir'Thuz somewhat calm. The time spent with her was the very relief he yearned since the possession. Using the best charm he could even muster up to , Fadril found a way to Heljoel's heart and together they flew away to his crib in forest. Together they found out that its tinivid language that Espri-Thuz speaks and from now on the Fadril tried to communicate with him. Soon the Lorash was born. Fadril brought up Lorash according to hunter's tradition. Farsightedly he also taught him tinivid language. Nevertheless as much as he communicated with his shadow, Fadril drew closer into madness finding this time a relief in a strong booze. As much as he tried to talk and nurture his son , he could only do so when being drunk and partly - free of tinivid whispers.

### Death

One fine day in autumn the Fadril took his son on a hunt. This time they decided to go deeper in the woods to find a real big game. Finally after all these years of searching Fadril found the legendary white stag, the very same one as in the past. As it was early afternoon , they chose to wait out the stag to draw closer , and hid in the treetops. He finally appeared , bathed in the glow of the setting sun , with a long majestic golden antlers, the stag leaned out from the bushes. The second Fadril tightened bowstring , his eye begun to burn extremely. He fell off the tree and with a hit,his rib punctured his lung. He died on the hands of Lorash , speaking out with his last breath: "break free of this curse".