Marshal Lupax

Marshal, in his true shadow kitsune form, was incredibly powerful and sadistic.

Marshal Lupax was a black kitsune pirate from Sloantown, who served as First Mate to The Ironborn under Captain Sloan. Marshal was a sly and deceitful sorcerer, who reveled in bringing misery to others. He was eventually killed along with the rest of The Ironborn during a conflict with The Chaos Hounds.

## History

Born in the slums of Galatias, Marshal was unlike any other slave he knew. With kitsune being extremely rare within Veiltouria, Marshal knew nothing of his people. Extremely intelligent from a very young age, the infant Marshal was raised in a slave hall with many other orphans, bred for the purpose of slaughter in the great arena.

It was during this time, in the slavers orphanage, that Marshal began to foster his love of death. Starting small, with insects and vermin, Marshal began to torture and kill dozens of living things. This slowly progressed to larger beings, such as cats or dogs, until eventually Marshal began to kill his fellow orphans. With every death, Marshal's darkness and power grew, until on his fifteenth birthday he destroyed the orphanage and fled.

Knowing he had to escape, Marshal found his to the outer wall, where he stumbled upon a huge drainage pipe that led out into the ocean. Knowing that Stinging King Mik'Na Kirax would send his Skraeling hunters after him, Marshal leapt down the pipe, to death or freedom. As he fell, power surged within the young kitsune, and he was saved from crashing into the water below by innately teleporting.

Landing on a shoreline far north of Galatias, Marshal realized he had arrived in some kind of small settlement. Exploring, he soon learned he was in a coastal village called Sloantown. His unique entrance caught the attention of Sloan himself, the ruler of the settlement and a famed pirate captain, who after seeing Marshal's power decided to take the escaped slave under his wing. Marshal had found a home.

### The Ironborn

In Sloan Marshal had found someone who understood his love for death. Joining Sloan's crew, known as The Ironborn, Marshal's studied under the slaad and learned all he could. As the years passed, Marshal grew ever stronger and rose through the ranks, until eventually he deposed Sloan's son Salazar and become The Ironborn's First Mate.

Sloan began to use Marshal's natural ability to change shape, sending him in to disarm potential targets and weaken them, making them easier to raid. Marshal took to the job with relish, and soon yearned for the periods of subterfuge, of constant deceit. marshal became so skilled at his double life that many Guardian's thought Marshal one of them, those that did not trust often meeting unfortunate ends.

This culminated in Sloan strategically placing Marshal amongst a group called The Chaos Hounds, to guide them to Sloantown and force them to aid Sloan in his desired conquest of Galatias. Marshal joined the group, quickly gaining their trust and travelling with them from Saschia to the eastern coastline. He fought with the group when drow assassins of The Raven Queen attacked them on the road, and was present when the Hemomancer Archimeates Rend warned The Chaos Hounds of Lennox Sanguine and his plans. Following this interaction, the group were led to Sloantown by Marshal, who assisted in further ensnaring them in Sloan's trap.

Marshal would then take the gnome artificer Robert Regarth out to rescue Sloan's son Glooper. During their expedition, Marshal and Robert encountered the genasi Logi Bolvadur, who was also working for Sloan at that time but had a tense relationship with Marshal. The trio successfully rescued Glooper, whereupon Logi attempted to warn Robert of Marshal's true allegiance, though Robert was unable to understand the warning in time. Following Logi's departure, Marshal ambushed Robert, killed his robotic companion Teddy Regarth and sent Robert to the dungeons.

Marshal was then later present when the remaining Chaos Hounds broke Robert out of prison and killed Salazar, with Marshal later joining Sloan during his pursuit of the group. Following Sloan's arrival at the walls of Galatias, Marshal and the other Ironborn were polymorphed into small objects and smuggled into the city by Sloan, waiting for their chance to strike. This was planned to occur during the final attack against The Stinging King, however Marshal was captured by Robert before this could occur, and was brutally killed in retribution for Teddy's death.