Harin

## **Hrin, The Champion of Azeh**

Since becoming Azeh's champion Harin wears golden armor covering his entire body and purple cape. He fights with a mace made out of kraken bone and used a an enchanted shield. He's a simple man and so is his fighting style, empowered with Azeh's fire magic.

While he's happy that he somehow fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a knight Harin still feels a bit conflicted sharing a body with a fire god that he used to hate so much. Both Azeh and Harin know however they need each other and both of them are scared of an enemy they are bound to face. All of Seru counts on them after all. He was a security officer for Main Archive for years. What's the difference between this and protecting a soul of a fire god?

## **Story**

Harin never could get his father's attention, no matter how hard he tried. He was the best student in his class, he got a job in Seru Mall as security at the age of 16, yet still, his father shown no interest in his own son. Harin's father was a priest at the temple of fire god Azeh and the golden phoenix got all of his love and attention, despite doing nothing to earn it and as Harin was growing up he started to hate Azeh. He would often call the god a parasite, even in public. Even if Azeh fought the dragon king Polemos to defend Seru many years ago for Harin the god was just a public figure who did nothing aside being a symbol. Symbol young man hated. Years went by and he moved to New Satra where he became a security officer in Main Archive. When he was a child Harin always loved the stories about Snowguards Order protecting Fenaro from the dangers of the tundra and being an a job in security was the closes he could get to his childhood dream of being a knight. For years he lived a happy simple life in Satra, with no gods, no demons and no family, and with easy access to all documented history of Greavesoyl he expanded his knowledge about the knights of old days.

But the day when things got complicated finally came. When an ancient monster of pure hatred from depths of Lost Halls under Satra dissolved and it's hate sprayed over the world something on Greavesoyl has changed and even simple security officer could feel it. The Operator decided to travel to Seru and took few people from Satra with them, including Harin who at the time had no idea what was really happening.

When he arrived to his home city he could not recognize it. Streets were empty. Guards were ready. *Something was wrong.* Operator went to a meeting with the king and the royal council while Harin and the other guards were ordered to wait in the Temple of The Golden Phoenix where all the painful memories from his childhood came back. He wandered the halls of the temple thinking about his past and his father, unintentionally ignoring his orders and going outside. That one move saved his life. Just as Harin realized that he was supposed to wait inside, the temple exploded in fire. A giant black shadow moved above him. A roar so loud and terrifying echoed over the ruins as Harin tried to understand the chaos around. Familiar shape crawled from the burning rubble. Even Azeh, the fire god Harin hated so much was different this day. For probably the first time ever someone could see Azeh *scared*. And as the god got up and jumped in the air Harin saw WHAT was it that scared the symbol of Seru's might so much. It was a dragon. *A giant brown dragon*. The fight Harin witnessed this day was something he thought can only happen in tales. Seru cried and the skies burned as the dragon everyone thought was dead ripped Azeh's wings to pieces and and left, leaving only death and destruction behind. That day Harin saw the true reason why Azeh was worshipped. What was Azeh's true power. And he saw that it was not enough to stop Dragon King Polemos.

Harin was the only person who found the fire god dying in the rubble that was once The Temple of the Golden Phoenix. As they talked Azeh's body slowly melted until only the soul was on the ground, burning away. There IS a method to kill an eternal one - destroying their body and leaving their soul to wither. Yet despite all of his hate and grudge Harin did not let Azeh die. Harin's body became Azeh's new body where the god was safe until he could make himself new one. Their minds meet and they both could see the memories of each other. Azeh saw the impact he had on Harin over the years and Harin saw the truth about Azeh's presence in Seru. When king's Emerald Agents came they expected to find only bodies and dust. Instead they found one man who they thought witnessed Azeh's death. At first they wanted to execute him on sight but surprisingly, dead god spoke. He declared man who saved him was untouchable. Declared him the only hope Seru has for now. He declared him his Champion.

## **In-game**

Tanky support who shields his allies for a duration twice as long as this ability cooldown, which allows for practically infinite shields. Ironically, he also counters all other shield users (like Cane or Dayini).

Abilities
 Smite and Ignite
 Blessing of Flames

## **Trivia**

* Harin was based on "The Guardian" - kit designed in 2018 by Azeth Meron.
* Design of his armor was inspired by Solar Flare armor from Terraria.
* Unlike other humans sharing a body with an eternal one Harin is not infected with the Curse of Undying.