Alaric von Dagen

"*I promise I can still get it hard.....*"
— Alaric

**Alaric von Dagen** is a Human, Dhampir from Aurelius. He is the last surviving member of The Dagen Family.

## Biography

### Early Life

Alaric Von Dagen, born the son of Euric von Dagen and Evaline von Dagen, was a man fuelled by extreme charisma with an undying loyalty to his goals. Like many of his predecessors, including his father, he represented the future of his family as the heir in line to inherit the grand castle of Degendorf. His brother Seran was well known warrior throughout many villages unlike Alaric who was more known for his lavish parties and grand hunting trips, though he had rejected the opportunity to rule due to him believing Alaric would be a greater fit for the role.

For much of his life Alaric lived at peace with himself, content with how his life was expanding. He had taken a wife, the beautiful Vanessa, at the age of only 21 and fathered his first son not long after the turn of the same year. This binding had been the one sole thing Alaric craved more than anything, a burning passion to create a family of his own.

### The Sacking of Dagendorf

In the year 227 D.F. during the conquest carried out by the ruthless Malvetican Empire, Deggendorf came under siege and eventually fell to its new rulers leaving all but Alaric dead. He had been out hunting for a grand feast in honour of his father until he saw the smoke billowing from his once great family home. He hurried back just in time to hear his wife's last words as she and his beloved son passed on into the afterlife. He swiftly escaped on horseback, riding past the corpses of fallen guards and maids, amongst the fallen was his brother who had fallen to an hail of arrows while helping people escape.

### Becoming A Dhampir

After two isolated years of roaming without purpose, Alaric came into contact with a creature that claimed to have a cure to his ailments, a cure to his broken heart. One sip of a red tincture was all it took to change Alaric forever and set in motion his immediate transformation into a monster of the night. Though he believed the creature to be a healer of some kind, he was horrified to see that he was in fact an Elder Vampire and Alaric had just consumed his blood.

Many centuries passed as Alaric roamed Aurelius, staving off his hunger and avoiding the harsh rays of the sun. He took time during the day while shaded in caves and alcoves to hone his skills and learn all he could from books and scrolls he had found on his travels. He later succumbed to the life of a criminal, staying amongst the shadows to find his next source of gold or sometimes even his next meal.

### The Creature at Castle Drake

During their shared dream in 95 A.A., Hibernius Caldwell and Teddy G. Rizzly saw a vision from the past showing Alaric along with his wife Vanessa and son Piotr at their home of Dagendorf playing together long before Alaric's vampiric transformation.

### Events of 100 A.A.

During the events of 100 A.A. Alaric made it clear that he did not always have everyone's best intentions in mind, many years roaming alone had made him more cynical and resentful. Far from the noble he had once been, he often did things for his own benefit even if it hurt the people around him. With all this considered the did accept Baz Spoons offer and did successfully help him find his children at the expense of his crazy ex-wife along with the help of bullywug Shug and travelling salesman Harold Honkinbottom. While not always good at it, Alaric always tried to help people who needed it if he felt their plight was worth his assistance. Sometimes this could be difficult due to Aurelius' strenuous relationship with Vampires who by some were seen as pure evil.

When opportunities arose to show off his skills and prowess, Alaric always accepted and this lead him down many routes of fighting and even killing many people. His prosperity of killing didn't help him during the K.F.C as him and Shug were bested, only for Harold to win the tournament by convincing the opponents to let him win. The stressful relationship he had with his companions sometimes led to squabbles and disagreements between the group as Alaric considered himself the most intelligent of the lot. His self centred nature also lead him to believe local goblin Gretchen Grope had a crush on him which was never fully confirmed to him even after saving her from Splintered Griffs, a town they also defeated one of the Hags in, or so they thought.

The first time Alaric had tasted real embarrassment was during the events that happened in Minerva before the Championship Tournament. He was drugged and kidnapped along with his comrades but after being affected by mimicsblood gas, he began to hallucinate and became erratic, landing himself in hospital until after the tournament had taken place. Re-joining the group, they partook in a case involving the death of then Lord President Lionel Cranberry, believing they had put all the evidence together, Shug and Alaric confronted the murderer but were unable to stop him taking his own life. This lead the authorities to suspect the group of being the real killers. Fleeing to Septimus in order to regroup and attempt to clear their name they only ran into more trouble.

While in Septimius, Alaric aided Shug in trying to understand what had happened to his homeland. He even helped the Bullywugs of House Dredge defend their keep from the invading House Bole and kill the head of House Bole, Bum. Later they travelled deeper into Septimus, finding Richard Welford's old laboratory in pristine condition. Their investigation lead them to discover the Hag of Disease who they dispatched of easily due to her fear of filth. Returning to Aurelius in the town of Downpour, in attempts to try and make a better name for themselves, Alaric and the group helped build an orphanage in hopes it would give them a greater public image if they ever were arrested.

## Appearances

* The Horror That Came for Spoons
* Extracurricular Escapades
* The Riches of the Genie
* The Champion Ship Departs
* The Cranberry Conundrum
* Rot o' the Wugs
* Muddied Waters
* The Creature at Castle Drake *(appeared in hallucination)*

## Trivia

* He is a massive fan of K.U.V.E however he thinks they may be more interested in his good looks than actually helping vampires gain more respect.