Alexander Kaidan

> ***Guide of Souls, The Ferryman of the Dead, Ghost-Touched***
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### Personal History

Alex was born to mortal parents on Amadonia. He was a sickly child, but was happy. When he was five years old, his father died in a farming accident, leaving his mother and him alone. Times grew hard for them, ut he tried to help his mother when he could. On his seventh birthday he grew even more sickly but promised his mother that he would be there when she returned from Angelusia with some medicine and a treat for his birthday.

While she was gone, he passed away, or at least his body did. His soul refused to leave the material plain, the boy determined through sheer force of will to keep his promise to his mother. However, days passed and his mother did not return. Little did he know, on the way to Angelusia she ran afoul of the Red Stallion Army and was brutally murdered.

In the afterlife, she begged someone, anyone, to look after her son. Intrigued, Daphne heard her pleas and went to look in on the sick little boy. Finding him dead, yet still remaining faithful and waiting for his mother to return.

Daphne felt heart broken at seeing Alexander's soul remain behind attempting to keep a promise he'd been freed from without even knowing about it. She approached his spirit, and though he was scared he stood his ground, insisting that he stay behind and until his mother returned with the medicine to make him well. Daphne then realized that the boy did not yet realize he was dead. Attempting to reason with him, Daphne told the boy that it was not safe for souls to remain on the material plain, lest they become vengeful spirits and harm innocent people in their irrational anger. The boy refused to listen to reason, however, and continued to insist that he be there for when his mother returned, having already chased away some strangers with a wheat scythe belonging to his father.

When Daphne asked Alexander what he meant, he possessed his body, yet remained able to interact with the spiritual plain. It was then that Daphne realized the boy was Ghost-touched, a status only a very select few had acquired, one of whom was her nephew Lanzo's Avatar. In order to prove to the boy that his efforts were not necessary, Daphne summoned the spirit of his mother to put his mind at peace. Alex finally relented, yet now faced a new challenge: to repay the debt of gratitude he now owed the Handmaiden of Death. Daphne gave the boy an option, telling him that with his abilities to touch both the physical and spiritual plains, he could do a great deal of good by helping lost souls reach their final resting place.

Alex was happy to take what would become his place among the Amadonian pantheon, and to help him in his new job, Daphne took the boy's scythe to her nephew Lanzo's forge deep in the bowels of the planet's crust, and asked him to create what would become Soul Harvester. Upon receiving the new weapon, Alexander also felt divine energy enter his body, and felt a link form between himself, the souls of those passed on, and both Daphne and Lysander, as well. From that day forward, he would meet the newly dead on the banks of the River of Souls, where he would then ferry them across to their final destination in the afterlife.

### Portfolio

* **Death** - Though his power over the dead is relatively limited. As the ferryman of the dead, anything regarding guidance is within his domain, yet little else since he is not a full fledged god.

### Family

* Parents: Mortal parents
* Adoptive Parents: Daphne and Lysander both view Alex as a son

* Siblings: Alex is an only child

### Magic Objects

* The Shroud of Silence
* Soul Harvester (scythe)

### Sacred Items, Plants and Animals

* Sacred Bird: Ravens and Crows
* Sacred Item: The Shroud of Silence

### Attendants, Companions and Servant

* Alex is usually found the the company of his adoptive sisters or his cousin Atara when he's not helping out his parents with their death domain duties

### Honored Classes and Races

* Favored Soul -
* Paladin Order: Order of the Grave
* The Ghost-Touched- While not a race upon themselves, the Ghost-Touched are those who have died before they were born, but some divine intervention had them live again. Usually Alex only ferry's the dead, but with his cousin's approval, He will visit those deemed worthy to be Ghost-Touched and will give them life again.

### Mythology and Lore

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