The Blood Mage Ectar

The great and noble
house of Storm-Hammer, a powerful Jot'Akan family that once stood
proud and strong. Until the day the Blood-Spear family decided to war
with them. For a decade, the two families clashed blades until the
Storm-Hammer's fell. Their house defeated, they were sold into
slavery. For another decade, they were forced to fight in the arenas,
to fight and die at the command of the masses. But that all changed
with Ectar.

The boy was born
different from the others, but none could tell why until he turned
twelve. It was made clear then that he had a rare blood taint, one
that drove him mad, unable to tell friend and foe alike. At first, it
was thought to be a bersker rage, like that of the barbarian tribes
to the north, but it was soon made clear that this was not the case.
The rage never left him, his owners made to keep him separate from
the other slaves. In the dead of night, he was heard screaming as
pain shot through his every joint. It was months before they
discovered what it was.

Thousands of years ago,
a powerful mage cursed his bloodline. A small percentage of children
would be born with this rage, tearing the family apart from the
inside. It was a curse that had been inflicted upon others in the
course of history, a condition that came to be known as the Venom. It
was a mage who discovered this in Ectar, and said that the boy should
be killed in order to protect the rest of their cattle. But the Arch
Mage said there was a way to not waste such a valuable asset to the
pits.

Ectar was put through a
ritual, one that would strip the Venom from his blood and awoke an
ancient power. For weeks, the ritual went on, and his pain increased
until the Venom had been transformed, and his blood awakened.

After a few weeks in
isolation, to see if he would survive, he was taken to the Arch Mage
and told his fate. The ritual awoke dorment blood that was inside all
mortals, though it was unknown to most. Celestial, Demon, Devil and
Fey blood ran through them all, and his was that of the Fey. From
then on, his shadow moved different from his movements, as if a life
of its own, and he was trained to use his new blood and the power it
held. He became a Blood Mage, able to fight both with weapons and
magic. As such, he became a valuable fighter in the arenas and he won
many fights with his new power.

After a time, his
owner, a man called Vicose, saw that in order for Ectar to progress
further, he needed more training, training he could not receive from
the Arch Mage. So, Vicose called the College and asked for one of the
few Blood Mages there to come and teach Ectar further. But the Blood
Mage, Secto, refused to teach a slave, and said he would only teach
the boy if he were free. Vicose, though not happy about loosing his
prized fighter, had no choice but to relent, and Ectar was freed into
the hands of Secto.

Ectar was told then
that there was three paths for him to further his training, but he
could choose only one. The Path of the Sun, the Moon or the Eclipse.
Ectar choose the Order of the Sun, and so his training continued. It
took him many years to progress, fighting in many battles and
learning new skills and techniques that would otherwise forever be
lost to him. By training, he longed to see his family name restored.
He earned coin to win their freedom and soon began the process to
restore house Storm-Hammer. But it was not to be.

After some time, he
earned the family tattoo, a mark over his right eye, that would
identify him as a Storm-Hammer. He was told that the fist
Storm-Hammer members infused the mark with great power, but that was
now thought to be lost.

On attempting to
restore the family name, Ectar decided that the Blood-Spear family
must suffer as they did, and he lead an attack against them.
Unfortunately, he came up against the House Mage of Blood-Spear, and
he was no match for her. She hit him with a powerful spell that
should have ripped his body apart and sent him to the Gods. Instead,
his Fey blood allowed him to survive, and his body was torn from his
world, his existence, and sent some where else. He awoke in village,
being treated for his injuries. He tried to explain everything to
those who cared for him, but the names Storm-Hammer and Blood-Spear
were not known. He was no longer in his world.

Now, he seeks a means
to return home, to continue his mission to see House Storm-Hammer
revived to its glory.