Lucian

## **Backstory:**

Lucian had arrived at his target’s last known location, he used tree’s to move in the shadows of the night. Upon arriving, he investigated the area, finding nothing. Not a single thing looked out of place in the forest, it was like no one had been here, there was no presence of anyone but himself. As he was investigating his body alerted him of something, murderous intent, but before he could react he was knocked unconscious. A woman looked down upon him, she scanned his body and whispered something into the air. Golden chains appeared protruding through a magical portal that glowed a holy light. The chains wrapped themselves around Lucian taking him through the portal. As he was sent through the women watched, a bloody tear going down her face.

He awoke in a bright room full of clouds, the ground seemed to be water but he was laying on it. In this place his body felt horrible, it was like his strength was slowly dying as his strength was being zapped. Trying to get to his feet, he fell to the ground but was caught. His arms had been caught and he was pulled up by two demi-human neko women, they were wearing strange clothes with lots of gold. Before he could get a question out a man presented himself, he was Arthus the Epitome of Krognosis, or as most know him as, the god of time. He informed Lucian of why he was pulled to this realm, he was to help Arthus with a mission in the world of Asera. He was informed that due to certain rules, he could not take care of this task on his own, and decided to choose Lucian as his “collector”. Having no choice he reluctantly agreed to this task, and was sent through another golden portal.

As he opened his eyes, Lucian looked around and saw that he was in a forest with a few mountain ranges around. He made his way through these new lands, a few monsters and animals he had never seen before attacked him, however, he was able to dispatch only one with struggle, and decided fleeing was a better option until he had more information. Running until nightfall he arrived at a cave, where after dealing with another strange creature, he decided to sleep. When he awoke his journey continued until he came upon the village known as Dirk. It was a poor village with not many people left within it. He spent some of his time here, until eventually it was attacked by a strange horned, humanoid monster. Lucian did his best to face this creature but suffered an almost fatal defeat, and was knocked unconscious. As he awoke, his body felt sore and he was wrapped up in bandages. It seems the few people that were left witnessed him trying to protect the village and helped him after the creature had left, it seems like it had left right after it defeated Lucian. He had a voice in his head appear, it was Arthus, he told Lucian his mission would be collecting pieces of something, however, never described what.

Some time had passed and after helping the village get back to being a prosperous place to live, he had left to go on a mission in the dwarven kingdom of Duhan. Arthus had sent him on a mission there, apparently there was a “piece” there. After a few weeks of travel Lucian had arrived in the town of Ashfield and had quickly learned of problems in the town. A dwarf there had been informed about Lucian by a blacksmith in Dirk, he wrote about his efforts at the village. The dwarf asked for the man’s help, there were ghouls investigating their mines and one of the mines had been completely taken over. Luckily for this dwarf, the thing Lucian was looking for was located near this area so he agreed to help in return for some supplies and gold. After gearing up he headed out to the mine where the ghouls were investing and where his mission possibly was. Arriving at the mine, it was infested with ghouls, however, they weren’t very strong, nor smart. He easily dispatched the ghouls using the shadows of the mines and made his way through the mine. Making his way through a clearing in the mine, it led outside, he was on a stone platform surrounded by water with the night sky above illuminating below. As he scanned the room in the water he found a golden chunk of something, it had strange writing on it. He grabbed it and felt the same feeling as he did before in Arthus’s realm, he was told to not let it touch his skin as it would cause problems for him. As he put this chunk into his pouch, the effects disappeared, however, someone had appeared.

A well dressed man, wearing a mask appeared in front of Lucian. He appeared explaining how he wanted Lucian to join his side and tried to convince him with the promise of freedom. He rejected his offer causing the masked man to want to take him forcefully. As Lucian went to strike him, his sword broke on the man’s finger, and he was quickly defeated, his mind went blank. Some time had passed before he came back and he appeared somewhere completely different, he was back in Dirk village and there were two strong looking individuals in front of him, he tried to move however, he had his limbs tied. He looked around and saw that the village had been destroyed and villagers had been slaughtered. Using all of his strength he broke through his binding, however, was in no shape to fight, his body seemed as though it had been drained. Arthus appeared in front of him and the young man sighed in relief. These two were known as Balamore and Malleo Mortis, they weren’t people Lucian could handle. Arthus using his best judgment, fought against these two pushing them back and destroying Balamore’s armor, revealing another chunk, which Lucian quickly grabbed before escaping into Arthus’s portal.

In Arthus’s realm, Lucian was informed that he was going to be given 4 years to grow before he continued their objective. For one year he was allowed to go back to his home world, and for the final 3 he must go out into the world of Asera and learn more of it. Once this time is over, Arthus would once again seek him out to continue their objective. The one year Lucian spent back home, he learned of his new position, along with going through his people’s special trials receiving his new weapon called a Reaver, yet having to be named by Lucian. After his one year was over he was sent back to Asera, where he journeyed and explored the world for the next 3 years. His goals were to learn more about himself and the world around him. He decided to join the Adventurer’s Association, however, did not go on many quests, notably only one with an adventurer named Connor. Nearing the end of his 4 year growth period, he has found himself in the Moon Forest, now trying to make his way out and head to Berkton City to accept a guild invite.