Alastor

Alastor is a young looking tiefling barbarian who came to Guildtown early in season 6, with his close companion Uriel arriving soon after.

## Description

Alastor is a purple-skinned tiefling with white tiger stripes on his whole body, following the contours of his muscles. He is very strongly built, with defined muscles and broad shoulders. He wears a simple sleeveless burgundy tunic, tied loosely, leaving much of his chest visible, dark brown pants that come to mid-calf, and brown leather sandals. Along with this, he wears a golden necklace with angel wings (The Clockwork Amulet), and a strange bracelet with a red crystal charm (The Periapt of Wound Closure). His fanglike teeth have often been noted in roleplay, along with an expressive tail. His tail is long, thin, and unbarbed, unless he is in a tail-centric rage. He seems to be in his mid 20s, but his exact age is unknown, He has a black, shoulder length wolf cut, and horns that follow the curve of his head. He has several scars along most of his body, but centred on his face, chest, and back. He is generally fairly confident and happy in conversation, rarely uncomfortable, and often smiling. More recently, he has acquired a large tattoo across his right arm and shoulder, vaguely resembling black fire (Eldritch Claw Tattoo).

He doesn't know much about magic, seemingly unaware until very recently that his use of Thaumaturgy is considered magic.

## Combat Style

Despite being a barbarian, Alastor does not often rage as the first action in combat. Generally, his rage waits until combat is fully fledged, being that it is a choice on his part. He has significant control over his rages, as shown in both *How the Warforged Nuked Guildmas*, in which he voluntarily entered a rage for a higher AC (Beast Barbarian trait) and bonuses to strength saving throws, and *Attack of the Killer Guildmas Trees*, in which he held off entering a rage in order to maintain concentration on a smite spell (Legacy of Avernus trait). Notably, Alastor has never used Reckless Attack.

He primarily uses a combination of his Beast Barbarian natural weapons and a greatsword in combat, and uses no armour.

## Background

Alastor arrived in Guildtown quietly, by himself. He has only a few years worth of memory before joining Guildtown, starting about three years back. His earliest memory involves digging himself from a shallow grave, fully grown. To his eye, he has not aged since.

To make money, he would travel between towns and do paid staged fights, similar to gladiator tournaments or pro wrestling. Around this time is when he discovered the bestial rages he would enter at the scent of blood. Through the continuation of these fights, and a tiefling mentor named Karzire, who he grew to see as a father figure, he learned to control his rages. This mentor went on to die due to a less-than-safe training spar with a man called Ata, which resulted in him bleeding out in front of Alastor while he tried to bandage him.

Less than a year before he joins Guildtown, while on the road elsewhere, he meets Uriel. For a while, they travel together. Being in similar lines of work, they found it was safer to travel as a pair than to travel alone. After a while, they forge something Alastor would consider an unlikely friendship, and Uriel would consider a close alliance. After several months of this, they decide to head to Guildtown, hoping for better paying jobs. Along the way, Uriel stays behind to fulfill a contract, and Alastor forges onward, completing his first quests without his best friend to tell the stories to.

## Relationships

**Allum I. Heart -** Allum was there for Alastor early in his joining the guild, and gave him strong advice relating to Uriel. He considers them a good friend.

**Arix -** Arix is Cyren's boyfriend. Alastor has met him several times in his un-ratted form and once as the mighty disco rat, and thinks he is a good match for Cyren. He is amused by Arix's shapeshifting ability, and had fun watching him confuse Tadao on the Leviathan quest.

**Asonder -** Alastor has met Asonder once outside of a questing context, and was very amused by his assertion that he was usually in the rat horde in town. They played some music together and parted amiably. Later, when Asonder was experiencing some magical illness, Alastor went to help, which resulted in his temporary polymorphing into a rat.

**Cyren -** Cyren and Alastor are good friends. They met during the *Rat Side Story* two-part adventure, while on the side of the rat gangs. Alastor was impressed by her wielding of magic, and her quick thinking. They've since forged a strong friendship, both inspiring the other.

**The Grisp -** The Grisp and Alastor met on the Leviathan quest. Alastor is mildly spooked by the Grisp, but overall has a healthy respect of her and holds no ill will. He is more curious and confused by her than anything.

**Tadao -** Alastor and Tadao have gone on several quests together, notably the Leviathan quest. Alastor considered Tadao to be a strong ally, if of questionable motivation with mediocre at best decision making. Alastor holds a level of respect and envy towards Tadao's skills. Alastor is currently not a fan of Tadao, due to an incident at the Aureate Temple which reminded him of Karzire's death. It ended with Alastor punching Tadao and storming out.

**Vesper -** Vesper also joined Alastor on the Leviathan quest, and proved an equally respected ally, if also with mediocre motive at times. Vesper has, however, certainly earned Alastor's respect.

**Uriel -** Uriel and Alastor are unlikely, if close, best friends. They were in similar circles before Guildtown, and so forged and unlikely alliance for their safety. After being in Guildtown, Alastor discovered that he cared about Uriel more deeply than as friends. Several other characters, notably Allum and Marshall, provided advice to him while he was figuring it all out. After a particularly trying quest, Alastor returned to Guildtown heavily injured, and Uriel bandaged him in the Peaceful Chapel. During this, while woozy from blood loss, Alastor confessed his affection for Uriel. He has no recollection of this event. This lead to a period of discomfort and confusion between the two, until they reconciled at the beach. A few weeks later, just before *How the Warforged Nuked Guildmas*, Alastor went to speak to Uriel, citing a bad feeling about the quest, and Uriel confessed that Alastor's affection was returned. As of present, the two are not in a relationship, but Alastor has vowed to wait as long as necessary.

In general, Alastor considers all of New Guildtown both friend and ally.

## Trivia

* Alastor and Uriel were always intended for a slowburn romance, created in tandem by their players
* Cyren is the only character as of present to receive a Guildmas gift from Alastor, though it has been hinted that Uriel was intended to get one
* Alastor bleeds black, tarlike blood. It smells like melted asphalt.
* Alastor survived 250 points of damage at level four. Despite failing a saving throw with advantage, his rage halved the damage, and due to having temporary hit points at the time bringing his HP to 89, the damage did not reduce him to negative hit points equal to his max at the time, 59. This allowed him to be revived immediately after. (250/2-89=36)
* His sexuality has never explicitly confirmed, though he has been implied to be on the asexual spectrum and is at bare minimum attracted to men/masculine folks