Takix

Picture of Takix in his heavy armor wielding his shield and lance.

A Centaur paladin of Pelor, **Takix** is the muscle of the Trifecta wielding a shield and either his lance or magical talking sword, Ernst. Deeply devoted to the god Pelor, Takix seeks to spread the teachings of the Dawn Father everywhere he travels believing it is his divine destiny to spread the light of Pelor. Recently, Takix has discovered that in addition to his Paladin powers he is also a divine sorcerer blessed by an unknown being, though if you ask him Takix will tell you that the being is most definitely Pelor himself.

## Personality

Takix is a kind oaf. What he lacks in intelligence he makes up for in earnest and charm. He is driven to care for the poor and oppressed by his oath to Pelor which he takes very seriously. However, having grown up in a temple Takix can often be a little naïve and doesn't always understand the social norms of the secular world. While generally very charismatic his desire to share Pelor's teachings at every available moment often comes across as rude.

His faith has been a great source of comfort for him throughout his life and he wants to share that joy with everyone whether they are interested or not. The less religious tend to find him overly preachy and self-righteous, and he can be less accepting of worshipers of neutral gods. Additionally, while supportive of other good gods, Takix believes that everyone should pay patronage to Pelor at least once a year and will insist on this to anyone who will listen.

Though a highly skilled warrior he is not always the best priest. He struggled through most of the more academic portions of his paladin training and is often prone to forgetting key portions of his religious doctrines. This does however make him very innovative when it comes to finding new ways to spread Pelor's teachings.

## Backstory

As a young toddler Takix was abandoned by his parents at the temple of Pelor in Gelani. They loved him, but he was a sickly child and they could no long afford his medical care in addition to feeding their eight other children, and they believed he might have a better chance of survival under the care of the clergy. Still Takix had a very happy childhood growing up as an acolyte in the temple. However, he was a terrible student who did not care much for religious study or prayer, and preferred to spend his days with his bestfriend Pedro Ferdinan terrorizing the Radiant Server, Enise Zenith with their antics. Thought he still suffered from random bouts of illness from time to time.

One day at around the age of ten Takix became deathly ill. For weeks he lay in bed slowly withering away as a fever devoured his body. Even the best clerics sent from the Sun's Keep in Dernavun couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. Finally, the Enise Zenith decided it was time to let the Raven Queen take Takix. A traveling priest who had been staying at the temple offered to watch over him during the night. During the night Takix dreamed that Pelor came to him and surrounded his body in his bright light. In the dream Pelor spoke to him and told him that he must recover for he was destined to spread his light across all of Arsazch. In the morning when Takix awoke his fever had broken and the Priest who had prayed over him all night was gone.

After that night Takix shocked everyone when he knelt at the Radiant Server's feet and pledged his life to the service of Pelor. He threw himself into his religious studies though his teachers noted that he was still a rather slow student who was often known to misquote religious texts and miss the moral of more metaphorical stories. However, his deep devotion and physical abilities impressed the Head Crusader, Ovus Farsummer who began his paladin training.

After completing his training and becoming a fully fledged Paladin Takix decided to set off to spread the Dawn Father's light across Arsazch. Wherever he went Pelor found new devoted followers who had been moved by his sermons. That is until he met a wizard name Stal who had no interest in Pelor, and who's only desire seemed to be reviving the long dead goddess Mystra. Takix was taken a back by Stal's love for blasphemy, but was determined to change his mind. Picking up the bard Rohegri, somewhere along the way.