Zerin Nestoris

## Appearance

Zerin is tall middle-aged ardoni with four ear pixels. His markins are scattered over his body and is a pale yellow color, similar to that of Hubris'. He has several scars from fighting in the Second Great War ever since he was young. He also has almost superhuman strength, managing to slam the heads of two netherans together and killing them simultaneaously during the Second Great War and breaking the neck of a hooded human with relative ease during the slaughter of the village.

## Personality

Though Zerin seems peace-loving and kind at a first glance, he also has a hidden side as well. In front of Alikar and Erebon, Zerin is stern but tolerating. However, when facing those that he does not like, it doesn't bother Zerin if he murders them brutally and without mercy, which was why he had Aggroslam. Alikar discovered part of his darker side as he grew up and during the slaughter of his village, which made him like Zerin less and less. On the day before the slaughter, Alikar was treating Zerin as a mere aqcuaintance instead of a father's friend.

## History

### Early Life

Zerin was born a Voltaris when they were hiding on Mount Velgrin. After the return of Ingressus, Zerin was put through harsh training by Ingressus himself, who taught him the skills of combat and song wielding. However, after witnessing the raiding of several innocent villages, Zerin abruptly decided to surrender to the nestoris and was initiated into the clan after vowing to hunt down his own clan mates the Voltaris.

### Joining the war

Zerin soon joined the Second Great War, siding with the Nestoris, and slew many Voltaris brothers and sisters without mercy. He also beat Tygren during a skirmish with the Voltaris. However, after watching Ria and Senn kill Tygren and taking back Thalleous' sword, Zerin though that maybe it wa time to stop fighting and start teaching the younger generation about peace.

### Adopting Alikar

When he retired, Zerin decided to live in the same village with his friend, who was the father of Alikar Voltaris. When both of Alikar's parents died, Zerin and Hectus Kaltaris adopted Alikar and took him under his wing.

### Attack of the undead

Though Alikar did not know about this since he was too young at that time, Zerin found out about the rise of the undead far before anyone knew that. When hunting one day in the woods alone, Zerin had to slay multiple skeletons and zombies. Zerin came back from the hunt shocked, though he hid it well in front of Alikar. From that day on, Zerin started to train Alikar how to fight. When Alikar got his first song and sword from Zerin, the two ardoni, along with other retired warriors in the village, dispatched many undead groups around the woods of the viallge. One of them reported the attacks to Master Senn Voltaris, and by that time, the ardoni-undead war had sprung up. On the night of the slaughter in the village, Zerin was woken by Erebon Kaltaris and fought bravely against the undead, but there was simply too many. As the warriors around them fell, Zerin knew that Alikar and Erebon had to escape in order to report the incident to the masters. He gave Alikar Protesphere, which was a song he was planning to train Alikar to use later. Then, saying that he would catch up with the younger ardoni later, he ran into the burning village. Both of the young ardoni fled into the woods while Zerin killed as many undead as he can with his diamond greatsword. However, when he was pushed into a home by a zombie, Zerin was cut on his left shoulder by an axe. Then, he saw several hooded figures enter the house. Zerin managed to kill two of them before realizing that they were humans who were able to control the undead, which was similar to the necromancers that Zerin fought during the Second Great War. The third and last human managed to land a devastating blow on Zerin's torso using his sword, killing the middle-aged Nestoris.

## Equipment

### Aggroslam

This song is used during brutal hand-to-hand combat or close quarters. The song gives the user enough strength to slam into an opponent and break a few bones if they are not prepared. On contact, the song releases a small explosion of aggresium energy that is able to throw the opponent a bit further and also blast the opponents near the user. Although Zerin knows that using the song is probably too brutal and barbaric, he used the song twice during the slaughter at his village, once blowing away several zombies, and once crushing the head of a hooded human into the wall of a house. Alikar had thrown tantrums about Zerin being connected to this song and also gave Zerin the silent treatment when the Nestoris refused to give the song up.

### Diamond Greatsword

While the sword is not enchanted, Zerin was still able to wield it effectively during combat.