Haladavara Arel Umezana

## Bio

From the far away shores of the Island of Ioden, Haladavara grew up in the town of Valakhar which is known for their zealous following of the Undying Court. The Undying Court oversees spirits of elves and aide them pass on into their spiritual life. In time, Haladavar was chosen as a special role called a Sensor and served the court alongside with his twin sister, Amisra. One day another sensor's spirit came to them in a panic in that her soul vanished on the plane of *Animar*. Haladavara volunteered himself to investigate the matter and assembled a small team of fellow Undying Court members. They attempted to allow the paniced soul to pass on, but the ritual summoned a portal to Animar in the soul's place. The group took the portal and found *Alora* shortly after. Their investigation progressed slightly as they discovered that the town's deceased were being reanimated. In time, Haladavara offered his skills as a necromancer to aid the town which he struck a deal with the government to run the cemetery.

## Adventures

After settling into Alora for some time, Haladavara was summoned by *Cabium Silvercoat* directly for an unknown reason. There he learned that the Khan was forming a special operations group for Alora. *Francis Crick*, Haladavaraand *S.C.A.R.E.C.R.O.W* had been selected as initiating members of the group that would be known as the *Alora Operations Personnel (AOP)* which they named themselves. Their first task was to investigate a new threat in the north that was lurking Alora's borders.

The AOP trekked a perilous journey through rigid mountain ranges and chasms that exhibited Animar's natural hazards. Eventually the group discovered *Deadbreak Fortress* which proved to be a mysterious place as there were no signs of former occupants other than a battlefield of slaughter. They stumbled upon the *Clods* who began to follow them while exploring the fortress. An undead patrol entered the fortress which alerted the party to great danger. The AOP tried to take on the horde, but their numbers were great and proved a challenge that required utilizing the fortress. A few traps were laid which dealt with about half of the horde which resulting in the remainder of the conflict being spent on guerrilla type tactics hiding throughout the fortress. One of the inner keep's towers notably fell to Francis' antics during the skirmish in order to fell the horde. The AOP found themselves in dire straights when the patrol's leader, a wraith, made an appearance but prevailed with the aid of the Clods. The group took some time to recover before pressing on their journey.

A few days of traveling further north revealed Mount Zaros and a massive army of undead within its domain. The AOP were detected and taken captive by some wraiths quickly upon entering the area. They were taken to the undead's leader: *Ekbroc* who held a small monologue with the AOP about Alora's recent activities and how his forces are behind the threat of their border. Ekbroc managed to teach Francis and Scarecrow the Sylvan language by consuming a decayed flower, but also cursed them with the Dullahan's touch. Ekbroc explained that he believes himself to be a guardian of Animar and views Alora as a threat to it. He immediately went to kill them with his spellcasting and summoning a portion of his army. Scarecrow was clever enough to jump into a nearby waterway after grabbing for his party members, but Haladavara remained behind for a moment. The group was whisked away by a divine force and imbued with newfound power that they've yet to discover. Upon leaving Mount Zaros, they stumbled upon *Aegulthor* who offered to teleport them home in exchange for meeting with their master in due time. The AOP accepted Aegulthor's offer thinking there was no other option.

Aegulthor took the party back to Alora where they immediately were escorted to Cabium for debriefing. Haladavara notably suffered some paranoia for a time due to his exposure to a highly perilous journey. Cabium formulated a plan with the lords and ministers while allowing the AOP to have a couple days of respite. During that time, Aegulthor summoned the AOP in order to meet with his master per their arrangement. The group obliged and was taken to *Nimbus* where they encountered *Braego* and Tinandras. The commune with Braego lead to a pact of sorts where the AOP and Braego would perform favors for favors in a seemingly mutual interest of taking on Ekbroc. She bestowed the group with a bit of power and explained that she wanted them to find out where *The Ancient Cartographer* was. The group managed to buy a scroll from *Kazumi* and teleported to the cartographer. They exchanged a rare magical artifact given to them by Braego in exchange for a map of Animar which they later revealed they made the transaction with Braego. Braego then informed the group of the mysterious power beneath Alora that they might be able to harness with their newfound godling powers. That power turned out to be a mysterious shadow-wyrm that claimed to lay waste to Alora, sending Alora in a red alert but nothing happened. The AOP and Cabium investigated, but were tricked by a defecting wizard and were petrified. The later events turned into *Derthag's Coup* which the AOP had a heavy hand in the events included and eventually succeeded in overturning it. *Tharod* then revealed himself as *Barl* and offered to take the party back to the *Material Plane* and meet with *Halos Panascon* regarding the threat of Ekbroc. Haladavara then decided that his time with the AOP reached an end in that his duties to the undying court were being neglected. He then returned to Gloomgrove in order to figure out the mysteries regarding Alora's corpses reanimating.

## Player Written Backstory

Haladavara grew up in the town of Valakhar on the Island of Ioden. The town of Valakhar is known for their extreme following and their assistance of the Undying Court. The Undying Court is a religion of sorts where instead of worshiping a God the followers worship and pray to the souls of the ancient ones and ancestors (all elves) that have moved forward with their spiritual life. There are many souls that move on to become part of the undying court but before they can take this pass they must be accepted by the Sensors of the Court. The Sensors of the Court is an organization of Elves that have the blood of the ancients in them. The Sensors of the Court are the ones that pass judgment on the dying to decide whether or not the dying are worthy of passing on and moving forward with their spiritual lives, if they are not worthy of moving forward then they will either be resurrected to fix their mistakes in live or their souls will be destroyed if they have strayed too far from the path of the Court. The 5 ancient family names of the Sensor are the Zatvalnaks, Yelnicks, Elsymnar, Kledarish, and the Umezana.

The path of the Undying Court. The Court is seen as a chaotic good organization throughout the world but there are some that do not accept them as they somewhat live on forever as a spirit, although the spirits do not reside in the Material plane but yet in a place between the Material plane and the heavens. The Court does not condone the acts of an “evil” Elf, there are some circumstances that the Court will still allow a soul in if that soul honestly and wholehearted believed that the terrible deeds they have done were for the greater good. Mainly the followers of the Court are peaceful people that are always looking at the “bigger picture” and try and do what is best for the greater good. Anyone living in the town of Valakhar that strays from this path is exiled and will never be ever to move forward with their spiritual lives, when they would die their souls perish away with them as some sort of curse, although no one is aware of how it really works.

Most members of the Sensor usually never see the lands beyond Valakhar but there are a select few that are sent out into the world as part of research on the soul. Haladavara and his twin sister, Amisra, have been a part of the Sensor going on 10 years now, following the footsteps of their father, Luzerios. Their mother, Sharie was exiled from Valakhar when they were still infants as she had strayed too far from the path of the Court. The jobs of the Sensors usually went as normal any day that someone would die. Once someone would die the Sensor would be there to condone with the spirit and conduct a sort of an interview to determine what would happen to that soul.

One day there was a soul that came to the Sensor in panic. The soul was that of Salvirkra Zatvalanks, another member of the Sensor. She quickly informed the Sensor of the events on Animar before her soul vanished. After a moment of concern and conversation the Sensor decided it best if a group was sent to Animar to investigate and assist with the issue at hand. Haladavara quickly volunteered followed immediately by his sister, Amisra. Their father, Luzerios was not fond of this idea seeing what they had just witnessed happened to another member of the Sensor there but he realized there would be no changing their minds. The Sensor agreed to their volunteer but sent with them a member of their guard, Castein, who was 2nd in command of the guard of the Sensors and also sent them with an amount of resources that would hopefully be enough to get them what they needed.

Since Haladvara, Amisra, and Castein have been the chosen three to take the trip to Animar they have been spending almost all of their time together just in case the opportunity arrives to leave. One day while Haladavara and Amisra were interviewing a recently deceased soul, it was decided that said soul would never find their way to move forward with their spiritual life. When this conclusion arrives the Sensors destroy the soul of that Elf. When Haladavara destroys the soul of the Elf a weird phenomena happens where everything in the room besides themselves changes to the color green. Although they are inside a building different parts of the room starts to show signs of outside weather in weird ways. In equal parts of four the room takes an effect of each season of the year while where the soul once was a portal appears. Staring into the portal the three chosen see a massive form of what seems to be a land mass floating through the stars. After a quick confirming glance at one another they decide to travel through the portal.

Once arriving at Alora, Haladavara, met with Cabium Silvercoat, Khan of Alora (aka king), and explained that he was here to try and help them with their issue with their dead. He proposed that if he could acquire a building hopefully with a basement so that he could have a furnace built in it to properly dispose of their dead by cremating them. With this he could still give the ashes of the deceased to any loved ones that wanted to keep the deceased with them. With this proposed plan, Haladavara discussed with the (person/people in charge) if it would be better used as a “government” funded facility or if it would be best if the people pay themselves for the “disposal” of their dead.

The disposal facility, Umezana’s Farewells, located in Gloomgrove, Would be a single story building with 3 rooms in the back one for each of the siblings and 1 for Castein. The front entrance would be the “office” and the basement would include the furnace for the cremations, with shelves labeling each person's ashes in jars for loved ones to take home with them.