Mordred

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**Mordred** is a warpriest cleric from Camelot.

## Description

### Appearance

Mordred is a slight boy, standing at about 5’5”. He carries himself slightly hunched as if to hide himself from the world. Despite his frail appearance, in battle, he is stronger than he looks.

His features seem somewhere between an elf and a human. Despite his shorter height, he has a fine face and a pair of pointed downturned ears. There is an air of dark fey magic - even death - about him: his skin is ashen and drained of colour and his hair is raven black, punctuated only by a streak of white that frames his face.

### Personality

Despite his upbringing as an outsider, Mordred is profoundly empathetic and searches for the good in every person he meets. He believes everyone, no matter how lost, to be worthy of redemption.

### Religion

Mordred believes himself unworthy of whatever divine power has bestowed magic upon him and is careful of the magic he uses.

In Session 04, he attempted to seek divine counsel from the Goodly Father, but to little avail.

## Skills and traits

### Languages

* Common
* Aklo

### Armour/Clothing

Mordred carries little in the way of personal belongings. At his side, he wears a black longsword and carries a steel shield. He wears an old chain shirt, rusted and roughly mended. It fits him no better than it did when he was a child, a piece of armour made for a man, not a boy. Over this chain shirt, he wears a sword belt and mismatched leather vambraces. His shirt and trousers are roughly sewn and far too big for him.

He often wears a long cloak, sewn from a patchwork of many pieces of fabric and bearing hundreds of intricate images embroidered with gold, white, and silver thread.

In Session 07, Mordred received a small pendant of holly and feathers from the Winter Express.

### Weapons

While he rarely uses it, Mordred carries a black longsword. The sword looks like it belongs to someone much more important than himself. The hilt of the sword is constructed of Ironbark, a material found in the heart of the Darkwood, lighter and stronger than steel. The sword is ornamented with a briar design, and there is a curled wyvern inscribed on the pommel.

## Relationships

### Family

Mordred's adopted mother remains a mystery, however, she appears to be known to some as the Begot Queen.

## History

### Prior to the Campaign

Mordred was born sometime around 336.

According to his adoptive mother, his parents abandoned him in the woods near the Brocéliande forest. She found him as a babe and raised him as her own.

About five years prior to Session 01, however, Mordred ran away from home.

Since then, he has been travelling around Arrnonland, hitching rides with caravans and helping where he is needed. As a healer, he has largely dedicated himself to healing the sick and defending those who cannot defend themselves.

### Session 02

While in the Greenwood around Lowmarsh, Mordred spotted a strange figure on the road: a tall, dark figure, almost cloaked with a long head and strange shapes under their arms.

Later, as he attempted to strike a ghoul, he lost his steady hand for a moment and heard a familiar voice whisper in his head, "*Such a disappointment*".

### Session 03

When Drizella cast *waking nightmare* on Nik, Mordred was terrified, recalling a figure from his past using the exact same incantation. Drizella’s words, “*He’s not enjoying it right now, but he will come to understand his magic if he faces his fear*,” similarly stirred up old memories from his childhood.

### Session 04

In dealing with the thieves pillaging Paul Good-Get's farms, Mordred was forced to confront his fears of harming others. After running away from the group, he experienced a vision in which he saw the screaming visage of a bird-like creature with four glowing eyes. In their eyes, he saw a figure approaching. Later, he attempted to seek guidance from the Goodly Father but was filled with a sinking feeling that more bad things would come.

### Session 06

Upon encountering a hag in the Greenwood, Mordred spoke in Aklo - the tongue of the dark fey. When Mordred revealed that his adoptive mother had taught him Aklo, the hag chastised Mordred’s mother for teaching him the tongue. When she asked for his mother’s name, he gave it through a *message* spell. Upon hearing the name, the hag fled and claimed she “*would not speak with the spawn of the Begot Queen*”.

Mordred refused to tell the party who his mother was, urging them that he was trying to protect them.