Aseir Rain

Aseir Rain, Born 1776 C13 in the City of Decius in the Western Kingdom. He was a warlock of the Baal known as the Raven Queen. He was known for hunting down members of rival Baal cults in particular the members of the Death cult, Aseir Rain was a member of the famous Milkmen

He passed away after being slain in Draigos Grand Arena in round 4 by the Orc Paladins from the Northern Kingdom (C13) in the year 1808.

## Appearance

There wasn't much that could be verified about Aseir Rain's appearance, this was due to one of his warlock abilities which allowed him to disguise himself as any other appearance on demand. There are only some details which have been confirmed to be for sure due to various sources; he was below average height at 5'6 with short red hair and white skin he most likely weighed about 140lb.

He was known to have worn a very fine set of clothes along with the signet ring of a Duke whose identity was never discovered due to his untimely demise. Another commonly recurring theme for him was having a small raven on his shoulder further representing his connection with the Queen he made a pact with.

## Personality

It was hard to determine Aseir’s personality; he was generally quite laid back, while also very passionate about his duty and to his Queen. However he was known to be quite the swindler trying to scam and make money in any time he could, trying to scam guards, market sellers, and his companions.

Aseir was shown to want power which his Patron was more than happy to provide but Aseir showed loyalty to her, even when offered the ultimate magical power by usage of the Ring he refused and accepted her power instead. Showing his trust in his Patron.

## Plot

#### **Session 1: Nilbog**

Aseir Rain was found after clearing out a cave of Necromancers by the messenger of Cato Sicarius but he was brought with the rest of the of the original milkmen to Capital of the Eastern kingdom using magically enhanced letters.

On the road they encountered Vulkan and his companions who challenged the party to a quick duel.

Vulkan proclaimed he would take them on all of them as a lone man with only 2 whips and no armor. Claiming he is the greatest warrior in the land and promising them 10 gold each if the party could defeat him. Vulkan was then defeated by the group and his companions provided Aseir and his companions with 10 gold each and requested to be taken to the capital with them.

Aseir then began to question the carriage driver, not sure why he was on the carriage and discovered he too was under the control of one of the letters, and upon reading it himself ended up driving the carriage the rest of the way to the capital.

Upon arriving at the city Vulkans Group and the rest of the party split up, they continued to the Cato Sicarius's grand Marble castle. lead to it by the king's royal Kegmaker Farfir who had been expecting them.

After meeting with the king they were tasked with a mission to investigate why a town to the North hadn't been responding to the king. The Royal Kegmaster then provided the party with supplies to make the journey to Meradon. While the rest of the party rested and relaxed before their journey Aseir attempted to intimidate a merchant and had a run in with the Black Knight, who threatened to kill Aseir if he ever tried to rob a merchant again.

After a few day's travel they arrived outside the town of Meradon where they could smell a disgusting smell from outside the town. The guards of the town and citizens were acting strangely moving their bodies in odd ways.

The party then split up with Xander Underwood and Aseir Rain decided to investigate the town and civilians finding random stains of blood around and nobody knowing what they were and eventually meeting up with Anastasia Valendal who had met with the "Lord" of the town and his royal wizards who had suggested they check out the sewers and the mine.

The party investigated the sewers and discovered the presence of a wererat wearing a Golden Crown, they found the corpses of some miners and citizens as well as a journal describing a temple they had found deep within the mine close to the town. The party spoke to the wererat who informed them the town had taken up a strange scent recently one he was not aware of he then warned the party to leave his sewer also claiming his rats had not killed the miners and civilians and that their bodies had been placed in the sewer.

The party then after speaking to the local blacksmith who informed them the town was called "Nilbog'' not Meradon continued to the mine where they found an ancient elven journal as well as the Ring and a note saying to keep this ring away from the King. After trying on the Ring Aseir noticed he was no longer connected to his warlock patron and tried to fire off an Eldritch blast and it became a 9th level fireball, the usage of a spell of this level caused him to pass out and speak to his patron who told him to no longer wear the ring to avoid breaking his pact with her.

Upon deeper exploration of the mine they found multiple trials and completed them all using the ring and their own wits, and found a sack of holding that was protected by Goblins, inside the sack they found the town guard who informed them they were trapped inside the bag by the Goblins. The guards then pointed out to them "Nilbog" Is Goblin backwards and that the entire town had been taken over by them.

After this realisation and deep shame considering he had been a prominent user of disguise magic and was unable to recognise the entire town was actually Goblins, Aseir and his fellow party began to siege the town with the help of the guard freeing and slaying nearly all of the Goblins.

The lord of the Town thanked them for saving the town and granted the party a home and his personal Spellbook and allowing them to keep the sack of holding. The Rat king then rewarded them with the Golden crown for providing them with the Goblin bodys to feed his family for a very long time.

#### **Session 2: Peace was never an option**

Aseir Rain and his companions are invited to a dinner party with the Nobles of the land and their personal guards as well as some other prominent guests attending. The party was organised by the King's personal Kegmaster who informed them all the dress was welcome Aseir, fitting in well with his clothes and decided to mingle among the guests. However when the main course had finished the party discovered one of the Noble lords had been poisoned after nearly 3 hours of investigation and many other guests dying. The group finally discovered who the assassins were and defeated them

Aseir and his fellow party members were then tasked with entering the Grand arena to get into the Northern Kingdom in an attempt to meet with the man who hired the Assassins. They returned home to Meradon to prepare themselves to enter Draigos Grand Arena, little did the group know this would be the last time they would return home.

#### **Session 3: Welcome to the Arena**

The party trained for a few days on their weakest points for a few days before deciding to head to the Eastern Kingdoms border with the North. Aesir trained his strength and agility (This was quite confusing to the rest of his fellow party as well as his Patron) after the party received a bit of advice from Vulkan who had been successful in winning the arena previously they decided to head out and enter the arena in the team section rather than the individual section.

After a few hours of traveling they arrived at the border with a few other groups heading there to also travel to the arena. At the border they met a strange rogue halfling who offered to join the party in return for some gold to line his pockets. He then joined Aseir and his companions on their journey to the Northern Kingdom.

The party then arrived at the arena after about 3 days, noting the kingdom was filled with sand and they hated sand because it was coarse and rough and it got everywhere. Once the party arrived at the arena they were faced with their toughest decision. They had to decide a team name and thus after many tough debates they decided to become the Milkmen, their motto being "*We always deliver".* They did deliver a few quick wins in the first few rounds of the arena.

However, in the fourth round they were met with a group of Orc Paladins who served the Wargod Torm in this the party had found their greatest challenge till date and were easily beaten by the strength of the Orcs. Many members of the party were nearly slain, Aseir was chased to the other side of the arena by one of the Orcs who then summoned the power of his god and used Divine smite, killing Aseir. The party ended up winning the fight thanks to Xander Underwood.

The milkmen then decided to pay respects to their fallen comrade by paying for his body and deciding to burn his body, along with Lord Dorians Spellbook but in the fire and flames as they said their goodbyes one of the Goblin wizards who had escaped earlier appeared swiping away Aseir’s body, leaving the party with more questions than answers.