Cerberus Herrow

## History

Blood of heroes run through the veins of any born from the great Dragonslayer family, they have great potential for strength but typically in this pursuit, misfortune and death are the results fate more favors. This fact of the realm is omni-present and not even its sister families are safe from the burden of this blood, no matter how hard they try to escape it. The Herrow family was born from the desire to escape, the proprietor of the family made a dark pact with an unnamed devil to seal the heroes blood, in return once a member dies the blood is harvested and put to use by this devil before a new pact is made with the next heirs. It's because of this pact that the members of the Herrow family live much longer then their Dragonslayers counterparts, with this extra time they have devoted a decent portion of it to help their distant family members. For generations, family members have in some way or form studied ways to grow stronger without increasing the risk of death, some write massive books detailing spells for combat or creatures and how to deal with them and others create weapons and items to help foolish adventurers survive, this has left the Herrow estate as a treasure trove of rare and invaluable knowledge. It also became a family tradition in sorts to give children strong names so that the prosperity of the family would continue on, So was the way and thus the child, Cerberus ,was brought into the world.

He awoke one night to a panic in his household, screams of servants fleeing the estate and the cry of animals drowning in sorrow. a deep urge drew him from his bed and as he left his room he was met with deep purple flames setting ablaze the halls, they had no heat and caused no damage but still as he waded through them fear washed over his heart and with every step a heavier burden was placed. Yet the boy made his way to the basement of his manor, he entered into a miasma filled room and borne witness to a gruesome sight, blood pooled over the floor of the purple tinted room following the trail upwards to a corpse that looked to be sucked dry of life, it was carelessly discarded next to a lanky horned beast with wide golden eyes staring straight ahead, its form very scrunch up just in order to fit in the room, and in one hand held another corpse that was clearly being consumed right before this interruption. Within a mere instant the door of the room slammed shut while Cerberus was being pulled in by some force into the center of the room, the blood that stained the ground stated to float into the air and fly away, as bright flames started to burst alive around the room illuminating the beast and the corpses that now lay shriveled beside it. The beast started to speak in an indescribable tongue that pounded into the eardrums of Cerberus until he was forced to understand their meaning. The horned beast said " Apologies for the sudden intrusions into your fledgling life, in a normal circumstance our meeting would never have happened so soon but by powers outside my control, I've been forced to end the last contract earlier then agreed upon." the beast paused " So for you I must offer some amount of compensation, two lives taken early, for each I will grant a wish of your choice, so long as you also agree to recommence the contract that your blood started many generations ago." the Beast stopped and offered out its long deformed arm. Cerberus merely muttered the phrase ,"why?", to which the Beast answered "If your wish is to learn, you must only accept my offer." Cerberus burned with anger and fear as he shock the hand of the beast, once he did his head was flooded with images telling the story of his family, how the devil that sat in front of him was the same one that the family founder dealt with all those years ago, he was then shown the purpose of his families blood, as he watch the devil make countless other deals that used their blood as payment, each members blood being given away and Cerberus was able to discern a horrifying pattern to which the buyers all matched, they were all Vampires. The final images that flashed in his mind was that of the horned devil making a deal with a terrifyingly strong looking vampire, and selling him the blood of Cerberus's parents. This images enraged him as he regained consciousness as he now knew that the empty corpses that lay in the room are that of his loving family. The Devil then stares wide eyed at the boy and asks " So now that you know your own history and of the fate you are destined to endure what say is your second wish?" Cerberus snaps back " Your wrong, fate is a chain that binds us each and every one of us but somewhere along it must be a link weaker then the rest, and unfortunately for you and all the blaggards who have taken from me, I've hereby vow to smash fate's chain, so I wish for the strength that when that day comes I'll be powerful enough to kill you all." The Devil roars with laughter, "it's so amusing to listen to a pup bark so furiously at a beast so I'll grant your wish boy, but be warned if you can't match all that barking then the day we meet again will certainly not be my last." and the Devil cackled as all the lights faded away.

Cerberus awoke to sunlight beaming straight into his eyes from a cellar window, he had collapsed after what he had been through that night and he honestly couldn't tell how long he may have been asleep for but now that he was up it was time to get to work. He dedicated himself to getting stronger he forewent mourning his family and instead got his Dragonslayers family to train him to fight as they do. Years would pass and Cerberus would become a monster hunter backed by many of the heirlooms that his family have made and passed down in the past, including one very special weapon that had been within his family since it's founding, an unusual weapon that consists of a polearm adorned with a golden dragons head on one end. It had been special to the family and Cerberus quickly learned why. This weapon was described in multiple of the texts that his family wrote and each one described it vastly different from the last, it seemed that this weapon gauged the strength and fighting style of it's user and when given the proper magical energy would form into a perfect weapon for them to use, so he went to test it out. He traveled around the realm until he heard rumors of a vampire in the area, he followed these rumors into a den that was said to be the vampires hiding spot. He found the vampire resting within deep within the den, he prepared himself for his first every combat with a creature he wholeheartedly hated and that's when his weapon awoke, the dragon's mouth opened wide and out of it came a mallet head that was larger then himself, it was hefty as well but he was more then strong enough to wield it well. With his weapon ready he charged into the fray, he knew the vampire was likely aware of his presence so he adjusted his first swing to sweep in front of him so the vampire couldn't dodge away, but the vampire was able to leap over the swing, with Cerberus just barely clipping their heel. The Vampire then rebounded off the cave ceiling and with impressive agility, darted straight down trying to slash at the Cerberus' eyes. Cerberus was was not as quick to react and the slash caught his left eye down to under his right, but he started to understand the vampires movements. The battle continued on with the vampire getting shallow slashes in but Cerberus was able to start avoiding most attacks and countered any critical blows back until the vampire wore themselves down. Then in an attempt to dodge the vampire was to slow and Cerberus' Mighty hammer was able to smash their legs and send them flying into the cave wall and with that Cerberus bludgeoned the defenseless vamp making sure to take their fangs as proof of the kill.

Cerberus continued around the realm solo finding vampires and slaying them, while still having his fun at every tavern he visited. One day in a tavern, while having a drink he over heard a rowdy group on the upper level, they were exhaustedly bragging about a blaggard they killed. Cerberus went over to the barmaid at the counter and asked about who was up there, she told him that they were the Slayer Corps, a group dedicated to vampire hunting, with a twinkle in his eye he thanked her then jumped onto the counter and then jumped again in order to grab the second levels railing and flipped over it directly on to the Slayers table. In shock they grabbed their weapons but Cerberus reached into his pockets and pulled out a bag of holding and poured dozens of vampire fangs out of it, He grinned while saying " You lot have my respect, but I want to join you and show you how it's done.". After that stunt he was welcomed by the group and soon after he was resisted with the Slayer Corps. He started as a squad commander and with his death defying confidence and skill, he would lead any squad he was in charge of to victory, this eventually lead to his promotion to a top rank \*\*\* commander.

## Character Inventory

* Class / Slayer
* Cornerstone / Gambler
* Attribute / Nymphomaniac

Abilities* Slayer / Fire Be Heard
* Slayer / Come Hither
* Slayer / Holy Stake
* Slayer / Brand the Tainted
* Yokai / Lord's Wrath
* Roleplay Spell / Guiding Light

Former* Any Traits/Abilities/Supplies lost during the Campaign
* Small Armor / Monocle
* Weapon / Dragon Lance
* Treasure / Throw-yo
* Treasure / Book of Cursed Spells
* Treasure / Bewitching Mirror
* Treasure / Convoluted Composite Crossbow
* Treasure / Thors Ale
* Passive / Believer Stone
* Roleplay Item /  Dunguneer Encyclopedia

Former* Anything you lost/Broke/or just misplaced during the campaign.

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