Zahariel - Beast Quest: Years passed, and Zahariel's standing within The Order grew. His first fight with one of the Great Beasts during a routine training patrol had almost cost him his life, but it had been the making of him. The senior Masters of the Order knew his name, and though the monster had been slain by Zahariel's hero and mentor, Brother Amadis, the knight had ensured that every member of The Order knew of Zahariel's bravery in fighting it.Not long after, Zahariel would undertake a Beast Quest, a daunting undertaking to slay one of Caliban's many dangerous Great Beasts that were indigenous to the world. Upon the successful completion of this quest, he would be guaranteed a promotion as a fully-fledged knight of The Order. But Zahariel's quest was not just a simple hunt; his was a quest for vengeance, as Brother Amadis had been slain by a Great Beast the locals referred to as the "Beast of Endriago." The town of Endriago was the place of Amadis' birth, and it had suffered nearly two hundred dead at the hands of this ferocious mutant creature.Amadis had declared a quest against the fell creature, but was mortally wounded in attempting its completion. Somehow, the older knight had managed to ride back to The Order's fortress-monastery with the last reserves of his strength. Before dying, he called forth Zahariel to give his final valediction. With his ebbing strength, he carefully reached for his rotary-barrelled pistol and painfully slid it from its leather holster. Lifting the pistol towards the young man, he ordered Zahariel to take it.It was his wish for the young man to carry it with him -- his legacy -- so that he would always remember him when he fired it. As the great knight died, Zahariel gripped the pistol Amadis had given him in both hands, and hot anger filled him at the thought of the knight's killer still alive and roaming the dark forests. Zahariel declared a quest against the Beast of Endriago on the spot.During his quest to the Northwilds, Zahariel encountered the Watchers in the Dark, a strange race of humanoid creatures of small stature who warned him against venturing into the forests of the Northwilds, for they were corrupted. But of what had corrupted them, the Watchers would not or could not say. They warned the young Knight of an evil that was the bane of all humanity -- an evil that could not be defeated, but could be held at bay for a time -- but so long as there were humans, it would exist. In hindsight, the Watchers' referral to an ancient evil that was the "bane of all humanity," was in reference to the inherent evil of the Ruinous Powers, for Caliban was a world close to the Eye of Terror, a proximity that may have been the source of the Great Beasts themselves.Emboldened by this knowledge, Zahariel vowed he would do everything in his power to defeat the same evil the Watchers stood against. Sensing the truth in the knight's words, the Watchers accepted Zahariel's oath. With their warning given, the Watchers disappeared back into the shadows of the forest. Continuing his quest, Zahariel sought and eventually found the Beast of Endriago, a great Calibanite Lion, the most feared of all the Great Beasts. It was thought that there had been only one in Caliban's history, and that Lion El'Jonson had slain it. Now Zahariel faced a second incarnation of the dreaded and greatly feared creature.While fighting for his life, Zahariel's latent psychic powers manifested. Known as "Terrorsight", this ability allowed Zahariel to gain a preternatural awareness of the world around him. His perception of the passage of time slowed down, which helped him discern future events, granting him uncanny accuracy in anticipating them. This form of divination allowed him to see through the Great Beast's defences and exploit an opening. Using a second psychic ability, Zahariel was able to phase his arm and rotary-barrelled pistol through the ghostly outline of the lion's translucent flesh as though it were no more substantial than smoke.Pressing the pistol against the monster's heart, within the ghostly outline of the beast's body, Zahariel pulled the trigger. As reality reasserted itself, the beast died in a spectacular fashion. He then removed the lion's head -- as it was customary for a supplicant to take some portion of his quest-creature as a trophy back to Aldurukh. He had proved his ability. He had proved his commitment to The Order's creed of excellence, and he had proved that he was worthy to be a knight.Recognising his astounding feat of bravery and perseverance, Zahariel at last became a full-fledged knight of The Order. He also garnered the respect and friendship of the Lion himself, for they both now shared a singular brotherhood that no others on Caliban could lay claim to -- they were the only two in the Order's history to have slain a Calibanite Lion. At the Lion's behest, the Order's artificers had taken one of the sabre-like fangs of the lion that Zahariel had slain and fashioned it into a sword for him. Its sheen was a pearlescent white, like a tusk, and its edge was lethally sharp, able to part metal or timber at a single stroke. As long as Zahariel's forearm, it was shorter than a normal sword, but its added potency more than made up for his reduced reach. The Grand Master of The Order presented this "lion-sword" to the new knight, which would prove to be more potent in battle than any standard blade.