Role

Chapter 3

The child was raised almost exclusively by Sheltia. The rest of the
court wanted nothing to do with him given his heritage. From a young
age it was obvious that the child shared the aura of his mother and
father. He was a cruel child and Sheltia's treated him like a young
demi-god that could do no wrong. This mixture quickly turned him into
a little tyrant.

Sheltia continued to make a mockery of her own Kingdom. She allowed a
six year old Acitavian to rule as Magistrate and determine guilt in
cases that were reviewed in the royal court. By the time he was seven
he had condemned three men to death. One for the theft of bread.

Sheltia, as Queen, put all of the Kingdom's resources into her child.
"The Little Tyrant" grew more and more delusioned. As an adolescent
he refused to learn to fight with most weapons. It was hard and he
simply didn't understand the value of work. He instead chose to study
politics and history and quickly became an adept student of the arts.

Then his life forever changed on his 13th birthday when his mother
paid for a traveling troupe to entertain within the mountaintop
Palace. One of the main attractions was a magician who pulled a
rabbit from his hat, killed it, and then animated it's corpse to
continue with the trick. Acitavian was enthralled. He demanded to
learn of magic, an art that was largely forbidden in Nol'Burim.

The Necromancer of the Troupe was paid handsomely to stay and teach
Acitavian the black arts. He also used his proximity to the Royal
family to sway the boy to convince his mother to open the Gates
and allow "free flow" from the Underdark.