Role

Chapter 4

Even the most battle-hardened of elves were in shock to have found piles after
piles of bodies of the saurian-kin in the village of U'anhocci. It was a
uniquely grizzly sight. However, despite all odds, surrounded by carnage, the
elves found a grossly disfigured but yet still alive lizardling - Adozo. His
body laid in a perfectly-shaped oval patch of mushrooms. He went unnoticed at
first, covered by a flock of butterflies, but when one of the Darsylonian
guards moved closer, the butterflies flew away, revealing Adozo to the elves.
They took him back to the Darsylonian healers where Adozo was nurtured back to
life.

As a lizardling, wandering the streets of Darsylon, the living creatures would
flourish and thrive about Adozo, while the mothers would cover the eyes of the
children when Adozo passed. In his youth he tried his hand with a dagger and
found himself unable to wield it - the claws could not grasp the handle and he
kept cutting himself. He tried his hand with a bow, and found no accuracy in
his pull. He even tried to recite the arcane incantations, but to no avail.
This did not go unnoticed by the High Council of Darsylon. Adozo was moved
from Darsylon to the healing guild of Eil Shaeria. The High Elves felt that
perhaps whatever gifts Adozo possessed, would somehow have an effect on the
darkness which crept into Eil Shaeria from the northern and southern gates.

And they were right, whatever was inside Adozo pushed back the darkness of the
ghasts and attracted life and living creatures through the otherwise
impassable portal of Eil Shaeria. He had something exceptional within him. A
gift. The High Elves wasted no time. Adozo was taught some of the most
basics of mending, rough patches to stem the flow of blood and ease the burden
of pain. He found that his gifts allowed him to keep the anguish of
others at bay. Even being around those inflicted by the darkness gave them
hope, bolstered their spirit, and put them at ease. However, Adozo quickly
reached a limitation on what could be taught to him in Eil Shaeria.

Seeking to find a way to cure not only the bodies of his kin, but protect
their spirits from the corruption of the void, Adozo left Eil Shaeria to
Greater Thera and pledged himself to the Fortress, hoping one day to become a
shield against the ebb of evil, and a shining beacon of hope to those who
would fight against it.