Saturday, June 25, 2011

Mordecai's backstory from Josh

While Mordecai may not remember anything about his previous life, and this is mostly being left up to Ansel to determine, I thought you might benefit from some more information about his time since being released, as well as his personality.

After Mordecai fled to the undertake, it took him a while to fully grasp what was happening to him.  He would black out from time to time with no real recollection of what happened, only vivid dreams.   He eventually realized that these vivid dreams were actually what he was seeing while his body was possessed by the spirit of the Balor that had nearly killed him.

He became bound and determined to control that spirit and use it to his advantage.  After years of training and slaying in the Underdark, he could at least go in and out of the possession state from time to time, and he discovered he was much more powerful in this state.  However, as a previous party learned, he still could not fully control it, and he knew he never would as long as the demon still lived.

Up until the time that he joined an adventuring party, he trained tirelessly to be able to wield two greatswords, each a two handed weapon.  After finally killing the Balor that had enslaved him, Mordecai's inner spirit was not at rest.  He felt this could never be until the entire world was rid of any and all evil.

Mordecai's personality is not necessarily a friendly one, but he has gotten more used to being around beings he has no desire to kill since returning to the surface.  His driving force is to kill anything that is evil, and it can cause him to act.

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