Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Limp
At the end of the Last War, on the Day of Mourning, Terfel was thrown from his feat when the explosion that shattered his world occurred. Ever since that day Terfel has carried a weight on his shoulders and a pain in his lower back, magical healing has had little effect on the pain and the healers have suggested it may not even be real. Regardless of its validity, Terfel has developed an uneven gait thanks to this injury causing Terfel to prefer taking things slowly.
Identifying Characteristics
Tattoos
Terfel has two tattoos:
Climbing from just at the back, base of his neck and up around the top of his ear to just the side of his face, Terfel has an intricate flowing tattoo in a purple ink.
On his left arm he has a tattoo of a bell with a laurel crown resting at its top. A later addition has turned this tattoo into a sleeve with a long winding and twisting set of thorny vines that have wrapped around the bell and broken into it in places. A number of small flowers are budding on the vine while five are blooming
Physical quirks
Mournland Scar
Having been caught in Cyre on the Day of Mourning, Terfel developed a mournland scar. His dragonmark of sentinel was corrupted on that day and ever since; whenever he uses the abilities his mark provides it begins to writhe as if there were something beneath his skin trying to escape. The writhing is localized around the mark, but as he uses his abilities it progressively spreads to the rest of his body.
Special abilities
Mark of Sentinel
Terfel has a Mark of Sentinel on the back of his neck, it is fairly average in size but is quite faint. The mark begins to tingle and grows more defined whenever he is within 10 feet of someone with the same mark.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Background Timeline
Terfel is born in the followers camp at the Third Siege of Korth in 969 YK where his father, Howel Glas, dies during an assault of the walls
Dylis the Weaver takes the remaining Purple Stalkers and Meilyr Glas back to his estate of Maplevale where Terfel grows up
From a young age Dylis begins teaching Terfel the ways of war. At the age of 11 Terfel accompanies Dylis for the first time on campaign
At the age of 17, Terfel visits the capital of Metrol for the first time where he meets Ariana, a half elven woman. They become good friends, and soon more.
Soon after the slaughter of many of the Purple Stalkers in the north, and the manifestation of his Mark of Sentinel, Terfel and Ariana marry in the winter months that followed.
Terfel receives an invitation to the capital where he is transferred to join the Champions of the Bell at the request of Gesricar.
On the 13th Nymm 987 YK Terfel and Ariana's son, Llyr, is born.
In the year 993 YK after a successful raid into Karrnath, Terfel meets Prince Oargev for the first time
Tefel serves as a Champion of the Bell for the next few years; in the new year of 994 YK, Terfel was transferred to the Queen's Guard
Not long after his transfer, the rest of the Champions of the Bell were killed in a raid into Thrane
Several weeks later, Cyre is in dire straits. Terfel is sent along with the other Queen's Guard to halt the invading Thrane-Brelish army in the south
Terfel is fighting for his life against a squad of Warforged when the Mourning occurrs
Terfel and the rest of his unit attempt to find survivors in Metrol, but only find horrors. They make their way to New Cyre not long after
Terfel meets back up with Ariana and Llyr in New Cyre who had gone with Prince Oargev on his diplomatic mission. The rest of Terfels unit decides to head to Sharn
Over the next couple of months Terfel finds it hard to comprehend what had happened and as with many other Cyrans wears mourningwear. Terfel loses faith in the Sovereigns
The forward thinking Prince Oargev inspires Terfel, and Terfel finds his faith within himself and begins following the Blood of Vol. Terfel acts as an agent of Prince Oargev and puts his mind toward lifting up his fellow refugees
In 997 YK Ariana takes Llyr with her to Q'barra where Prince Oargev hopes to open up a dialogue between the Cyran refugees in New Cyre, and those in Hope, Terfel remains behind to continue efforts within New Cyre
On the 20th Olarune 998 YK Terfel is introduced to other adventurers
Terfel retires from adventuring with the Mistwalkers on the 17th Barrakas 998 YK.
Mental Trauma
Obsessive Compulsion
During the Last War Terfel developed an obsessiveness about his duties, particularly following the events of 990 YK. During this time Terfel's lack of care for his equipment resulted in his near death and, to him at least, the death of several of the Stalkers. Ever since Terfel has gone about his duties, even in peace time, with an astute attention to detail.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Associates
Dilys the Weaver - a half elven entrepreneur who lived a comfortable life despite the war. Led a unit of soldiers during he war paid out of his own pocket, the Purple Stalkes. Terfel's father, Howel Glas, was a member of this small unit from the outset of the war until his death at the third siege of Korn. After Howel's death Dilys supported Howel's widowed wife and newly born son in their estate of Maplevale, just outside of Making. They became a mentor, and a father figure in Tefel's life, until the Mourning. Terfel has had no news on Dilys who was somewhere in the north on the Day of Mourning.
Halaema Glynrel - Blood of Vol Seeker who introduced the religion to Terfel in New Cyre
Family
Terfel believes that his mother, Meilyr died on the Day of Mourning but has never received confirmation. His wife, Ariana, on the other hand is alive and well. She is with their son, Llyr, in Q'barra on a diplomatic mission on behalf of Prince Oargev. Terfel, and Ariana and Llyr have not seen each other in a little under a year, though they have kept in contact.
Family Ties
Father - Howel Glas (Deceased)
Mother - Meilyr Glas (Lost during the Mourning)
Spouse- Ariana Glas (In Q'barra)
Son - Llyr Glas (With Ariana in Q'barra)
Religious Views
For the majority of his life time Terfel has always held faith in the Sovereigns. He trusted their guidance. When the Mourning happened however, he lost faith in them. They either willfully guided everyone toward the Mourning, or failed to stop the Dark Six. Whatever the reason, they are no longer worth of his faith.
For a long time after the Mourning, Terfel was lost and directionless, but preachers and missionaries from all faiths found their way to the hopeless refugee camp of New Cyre. It was with one of these preachers that Terfel found new hope, within himself. Halaema Glynrel, a Seeker of the Blood of Vol showed him the truth of the gods and the path of the inner-self. Since then, Terfel has taken much of this faith to heart and has come to believe he needs to become the champion his people need - to be an example they can follow and allow Cyre to live on. He holds the hope to show each of them what they can do should they believe in themselves rather than in the falsehoods of the gods.