Anteros

Back story /  Motivation     

Golden era / Early years:

Anteros was born in a large kingdom with all of life's necessities provided to all citizens. A place where most people lived in luxury. A place where young boys playing "soldier" with other boys in their neighborhood was commonplace. Like many of his peers Anteros idolized the knights of his kingdom as a child. However, unlike many of his peers he didn't grow out of this fondness for the military. He held a desire inside him to be a knight and do good in the world as he aged.

Later in life he joined the army and climbed the ranks over the next several years living out his dream. These times he would later think back to. Sometimes he'd remember them fondly and wish he could return. Sometimes he would remember them with anger or disappointment in himself for squandering the comfort and companionship he had.

Further in his life Anteros led a group of knights to stop a lich who had been seen moving from catacomb to catacomb. The group of knights entered with courage and the few who left did so in despair. The lich using his magic ripped the souls from those foolish enough to approach which included our character's squad.

Adrift / duration unknown:

Anteros' soul was ripped from his body, and his body became lifeless. Presumed dead by the few of his squad that escaped and left to rot inside the tomb controlled by this lich. His mind and soul "lived" in a dark void, like a dream of nothing, slowly becoming aware of the world over hundreds of year. The whole time small amounts of his soul sought out it's old vessel. Eventually the body regained enough of it's former soul that it began to move on it's own. The catacomb had become vacant long before this happened and so his body paced through the catacomb clinging to life. Meanwhile, the soul became aware of the world it once inhabited. Anteros now just a soul observed and protected his former roaming corpse from would be thiefs, pillagers, and heroes, though those that would disturb the catacomb were rare and became rarer still as time went on.

Once the soul fully returned to the body vigor was restored to the flesh, but some things of his body will never be the same again. His hair will not return to it's natural color and his eyes show a light smoky haze slowly swirling just beneath the surface. Most telling of all the flesh near his heart is scared and discolored. A terrible reminder of what has happened to him.

He finds he is able to control his body and soul separately. When the soul leaves the body, the body becomes lifeless and vulnerable. The soul is able to exist outside the body observing and interacting with the environment but only for very short periods of time, as the soul is always drawn back to the body. Small portions of soul can be used for long periods of time in contact with or close to the body, in effect becoming a weapon of his choosing.

The Present:

The knight Anteros now finally in control again of his body after so much time has passed finds his kingdom gone. Only ruins left as reminders of the life he lost. Evidence of the lich's work lay scattered everywhere. The ever living lich now sits in his king's throne.

Anteros has never known sorrow such as this and perhaps nobody has. He loses himself to despair and has no desire other than to see that the one who caused all this brought to justice... if such a thing exists in a world that could wrong him so greatly.