Arhitael Amberdew

Arhitael Amberdew

Race	Half-elf
Class	Oath of Vengeance Paladin
Background	Sailor
Alignment	CN
Age	34

"Blackhew will die by my hand, or I by his. This I swear."

"You will tell me what I need to know, or by all the Gods, I will send you to Hel!"

"I make a notch in my shield for every pirate scum that die by my spear so that when they get me they know exactly how many of them I was worth."

Arhitael (Arhitael - 'Golden Traveler') was born in Kiniden, to an elven father and human mother. Her father left soon after she was born, leaving Arhitael and her mother to fend for themselves. Her mother died when Arhitael was fifteen. Having little that bound her to Kiniden and in dire need of gold, she enlisted with a ship's crew, lying about her age to an unscrupulous captain. She soon found the life at sea far more enjoyable than what her life in the poor part of Kiniden had been. She sailed with different crews for a couple years until she became Second Mate under Captain Darren Freewater on the Antelope, a merchant ship that mostly carried furs, wheat, and the occasional passenger between Covenant and Solstice.

Arhitael had been sailing with Captain Freewater for four years when pirates led by a swarthy dwarf named Elcid Blackhew boarded the Antelope and took its crew as slaves. Arhitael, always the fighter, vowed to survive and sail under her own colors again. During this captivity she saw several of her crewmates die to mistreatment at the hands of their captors. She managed to escape after a few hellish months at sea by swimming ashore during a night passage, ending up on Cottenhorn with nothing but the wet clothes on her back.

Realizing she needed to learn how to fight if she were to help her friends who were still with the pirates, she joined the Anvilguard, who taught her the use of the spear and shield. Not content to stay at land, Arhitael left Heimdall's Anvil and now travels the Estian Sea looking for the pirates that enslaved her crew. She is searching for allies for the fight to come, where Arhitael will try to rescue her crewmates, or if that fails, avenge them.

Arhitael has a great swell of golden hair and a muscular build. She fights with spear and shield, clad in heavy armor and a dark teal tabard. She finds comfort in the stories of Thor, whose fury matches the white-hot anger that burns in her and whose emblem is blazoned on her shield.