You have served in the secret order of blood hunters, blood mages, blood clerics, and other practitioners of haemocraft in the Kingdom of Dilmahaad on the continent of Stralis. An outlawed practice, haemocraft is the dangerous arcane manipulation of blood to produce magical effects, and as a member of the Scarlet Eye, you have studied and manipulated for a long time to overrule the rani and her advisors and install a leader in the kingdom who would legalise the practice of haemocraft. Perhaps you were raised by members of the Scarlet Eye, or maybe you were convinced of their righteous path by another member of the order.
Discuss with your DM the circumstances surrounding your involvement with the hidden order of haemocraft practitioners, the Scarlet Eye. How did you come to join the Scarlet Eye? What is your proficiency with the practice of blood magic, if any? Who trained you in your skills as a member of the Scarlet Eye? How far would you go to dethrone the Anand dynasty and install a leader that would legalise the practice of haemocraft in the kingdom? What has brought you to leaving the temples of the order and out into the wider world?
- Skill Proficiencies: History, and your choice of Arcana, Investigation, or Medicine
- Tool Proficiencies: Any one gaming set of your choice
- Languages: Any one language of your choice
- Equipment: A set of traveller's clothes with a hood, a dagger, the insignia of the Scarlet Eye, one gaming set with which you are proficient, and a leather pouch containing 15 gp
The blood hunters and practitioners of haemocraft from legends and stories are terrifying individuals who wield dark power, manipulating and killing their enemies on a whim. While you may not be evil, you can use this reputation to your advantage. By performing some minor feat of haemocraft, you are able to unnerve any of the common folk you show off to who know of the stories of the blood magic users. An unnerved commoner may be coerced to provide food, shelter, or other resources, or to hold their tongue to your misdeeds. Any official that recognises your abilities as blood magic will become antagonistic towards you, however.
Suggested Characteristics
You were trained by the haemocrafters of the Scarlet Eye, and were heavily shaped and altered by your time with the blood magic order. Your personality is likely secretive and severe, though this is not a universal rule for Scarlet Eye members. Your ideals are likely those of the organisation, while your bonds and flaws are also almost always derived from your time with the Scarlet Eye.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am haunted by memories of my training. I cannot get the horrors I saw out of my mind. |
| 2 | I can stare down a hell hound without flinching. |
| 3 | I am full of cautionary tales from the words of other haemocrafters. |
| 4 | I am always polite and respectful. |
| 5 | I have a crude sense of humour. |
| 6 | I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success. |
| 7 | I do not like to admit that I need my friends beside me. |
| 8 | I enjoy being strong and I like breaking things. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Study. I wish to study the things I hunt as a haemocrafter to better hunt them again in the future. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Anarchy. I wish to topple the ruling class that has outlawed haemocraft, but I care not what replaces it. (Chaotic) |
| 3 | Power. My magics of haemocraft and subterfuge will ensure me a position of power over the people. (Evil) |
| 4 | Heroism. I have studied how to battle and defeat the monsters of this world to protect the people. (Good) |
| 5 | Strength. I want to be strong, either of body, mind, or faith. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Magic. I just want to wield this dangerous and secret magic of haemocraft that so few understand. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Scarlet Eye raised me up from nothing. I owe them everything I have. |
| 2 | I was stolen as a child and raised in the ancient order of haemocraft. I will use what they taught me to bring them down. |
| 3 | I have a deep resentment for the Anand dynasty and their outlawing of haemocraft. |
| 4 | I have a rival amongst the Scarlet Eye that I am constantly competing with. |
| 5 | The love of my life contracted lycanthropy, and is now hunted by the blood hunters of the Scarlet Eye. |
| 6 | I will defend my homeland from the insurgence of fey, fiends, and undead. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I sometimes finish the job a monster started when I do not think help will arrive in time to save an innocent. |
| 2 | My fascination with the monsters I hunt has become a full-blown obsession. |
| 3 | I am haunted by the nightmares that stalked my home and butchered my family. |
| 4 | I too often flaunt my haemocraft, causing problems for myself and others due to its illegality. |
| 5 | Through my own experimentation, I have created worse monsters than the ones we hunt. |
| 6 | I prefer to work alone, even when jobs would be easier with allies. |
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