Between Life and Death

Born on one of the harsh homesteads in the plains before Virkin, his life was shaped from the beginning by the cold and unforgiving land. His family hunted bears and other ice creatures, living off what the wilderness provided and battling the dangers lurking in the eternal frost.

From an early age, he joined the hunting expeditions, yet it quickly became clear that he was neither a skilled hunter nor an exceptional tracker. But there was something else within him—a sense that defied explanation. He could feel the prey, sense the danger before it struck. A kind of sixth sense that no one truly understood.

Then came the day of misfortune. A beast, larger and more ferocious than any they had ever faced, broke through the hunters’ ranks and attacked him. It happened in an instant—claws and teeth tore him down, his life spilled onto the frozen ground, the ice beneath him darkened. Pain turned to numbness, cold into emptiness.

For days, he lay delirious while a healer fought for his life. Yet in his dreams, the beast appeared once more—not as an enemy, but as a judge. It spoke to him, tested him, asked questions he did not understand but instinctively answered. He passed the trial.

When he awoke, everyone had believed he would never return. But he was no longer the same. The pain had vanished, the wound had healed, but something new had etched itself into his being.

Soon, the creature appeared again—not in his dreams, but in reality. It was spectral, shimmering, the same beast that had struck him down. Yet only he could see it. The others kept their distance, whispered among themselves, wary of the unknown.

Another healer was summoned, one of the elders. He looked at him, saw the entity, and recognized what had happened. He had passed the test and returned, but not as an ordinary Frostborn. He was now a Mediator between the Ancestors and the Living—one of the Magi who inscribe names into the Frostglass, who commune with spirits, who preserve the connection between past and present.

Ability Score Increases: Strength +1 and Charisma +2 or Wisdom +2

 

Skill Proficiencies: Insight or Religion