An upcoming character of mine for adventurers league season 9 is going to be a tiefling warlock named Zavak, and I'd like to have some advice on the backstory I've devised if I may?
So, he grew up in Waterdeep in a humble herbalist shop with his (also tiefling) mother and elder sister. Secretly his mother and sister were influential fanatics in a cult of Zariel. His father was an ancient ice-white cambion named Khurak, in service to Levistus of Stygia, sent to bolster Zariels forces in counterattack to the demons.
One day Zavak's mother passed away and her soul was claimed by his father, to live forever in his icy halls. Only shortly after, Zavak's sister voluntarily left to fight in the blood war, leaving Zavak alone. He begged his father to take him too, but Khurak told him with gentleness (most uncharacteristic to other devils) that he was not yet ready for the fires and wars of Baator, and urged him to find his own path in the world.
As my trinket, I gave Zavak an onyx necklace, which is always warm to the touch. The story behind it is that it contains a portion of his sisters soul, as a safeguard in case she were to die as she fought on the front lines in Avernus. She gave it to him, making him promise to keep it safe, though he doesn't know what it is really. I know demon lords have such amulets which allow them to reform if ever they were to die in the abyss, but I don't know about devils. Technically I assume they'd reform next to the amulet, but this is just a flavour thing.
Anyway, I thought I'd just post it and see what you lot think, see if you have any advice about it. I know this is probably going into depths I shouldn't expect from adventurers league, I shouldn't expect any one to ask my characters history or expect any plotlines to come out of it. Deep roleplaying seems rare enough at my local store as it is. It's just a bit of fun really.
Any positive or negative feedback would be awesome, and much appreciated, thanks! :)
Hello,
An upcoming character of mine for adventurers league season 9 is going to be a tiefling warlock named Zavak, and I'd like to have some advice on the backstory I've devised if I may?
So, he grew up in Waterdeep in a humble herbalist shop with his (also tiefling) mother and elder sister. Secretly his mother and sister were influential fanatics in a cult of Zariel. His father was an ancient ice-white cambion named Khurak, in service to Levistus of Stygia, sent to bolster Zariels forces in counterattack to the demons.
One day Zavak's mother passed away and her soul was claimed by his father, to live forever in his icy halls. Only shortly after, Zavak's sister voluntarily left to fight in the blood war, leaving Zavak alone. He begged his father to take him too, but Khurak told him with gentleness (most uncharacteristic to other devils) that he was not yet ready for the fires and wars of Baator, and urged him to find his own path in the world.
As my trinket, I gave Zavak an onyx necklace, which is always warm to the touch. The story behind it is that it contains a portion of his sisters soul, as a safeguard in case she were to die as she fought on the front lines in Avernus. She gave it to him, making him promise to keep it safe, though he doesn't know what it is really. I know demon lords have such amulets which allow them to reform if ever they were to die in the abyss, but I don't know about devils. Technically I assume they'd reform next to the amulet, but this is just a flavour thing.
Anyway, I thought I'd just post it and see what you lot think, see if you have any advice about it. I know this is probably going into depths I shouldn't expect from adventurers league, I shouldn't expect any one to ask my characters history or expect any plotlines to come out of it. Deep roleplaying seems rare enough at my local store as it is. It's just a bit of fun really.
Any positive or negative feedback would be awesome, and much appreciated, thanks! :)