Alistar

A young man with soft facial features and long blonde hair. 2 white horns extend from his forehead in a straight line at first, then curve upwards. Starting from his wrists and ankles, his hands and feet become more and more covered in red scales, until they become fully covered in scales from his knuckles onward. Apart from the horns and some scales, he looks like a normal, although skinny human with slight muscle definition.

Similar to true dragons, he is prideful and hedonistic, but not outright evil and has a much better mood. He will greet those that come to take his life or simply speak with him in a polite yet playful manner, as he is confident in his own strength and can come off as cocky. Though, his arrogance is not completely misplaced, since he is functionally immortal because of his traits. ( Player characters will still receive XP despite this fact if they "make him yield" or defeat him after he uses his "Round 2"). It seems no matter how much damage his body takes, eventually it will always regenerate. Curiously, the regeneration, if the damage is so severe not even his head is left, will start from his horns. One might assume this trait makes him undefeatable, but Alistar's body has quite a major weakness. Because of his enhanced senses, he feels far greater pain than any other human, which can lead to situations where he has to bargain or, reluctantly, flee.

Alistar is not opposed to solving things in a peaceful manner and would rather discourage his enemies from engaging with him since he likes the company of others, which has become a rare commodity for him, considering the rumors around him and his past. One of these rumors, that of him being a young paladin in the past, is in fact true. As to how he ended up this way, (Up to the DM really but I like this version) some say Alistar was the first son of an accomplished paladin who made a name for herself by slaying dragons and destroying their eggs. In retribution, one of the dragons that she killed, in his last moments, cursed the paladin, saying her firstborn would bear the characteristics of a dragon. Yet, Alistar was born a healthy boy with no such features. During his teen years, under his mothers training, he quickly picked up the skills of a paladin and even excelled at them. Then, on his 18th birthday, as Alistar was walking through the main square of his city, the curses effects were enacted, as he was encompassed by a pillar of flame, melting off his armor and clothes. When the flames dissipated, there stood Alistar, red scales on the ends of his limbs, white horns on his head and a tail extending from his spine. Witnesses screamed at the sight and called guards, saying a demon had appeared in the city. The young man was quickly encircled by armed men pointing weapons at him, who quickly recognized him as Alistar. His mother was in the group of these men, in fact, he seemed to be leading them, who now, after so many years, remembered that dragons dying words. Alistar pleaded to his father for help, confused and afraid, not knowing what happened to him. His words fell on deaf ears, as his own mother gave the order to seize him. Taken to a dungeon and given no trial, Alistar spent years either in a heavily guarded cell, or tied up in a lab, being experimented on, his own mother sometimes overseeing these tests.. His biology was studied extensively. At first, the examinations were simple, cutting his flesh and testing if he had similar resistances to regular dragons. It was quickly discovered that he regenerated from any and all wounds and did not seem to age. His sensitivity to pain was also easily found out, as the examinations became more thorough and they dug deeper into his flesh, Alistar's screaming grew louder and louder, reaching deafening sounds that ruptured the scientists eardrums. It was decided that before every examination and experiment his vocal cords would be severed as to avoid this problem, although, they quickly regenerated. Whenever not being examined, Alistar was kept in a near freezing temperature cell with reinforced steel walls and door, this was done after one of the scientists accidently "discovered" his fire breath when cutting his vocal cord. After this incident, they decided weld a piece of metal onto his mouth to avoid further casualties. While his body was tough, his horns were especially durable, and extremely sensitive. It was discovered that the horns themselves were the source of his regenerative capabilities, and so, the next logical step for Alistar's captors was to destroy the horns. Large heavy loads were dropped on them, saws were used in n attempt to cut through them,  lava was poured on them, they were frozen and struck with hammers. Yet, the loads shattered, saws dulled, the lava cooled and the hammers smashed, not a scratch was left on the horns, and Alistar felt all of it. This went on for years, until his execution was officially ordered by the city. They figured that a powerful blade of great magic, wielded by an individual of great strength could break his horns. So this duty fell to the strongest man which they could find, which so happened to be Alistar's own mother. On the day of the public execution, as Alistar's head was placed on the chopping block, he was granted the right to speak his last and the piece of metal welded to his mouth was removed. After the flesh grotesquely grew, he looked at his mother, his executioner, the one who gave him life, and the one who was going to end it. One last time he pleaded for help, to be freed and allowed to live. The woman raised an ornate, shining blade, entrusted to her by the people of the city, for a moment she hesitated, then brought the blade down Alistar's horns. For years, imprisoned underground, Alistar spent his days either having his flesh cut and regrown, all the while crying out for help and salvation that was not coming, or in a dark, cold cell, alone and forgotten, where his hatred for paladins and all that he once served and protected slowly grew. Yet he hoped that his own mother would show him mercy and protest against his execution. And as his own mother ignored her own sons last words and swung her blade, she sliced through that sliver of hope, and only spite was left in the young man. In the last moment, before the blade made contact, Alistar turned his head, so that only 1 horn would be struck. When the blade made contact, a blinding light began to emanate from that very spot, quickly followed by agonized screams of Alistar. This went on for a few seconds, until finally, small cracks began to appear on the horn. The blade shattered. Using this chance, Alistar attempted to force his way out of the chains binding him, and although the chains did not give, his arms did. He looked down at his mother, who fell in front of the chopping block after the blade broke. His face only expressed disappointment and sadness. He was quickly surrounded by armed men,  even a few paladins. Last time this happened, he willingly surrendered. Now, after suffering at these peoples hands, he would do no such thing. His arms slowly but surely regrew, and with tooth and claw, kick and punch, he tore through them all and disappeared into the forests around the city.

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