Liev Blade

Liev Blade has seen many incarnations, whether that is a blessing from tempus, or a curse, is a fact much debated in his own mind. This one has not been so kind.

As a young human, he started out life like every other in the north. Foraging and hunting for food, all the while being instilled with the harshness that is both the land around him, and life in general. When he finally came of age, he decided that if he was ever going to make something of his life, the army would be the best place to do it, so he joined the local militia. Liev quickly moved up the ranks, gaining the title of captain by his 30th birthday. A not so easy feat. This doesn't seem like such a tragic incarnation, you say? Well that was all about to change.

The red wizards came north looking for the Crystal Shard. An artifact of immense power that had been hidden in Liev's village. Placed there long ago by Elminster himself, Tempus curse his name. It didn't take the red wizards long to snuff out which village was hiding the Shard, and when they found that no one will tell them where it was, they burned the village to the ground. Everyone, including Liev's wife and two girls, were killed in brutal fashion.

Liev was spared, as either some joke or divine plan, as he was away with his unit tending to a mountain giant nuisance. When he returned, and saw what the red wizards had done, he flew into a rage like none had ever seen, and stole into the mountains, never to be seen by his comrades again.

Liev lived off the land, in isolation, for twenty years. All the while, learning to harness and use the ever burning rage inside himself. He killed creatures much larger than himself, and sold what he didn't use. One day, while selling off pelts and meat to a trader, the only person Liev ever spoke to, the trader bestowed some knowledge that, for the first time in memory, put a small smile on Liev's face.

"There's to be a red wizard hanging in Daggerford."

And with a nod to conclude his business, Liev was off. There was no way he would miss seeing this.