Branks
Branks is a Flagellant: a special model of warforged developed from a partnership between House Cannith artificers and Karrnath. Entombed in leather straps, he was designed as a torturer and put to immediate use in the Last War, inflicting pain and torment on Karrnath's enemies (mostly Thrane and Cyre), but also on its own citizenry when they were found to have broken the famously strict Code of Kaius. Decommissioned after the end of the war, his model line was condemned as inhumane by the new King Kaius III, leaving Branks alone to discover a new meaning in life. He turned to healing after rescuing a wounded bird in the Karrnathi city of Atur, and has devoted his life to redemption through healing and self-penance ever since. During his quest for penance, fate would see him cross paths with Jasper, River, Sarasa, and Brom, the four of them becoming traveling companions and quickly building a reputation as capable and daring adventurers.
As a Warforged, Branks already exists on the fringes of society as a construct with an unexplained yet undeniable sentience, created for a war that since has ended and feared by many. Making matters worse, his model is fearsome to even look upon, even more so should an onlooker actually know of his grim design specs. A victim of constant violence and fear, Branks refuses to retaliate, seeing it as his penance for his past crimes that he has yet to repay in full. He keeps himself bound with the straps once used to torture his victims, shackled in a Shrew's Fiddle, and cautiously floats just out of reach.
Branks follows a new faith, born from the suffering of the Last War. Taught to him by a half orc mercenary named Jarr, the faith of Ilmater is one that seeks to ease the suffering of the oppressed and to foster the strength of those who would see themselves beaten low by the world and its powers. The faith is still small, and most sects are unconnected refugees or victims of the Last War looking to band together and survive the suffering inflicted upon them by forces beyond their control. Hands bound by the red cord symbolic of the order, Branks draws considerable power from his faith in the god of suffering; far more than he ever did as a torturer.
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Age
20
Date of Birth
DAY, MONTH, 978 YK
Circumstances of Birth
Forged by House Cannith as a unique line commissioned by Karrnath.
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Eyes
Ice Blue
Hair
N/A
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Metal and wood
Height
6'2"
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