Zharep Apul

Once a paladin of Abadar and a voice for reform and proactive law enforcement in the Ivy District, Zharep Apul, Captain of the Thistleguard, is today but a shadow of his former self, and the district is all the poorer for his continued decline into melancholy and irrelevance. A decade ago, Apul found himself ensnared in an illicit romantic affair that cost him his paladinhood and drummed him out of the church of Abadar. Everyone in the district knew that the captain’s old nemesis, Alain Always, had orchestrated the imbroglio, but instead of fueling Apul’s rivalry, the scandal sent him into a deep depression that largely ceded control of the district to the Street Performers and Actors’ Guild. The citizen-based Brotherhood of Abadar vigilance committee—composed of resentful former flockmates scandalized by Apul’s downfall—emerged to fill in the gap, considering Captain Apul and the Thistleguard every bit a part of the moral degeneracy threatening the district as the bawdy bullies aligned with Alain Always. Apul knows his own failings helped to tip the district toward lawlessness, but his overwhelming sense of duty—drummed into him after decades as a paladin—can’t allow him to stand aside and hand the Thistleguard over to a more capable ruler.

Species

Human

Gender

Male

Aligned Organization

Thistleguard

Ruled Locations

• Thistleguard Station