KANITHAR
Race: Human (Rashemi)Gender: Male
Age: Undated birth - early 20's
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 98kg
Phenotype: Endomorph, muscular composition
Hair: long black mane, straight cut fringe, two long braids, no beard
Eyes: sky blue
Teeth: white, strong, all accounted for
Hygiene: average
General Health: Exceptional
Deity: "The Three", with emphasised love of Bhalla (Chauntea) who feeds him
Initial Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Profession: No professional training or formal education. Previous gladiatorial combatant.
Base Class & Proposed Development: Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker
Habits/Hobbies: Wanton violence, promiscuity, drunkenness, weapon maintenance and upkeep, a habit of staring at others
Languages: Common
Weapon of Choice: Greataxe, Khopesh (Scimitar) and shield, Morningstar and shield, Dagger
Background: Kanithar was born and raised in Rashemen. He was a prospective member of the Wolf Lodge when his dejamma began - a rite of passage to adulthood when a young Rashemi will wander the realm seeking high adventure. The mysterious Thaymount on the horizon lured him south despite the wise counsel of the elders. He travelled to Thay and he travelled alone.
Of course it did not go well for him.
Over the years Kanithar earned a reputation in the arenas. His career began as an unarmed, unarmored and shackled Rashemi prisoner thrust into an arena with other humanoids in similar predicament. They were all chained to one another - their opponent? A white minotaur. Kanithar alone overcame the odds to claim a crucial and brutal first victory, using those weaker slaves fastened to him as bait and shields. He was able to out-maneuver and strangle the minotaur using his own chains weighted by the corpses of the others.
Many battles followed. Soon he was sponsored anonymously. Thereby he began to receive magical arms and armor, concubines, and luxuries prohibited from most participants. He enjoyed the prestige of his reputation and the rewards of his performance but it was never enough to see him unshackled. His slavery in the arenas continued for years. Victories accumulated in proportion to those killed by his hand.
It was unexpected that Kanithar found himself taken one night from his cell by Thayan Knights to the tower of the Zulkir of Transmutation. The Zulkir removed the shackles of the barbarian, looked into his eyes a long moment, and gave command to the Knights. Without explanation he was escorted through a magical portal. When he arrived at his destination, he assumed he was still in Thay, for all interior was reminiscent of the country. Outside, the bustling western architecture and the western sea suggested that his dejamma had taken him further from Rashemen than he ever could have dreamed ...
Goals and Ambitions:
From Slave to King
become the undisputed Ruler of the Western Heartlands
Barbarian At The Gates
march his army a cross Faerun to invade Thay and siege the Thaymount
Revenge
Avenge himself on the Lich Zulkir Szass Tam for his years of slavery
An End to Dejamma
If he survives, he dreams of dying in Rashemen where his dejamma began.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
In all his roaming of the Sword Coast, treasure-hunting and slaying, Kanithar seeks one thing above all others; an ambitious woman who is either charismatic and intelligent or charismatic and wise to compliment his strengths and cover his weaknesses - a woman who would make a suitable queen and counselor in his dark dream of vengeance and conquest.