Merek Asher's Biography

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Name: Merek Asher (Alternate names include Butterfly Man, Cutie, and the Shade of Nightmares)
Appearance:
Race: Tiefling (1/4 Night Hag)
Age: 22
Height: 6'5
Weight: 150 lbs
Eyes: Pearl-Blue-Purple (They shine blue-purple in dark areas, in a similar way to a cat)
Hair: Black, Short
Facial Hair Style: N/A

Personality Profile:
General Health: Fit
Deitys Primarily Followed: Selune, Savras, Sharess, Azuth, Elistraee
Initial Alignment: Chaotic Good
Profession: Master Magi of the Inner Circle
Class: Wizard/X/X/X
Habits/Hobbies: Training, Studying, Making friends, Dancing
Languages: Common, Elven, Sylvan, Minor amounts of Drow, learning more as he goes.
Weapon of Choice: Magic
Fears: Being Alone, Abandonment, Turning evil
Flaws: Trusts too easily, does not have the best judgment about people. He tries to make friends with everyone he can, due to his fear
Likes: Sweets, Dragons, Fey, People, Natural Areas, Swimming, Dancing, Music, Fey-Locks
Dislikes: Devils, Demons, Spiteful Attitudes, Arrogance, People being Alone, Ignorant Warlocks, Ignorance about Warlocks

Background:
Merek Asher was born in a high ranking family, in a small Rashemen village. He had a modest upbringing in his household, and was taught to allways pay respect to the Witches. Merek turned out to be quite the bookworm, and the tender age of nine he managed to make a pact with one of the 'local' fey spirits, allowing him to use potent energy. After he spent a few years developing his powers, his mother (who was close to the local witch leader) got him a position making magical items for the locals. After a couple of years in service, the village was attacked by a group of marauding Thayans. The local witch's bodyguard was killed during the attack, and the witch herself was surrounded trapped. Merek noticed this, and (mostly due to the years of loyalty to the Witches) sprung to her defense, and assisted her in killing the Thayans. After the attack, Merek helped the people of the village re-build, using his knowledge of magical item creation to fortify the structures. After a while, the Witch started to keep an eye on Merek, and was impressed with his abilities. She later offered him a position as her new guard, and he accepted, gladly. He spent the next seven years in service to the Witches, serving mainly a his village leader's personal guard, but also carrying out missions against Darthans, and doing her Dirty work (delivering messages, etc). Eventually, their village came under attack again, but this time from a Darthan whom had managed to infiltrate into the village, and assassinate the Witch. The Darthan then used rampaging animals to subdue and take over the village, promising to spare it if it served her. The general village accepted these terms, mostly out of fear. However Merek refused and attacked the Darthan. He was then defeated, and branded with a mark that would signify him as an enemy to the Darthan (and, unknowing to him at the time, she placed a shadow parasite in the scar). He was also forced to witness the execution of his family, before being banished, and stripped of all his belongings. Merek (whom had never been so far away from his village) wandered out of Rashemen, and eventually managed to get on a traveling caravan, which took him far across Faerun. During his traveling time he aided a village in defending against a Drow raid, but failed in the end, and got as many people out as he could. After many years traveling he managed to find his way to Baulder's gate where he managed to get several jobs in the merchant's guild. He also studied for a while in Candlekeep, furthering his own magical prowess. Merek decided to stay in Baulder's Gate, as he managed to find a job there, a library, and friends. Now, all that was left was to hope he could regain a life.

Personal Goals:
-To advance his own abilities.
-To slay any Darthan he encounters.
-To assist troubled spirits of nature.
-New Goal: To kill his hag grandmother. He is working at this.
-New Goal: To take care of the butterfly kingdom

Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
-Since Merek came from a female dominated society, he seems to treat them as first class citizens, especially ones who seem to have more power, or magical capability. Merek also received heavy conditioning as a child to obey such people.
-Merek was given a shadow parasite (unknowingly to him) inside his scar the Darthans gave him.He is now fully aware of the parasite.
-Merek is a very loyal companion, however will not hesitate to defeat those whom threaten the ideals of his land, his friend, and his loved ones.
-Merek is now the host body of what he calls 'the butterfly kingdom'. What this is remains hidden within his own mind, and many people think he is insane because of it.
-Merek is spending a lot of time now collecting any gems he can find of late.
-Merek's grandmother is bothering him of late, and he is looking for a way to end her life.
-Merek has an ability granted from his night hag heritage, the ability to walk in the dreams of others. He does not have the degree of control a full-blooded night hag would have, thanks to their heartstones, and as such, this ability often happens to him spontaniously, though, he can designate times as well when he is calm.

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[DM Galadriel]

Was there RP involved with breaking your pact?

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Now that Merek's pact is broken, I will reveal the backstory behind his pact:

Merek was an arcanist from early childhood, and often practiced with his sister, whom was an accomplished sorcerer. At a time, Merek was to be handed to the Hathran whom led his village, to become her servant and bodyguard. In order to accomplish this goal more effectively, the Hathran recommended that Merek commune with the spirits in their village, and make a pact, to increase his power. Merek studied for a long time, eventually crafting a ritual to commune with one of the nearby spirits. This pact, naturally, would require he hand his soul over to the fey spirit, when he dies. His sister found out about what he was doing, and being the loving family member to him, decided to act and defend him. While he planned his ritual, she used her magic, and in secret made slight adjustments to his ritual every day. These slight adjustments would ensure that her body and soul be given to the fey in his soul's place. Merek was too eager to for fill his promise to serve the Hathran, he did not realize his sister was doing this. When the ritual day came about, his sister demanded she come with him. Merek, thinking this was merely to observe the day he was going to be so proud of, let her, and together they went to the ritual circle. After Merek spoke the words of the ritual, and let the fey spirit know of his intentions, his sister's modifications to the ritual became appearant. His sister approached the ritual circle, and the fey channeled power into Merek. After the power was bestowed upon Merek, he submitted himself to the fey, so it could have its payment, but they fey merely chuckled and grabbed his sister, taking her with it into the Feywild. Merek was distraught after this, not knowing what went wrong, and soon after he refused to use his powers all together. The Hathran he was to serve took him in, and conditioned him over time, teaching him through various methods to obey her, and eventually convincing him to use his powers, to serve her, and to serve the land. Merek submitted in the end to the conditioning, and began his life, serving the Hathran, and his mistress...