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About Aevry Balindor

Aasimars live much longer than humans, and as such watch history pass by while members of shorter lived races wither and die. Aevry's long life has given him a unique perspective of religion in Talingarde. He was devoted to Asmodeus back when a multitude of temples flourished, and since the rise of Mitra he has posed as part of the order of St. Macarius.

Aevry was orphaned when his mother died in childbirth, some say that was when the darkness first touched his soul. His human brothers and sisters were sent with him to an orphanage run by Mitra. His siblings blamed Aevry for the death of his mother and their father's resulting suicide. All save one older sister, Deidre, disowned him claiming he had different parentage as his flaming hair marked him apart from the humans.

Growing up Aevry, was sent from school to school of the different religious orders for asking difficult questions and receiving more than his share of blame when scuffles broke out in the dormitories as being part-celestial he 'should be better than this'. His flaming hair marking him apart from the humans he was raised with.

His teachers always expected more out of him given his celestial lineage. Where his fellow would be praised for a clever answer, his teachers merely nodded in acceptance. instead of encouraging him to push even further this lend to a sense of superiority and frustration with the humans surrounding him. The more Aevry spent time with longer lived races such as the Elves and Dwarfs in towns, the more he was convinced of humanity's inferiority.

All throughout this, Aevry prayed to each deity and saint as he grew up, begging for a sign or contact from his real father. The silence from above wore on him and when he was 30 he joined the church of Asmodeus. It was the temptation of knowledge, that through this church he could wrest the answers he longed for. The priests promised him answers in time should he serve well and faithfully. For 50 years he served as an acolyte and minor priest, spending hours in libraries trying to track down clues about his ancestry. His distinctive fiery hair made him easy to recognize when his duties with the church intersected with public life and he became an minor spokesperson for the faith around town.

With the rise of Mitra nigh, all public priests of Asmodeus were forced to convert or flee. Aevry chose to 'convert' while privately maintaining his faith. While traveling with the monks he took every opportunity to give aid to underground churches still practicing and foment rebellion and dissent against the human nobles who banned his church and stood in the way of the knowledge he sought. He used his talents with language to write coded letters to keep these groups in touch. Using slanted works and mild but palatable lies to keep the fires of unrest hot.

This is where Aevry's pride caught up to him. The cypher he used and coded messages were kept in a hollowed-out prayer book of Mitra. After reading the latest correspondence about a town hall being set alight under his order in the Heartlands, he got up to fetch a bottle of wine to celebrate,leaving his book behind. Another of his 'brethren' of St.Macarius picked up the prayer book while tidying their camp and found the letters inside. Before Aevry took the first sip of his wine, he found himself was surrounded by guards and taken for questioning.

None of his clever lies and deceptions could save him from the inquisition. So now he awaits the axeman in Branderscar Prison for sedition.