PC: Alain Desh, Human Sorcerer 2
Adventure: There is no Honor
Location: Under Parrot Island
Catalyst: An extremely lucky Ravenous Zombie Pirate.
He had barely begun to use his powers.
A powerful man, Alain lived most his life as a sailor, however near the end of his life, strange happenings began to occur around him. Objects hurtling through the air while he dreamed, beams of light sprouting from his hands when he became enraged at his foes. Alain was shunned by his crew and was forced to take up with mercenaries on the land.
With his trusty cutlass in hand, Alain cut his way through goblins and pirates in several daring adventures with his comrades: Captain Solomon Trenchcoat (Human Swashbuckler) and Grug McGrug (Orc Fighter [Thug]).
His last adventure saw him fending off hordes of zombies as he and his friends were trapped beneath Parrot Island by the villainous Vanthus Vanderboren. After felling one attacking undead monster, and fighting hard alongside his allies, his throat was torn out by a ravenous zombie pirate in a single vicious bite, Alain was dead before he hit the floor.
[The zombie Criticaled with an natural 20, and confirmed with another natural 20.. he then proceeded to roll exactly 1 point below maximum damage.. and Sorcerers, regardless of how unnaturally high their con scores are, are still not known for their abundance of hitpoints. The blow took Alain down from full to -10 in a single roll. The characters player spent the rest of the game working out the probability of those fatal rolls... apparently they're very unlikely!]