Background Haunted One
Harrowing Event You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and it haunts your waking dreams
Personality I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse.
Ideal I try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost
Bond A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions.
Flaw I have certain rituals that I must follow every day. I can never break them.
In his younger days Antonius employed himself as a hunter of monsters and beasts, particularly ones plaguing densely populated areas. Such creatures always had some means to disappear into the masses, blending in with their prey to protect themselves. Most commonly, these were shapeshifters such as the notorious werewolf or the nightmarish wendigo. Antonius, being half-cut with blood himself, was especially adept in hunting and combating these beasts and, in the end, he put many to the sword. However, as he grew older the mantle took its toll on his spirit. A failure on his part could mean the untimely demise of dozens of others, something that he had no choice but to take personally. Eventually, he could bear it no more and decided to relinquish his duty. He moved himself and his family to the frontier territory, desiring wilderness life over the city he had grown up in. Unfortunately, the horrors of what he had once faced continued to haunt him, causing Antonius to become further withdrawn into himself. He become unable to face himself, let alone his loved ones, and retreated further into the wilderness. Years passed in this manner and he became estranged even to his own bloodline.
Something haunts Antonius in the night, something that he cannot outrun no matter how far he runs. He experiences visions - nightmares - that pull him farther and farther into the wilderness, deep into the swamps. Until he can find what it is that draws him to that place, he can never truly rest and his torments will continue.
