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Blackthorn, Duke of Dawn and Dusk, Warden of Weal and Woe

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Name Blackthorn, Duke of Dawn and Dusk, Warden of Weal and Woe
Age Ancient
Sex Male
Species Faun
Ethnicity Serenian
Height 5'11"
Occupation Harvest god
Residence Southern Serendipity

Physical Description
Blackthorn is a satyr. From the waist up he appears a lithe, beautiful youth with a winning smile and rack of curved antlers. From the waist down he sports the legs of a reindeer, with mangy black fur and cloven hooves. Rust colored tattoos crisscross over his skin like thorny vines.

The faun's fingers appear to be gnarled branches.

Personality
The Duke of Blackthorn is playful, roguish, and charming. Strength, creativity, and ambition are cherished. The weak, the stubborn, and the unimaginative are fuel for the fire. Above all else the Duke is merciful, and more than willing to brighten dreary lives...

The Duke sees himself as an agent of both balance and change. Old things die, new things are born, and everything stays the same but is also different. He gleefully grants men their desires, so long as they pay the price. Gifts beget gifts, favors beget favors, and debts will always be repaid.

Magic/Abilities
Duke Blackthorn holds power over rot, corruption, and transformation. He can conjure fungoid spores to infest nearby organisms. The faun can reshape the infested to suit his whimsy, or digest them to regenerate. Sleeping with an iron horse-shoe can reverse a recent infection, at least until the next full moon. His minions are especially vulnerable to iron.

He is a good deal-maker. The best. Nobody makes a deal like him.

Relationships
Ewan ap Rhys once summoned Blackthorn...

History
Duke Blackthorn is a member of the Winter Court. He holds power over the night, the soil, and the dirty work necessary to make flowers bloom and children grow. His existence is to sew rot, corruption, and transformation. He has roamed the Draconi Forest for generations, and is well-known to farmers of Serendipity and Adela. Wise villages will give the Duke his due. Unwise villages are beset by plagues and monsters, and the survivors with riches and magic to reward their tenacity.

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Guilds:
Wyrdwood Academy of Arcane Science

Events:
The Midnight Harvest
Into the Mouth of Qokagax

Characters:
Ewan ap Rhys - once a great sorcerer, now a small boy
Anwen ferch Rhys - scholar of blood magic
Duke Blackthorn - Duke of Dawn and Dusk, Warden of Weal and Woe, and all-around evil faerie
"Kaliam" - magically conjoined apprentice wizards
Maergath - Magister of Soulshaping, necromancer, angry and hateful wizard
Narlis Thordane - Hero for hire, proud and unrepentant scumlord
Niamh Wayrest - trader in forbidden lore, purveyor of curiosities
OLIVER THE BARBARIAN - a very reluctant hero and monster-slayer
Sage Whitechalk - heir to the Whitechalk Family
Saoirse Nettlefield - Headmistress of Wyrdwood, conniving academic

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