Amareth Rathos

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Background
Amareth Rathos was born into a prestigious and wealthy family in the town of Archenbridge. As an heir to the family fortune, his parents had always intended for him to become a master of the fine arts and live a courtly life. However, at the young age of thirteen, Amareth was visited by the righteous and famous Paladin, Gilneas. At that moment, despite his parent's protests, Amareth believed he was destined to devote his life to the ways of a glorious paladin of Tyr.

His training began immediately, and Amareth grew stronger with each passing year. By his sixteenth year, he had taken and succeeded his final test, becoming a full fledged Paladin. The celebrations were short lived, however, for there soon came a day which would alter the fates of both Gilneas and Amareth irrevocably.

A story of a terrible massacre in a small village drew the two Paladins like moths to a flame. When Gilneas and Amareth arrived, the village was in ruins and its citizens laid in pools their own blood. At the center, stood a single man. This man radiated a terrible and evil force that paralyzed Amareth with fear and shook even Gilneas' mighty frame. It was a Death Knight, a being of pure malevolence and evil. In little more than a moment, Glineas and the Death Knight became locked in a bloody combat, as Amareth could do naught but watch from the sidelines. Then, as soon as it had begun, the end came. The Death Knight swiftly ran Gilneas through the stomach. Amareth looked on in horror as Glineas clutched at his mortal wound. Looking up, his eyes met Amareth's and he gave a silent plea: save yourself and run. Then, Gilneas' eyes clouded, as his head was severed from his body and brought into the air. The Death Knight's laughter echoed through the desecrated village as he stalked toward Amareth. Suddenly, as though Tyr himself had shaken him, Amareth's paralysis ebbed, and he ran away.

For years, Amareth trained, vowing to take Gilneas' place and uphold the laws of justice and the code of Tyr’s Paladins.

More recently during his travels, Amareth has joined an adventuring party consisting of an elven mage, Silnäre, and an elven priest, Amara. Soon thereafter, two more member joined the group and they called themselves the Order of the Argent Dusk.


With the Order, Amareth has helped save the small town of Barrow's Edge, becoming a local hero there. Recently raised, Amareth has found a journal of a paladin that lived some 100 years ago. In the journal there is information about a holy avenger. Also, Keldorn, Amareth's trainer, has sent him a message that Gilneas left his keep to Amareth. This was in Gilneas' will but Keldorn did not tell Amareth earlier, thinking it better to wait and see if Amareth was worthy of this gift.

During his last outing, Amareth has been afflicted with a curse that causes great fear within him. He must test his mettle each time he meets a non-human creature on the field of battle.