Tomethic DeWald

Tomethic was born into a noble family. He had an elder brother, Seamus, who died when Tomethic was young. His father, Dalton, was so distraught by this that he turn to the dark arts, attempting to bring Seamus back from the grave. In the end Dalton was slain, due to a failed attempt to bargain with the demon prince, Orcus. Soon after, the Kingdom Wars began and his mother, Jessica, fell violently ill. After Jessica's passing, Tomethic found a secret room, where Dalton had kept all his research. Tomethic had no interest in bringing any of his family back to life, instead his goals lied to prolonging his life indefinitely. After years of training, Tomethic found a way to contact Velsharoon, God of undeath. A deal was struck, Velsharoon would extend Tomethic's life (roughly to that of an elf) but, in return a great sacrifice must be made. Using an artifact of Velsharoon's own design, Tomethic killed his entire village, only to watch them rise as the undead moments later. There was a personal part of this sacrifice also, as Tomethic had to invest some of his own life force into the artifact for it to function properly. This touch of death on his soul had an unintentional benefit though, the mindless undead no longer see him as threat or prey and even those who retained their minds are more inclined to welcome him without hostility. Using his newly extended life, Tomethic wandered the lands until he came acrossed something that perked his sense of curiosity. A vampire who could walk in the sunlight, Arios the Rose. Though the two have vastly different outlooks on life, they soon became allies, almost even friends, yet neither would admit that.