Rahlfors Wyngmere

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 * race=Human
 * gender=Male
 * title=the Waychanger;
 * hasSetting=Mistfall
 * hasDescription=Rahlfors was born as a second son to Berenas Wyngmere, a moderately wealthy but also extremely ambitious merchant operating southwest of Frostvalley Keep. In order to elevate the position of house Wyngmere, Rahlfors’ father sent him to the Shieldbearers’ headquarters to become an apprentice of Hyrkenan the Sage, one of the most esteemed Loremasters in the Northern Kingdoms, and a personal advisor to the Keep’s Lord Commander.

After a few years of privileged life of a teenage son to a wealthy father, Rahlfors found himself in a new and slightly less comfortable situation. But he wasn’t anything if adaptable, and although he lacked the discipline usually associated with the scholarly and rigid Loremasters, he quickly impressed his new master and teacher with his perceptiveness, the keenness of his senses, and his bright and inquisitive minds.

He also made friends among the Shieldbearers, as he started making use of his new healing skills the moment he mastered them – not only being always ready to help those who would come back wounded from their patrols, but also expressing his eagerness to join them on their missions. Hyrkenan, not without initial trepidations, finally gave in, allowing his young student to become a part of a few expeditions into the borderlands, where Rahlfors’ skills seemed especially useful. The Shieldbearers, prone to fall to poisonous blades and magical ailments, quickly found out what a tremendous asset young Rahlfors really was.

Hyrkenan’s apprentice thus became invaluable, and those of the Shieldbearers he had saved from death or grievous harm would become his friends, openly asking him to join them on their next patrol. With his master’s approval, Rahlfors would join them more and more often, in time becoming their guide, as the ways he would be able to find usually allowed them to avoid ambushes, and often turn the tables on the enemies of Frostvalley Keep.

Nobody questioned Rahlfors’ skills and unique talents, knowing that in these dark times any blessings of the Dawnmother should be accepted without any doubts. The young sage was now more than just a companion or a lucky charm – he would initiate some of the patrols, claiming to have found new evidence during the previous excursions, he would investigate ruins or strange constructs the Shieldbearers would usually encounter when led by him, and he would lead them to yet another crushing victory over a band of brigands, a coven of sorcerers, or a herd of the undead.

Rahlfors the Waychanger
Even Hyrkenan and the Lord Commander finally acknowledged his talent, Hyrkenan granting him the official title of a Loremaster, and the Lord Commander allowing Rahlfors to officially plan some of the patrol routes. Impressed with his uncanny ability to decipher enemy movements from the smallest clues, the Shieldbearers started following his orders without question, until Rahlfors was finally included in the yearly expedition to Ravencrag, where he would travel as a member of Lord Commander’s personal guard.

After arriving at Ravencrag, Rahlfors finally revealed his true nature. Nobody knows when the Mists managed to reach him, but only moments after the new Ravencrag Jarl was chosen, Rahlfors called upon the power of the Mists. Flocks of Fellhunters suddenly fell from the sky to attack the Furies and the Shieldbearers, and Rahlfors himself made his way to the new Jarl, suddenly changing before the man’s very eyes. His hand, transformed into a vicious claw, struck at two unsuspecting Shieldbearers, the corrupting touch making their armours blacken and crumple like parchment set on fire. Leathery wings, suddenly emerging from the Loremaster’s back took him into the air for but a blink of an eye, but long enough to make the strike against the Jarl a deadly one, and leaving Ravencrag without a leader for the first time in centuries.

Through shrieks of Fellstalkers and the roar of the Mists, Rahlfors laughed with shivering cruelty and took to the sky, this time planning to destroy the Lord Commander of Frostvalley Keep. Yet, moments before Rahlfors swooped down upon his prey, a wall of ice appeared between him and the Lord Commander, giving the warriors of Frostvalley and Ravencrag an opportunity to finally regroup. Taking a last look at the dead Jarl, the former Loremaster decided to fall back into the Mists – hesitating for only the moment needed to remember the face and of the Frost Mage that stood in his way. }}