Ethlen the Golden Mastery Guide

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Offense Deadly Precision Keen Strike Single Out Whirlwind of Death Cycle of Violence Bring it Down Methodical Kill Streak Helmsmasher

Defense Defiant Improved Parry Rejuvenation Resurgent Delay Death Retribution

Ethlen the Golden Champion Lore

Ethlen the Golden is a folk hero of Aravia who has been sighted by the desperate and forlorn from the Age of Hellfire centuries ago, up to the present day. No Elf could possibly attain such a lifespan, and so the Ethlen of the tales must have changed from one masked and veiled savior to another who took up the name and the distinctive gold regalia.

Though Ethlen adorns himself in rich golden splendor, he does not keep his arms and armor in a state of polished, gleaming perfection. They bear the dust of the road and dirt of the fields, the wear and tear of long journeys and tough battles, and shine only where the golden surface is worn smooth from constant use. Ethlen is no idle, ostentatious nobleman, though he always seems to hold himself with regal bearing and dignity. Likewise he speaks little, letting his deeds speak for him. His cause is protecting those who cannot protect themselves, from vicious wildlife, twisted monstrosities, and malicious Telerians in equal measure.

Ethlen’s interventions are famously brief and efficient. Alongside his taciturnity, Ethlen makes no excess movements, pointless flourishes, or uncalculated steps. He wields a small blade in close quarters, as well as his hooked staff, a famed instrument of his heroic rescues. He uses it to swing from branches, ward off beasts, lever fallen logs and boulders off of injured victims, and many other things.

And then there are his mysterious golden stakes, a common crescendo to Ethlen’s flurries of attacks. Hurling tiny needles of gold with deadly precision, Ethlen deals painful but minor wounds. But then, Ethlen – or perhaps the needles themselves — summons piercing crystalline manifestations thrumming with magic, which are drawn to the golden needles like lightning to a rod. The alchemical properties of gold, the most noble and imperishable metal, are much debated by cabalists, and perhaps Ethlen discovered a secret to exploit such an mysterious property. The results, whether Ethlen’s powers are holy, alchemical, or arcane in derivation, are quite distinct: grievous pain and fiercely persistent immobilization of the surrounding flesh.

Though Ethlen fights his share of Siroth-spawn with stoic determination to help those in need, he shows a greater penchant for combatting those mortals who, endowed with reason and compassion as the enlightened children of the gods, still choose violence against their fellows. In punishing brigands and cutthroats, Ethlen reveals the nearest glimmers of emotion or flair, using his paralytic golden missiles to thwart their shakedowns and predation and, if he can, inflict extra pain and humiliation on the thugs while bearing the innocent away to safety. In the Ugrun Swamp, situated between Kaerok and Aravia, for example, notorious bandits were disrupting the trade routes that were the long-suffering locals’ only link with the outside world. Ethlen left a band of their raiders face-down in the murk struggling to breathe through the disgusting slurry, their arms and legs immobilized by wounds from golden spines that would otherwise be superficial. But when a ferocious, mud-stained dire-wolf set upon the helpless bandits, Ethlen drove the beast away and saved them, too.

Though the frequency of his appearances has steadily waned, stories of the roving savior Ethlen have persisted down generations. Most think the first trained a disciple, who in turn trained his own successor, and so on. Others have wilder theories still, calling Ethlen an immortal Firstborn.

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