Beldrin

Background
Raised in a monastery dedicated to the Joybringer Lliira after being abandoned by his human mother, he grew up in a close-nit and bubbly community. When Beldrin was 14 years of age the old abbot died and was replaced by an abbot from far away who strayed from the ways of Lliira*. The monastery lost its bubbly atmosphere and fell on hard times. When a nobleman who is known to pass through the monastery came the next year, Beldrin snuck away in the chuck wagon.

After being discovered, recognized, and welcomed by the lord and his men at arms Beldrin was taken on as a squire to the lords chief paladin**. Beldrin stayed with the nobleman for seven years, training to protect himself and others. At the end of this period Beldrin was sent out into the world to prove himself, help those in need, grow as a protector, and spread the word of Lliira.

(more deets to come! Joy, i need names for these background characters now!)

* Unbeknownst to most the new abbot was secretly a priest of Loviatar, the goddess of pain and agony. The priesthoods of Loviatar and Lliira are essentially at war with eachother. This was a covert attempt to convert the monastery and send out more like the new abbot, just as a disease spreads through the body.

** the chief paladin is a Scarlet Mummer; a defender of Lliira's faithful. He saw promise in Beldrin and trained him to one day join the ranks of the Mummers. When Beldrin was sent off to prove himself, the paladin gave him a red rose and a whispered "Fierce Joy", finally revealing himself as a Mummer to Beldrin