Vilnais the Ashen - Forsaken Paladin

Vilnais for his many years was a strong-willed follower of Erdrydion, one whose faith was shaken after the destruction of his home with the fall of Elen Estel. Vilnais questioned by the divine would not intervene in the near-annihilation of his people, yet only entrust mortals to defend themselves against the schemes of the dark gods. For years he battled with these thoughts, often reminding himself that he should not question divine will. Yet when the Church of the Tharameni called for his service on Duskweave Isle, Vilnais was eager to join the campaign, hoping to gain some semblance of revenge against Mindoriel’s Spawn. The voyage there was plagued with nightmares. Festering maggots in open wounds, worms eating him alive as he slowly bled to death on the battlefield. As his first foot found solid ground on the shore of Duskweave, the whispers began. Temptation to the Dark Spawn of Mindoriel, dissuasion from dying for a fruitless cause. It took only days for Vilnais to lose his mind, slaying his allies in his camp, rising them as undead with newfound powers. They commandeered a small ship thereafter, sailing away from Duskweave to a forgotten isle off the coast of Ukrondia, slowly building an army from castaways, smugglers and slavers who used the isle as refuge. When his Lord Myrothlir called on him again, he sailed to Sudd Tohst alone, crossing the desert to uncover the bodies of Ridan and Shingorion. Whilst he has stayed there at the behest of his lord for over a year, his time to return to his bannermen draws near, though first he must deal the death knell to the last desperate expedition sent by the Church.