Tifton
Name: Tifton
Title(s): Former Paladin of Helm, Vigilant Talon of the Black Hand
Location: Unknown
Birthplace: Western Heartlands
Age: 32
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Deity: Bane (formerly Helm)
Alignment: Undisclosed
Summary:
Formerly a Paladin of Helm, Tifton was an extremely honorable and loyal servant of the Vigilant One. Tifton was killed by Kemnebi during the church's efforts to stop the return of the Ill'Koresh, and then returned as a twisted version of himself forced to do the bidding of Bane.
Tifton does not laugh or smile; he does not show compassion. He is very blunt and does not spare people their feelings.
He has one brother, Tyton, a follower of Helm.
History:
In life, Tifton Holyguard was an honorable, loyal, driven, successful, and dependable Paladin of Helm. He began serving Helm in the Western Heartlands, where he met a young Orlan Proskus. The two quickly became lifelong friends. Though they defended the people against many villains, the two dark souls that posed the greatest threat were Ditus and Mestra Ill'Koresh, of the Black Hand. Tifton was instrumental in creating the crystal prison that Orlan would use to ultimately imprison them.
Years later and after earning his abbot-ship, It was Orlan who convinced Tifton to come to Sundren. In the city of the Sunderer, Orlan, Tifton, and their group of vigilant Everwatch knights set out to defend the city and all it held dear.
When the Ill'Koresh were liberated, Tifton set out to create another crystal to house their incorporeal selves. However, Kemnebi, Neradnal, and the vampire child Rosey cursed several of the ju ju blades that were to be used in creating the crystal. When Tifton went to render the items to dust, an explosion occurred and shards and dust from the blades entered his body. The cursed dust had the effect of negating any healing the Abbot tried to provide. In a last ditch attempt to save Tifton, a group of adventurers led by Cadmus of Helm bombarded Tifton with dispelling magic to make the cursed dust ineffective; it would have worked, had Kemnebi not sabotaged that delicate casting process and filled the room with his unholy aura and dispelled the casting members. This act led to Tifton's death, and Kemnebi's imprisonment.
Ultimately, the sabotage of the new crystal prison, the death of Tifton, and the long legal trial were distractions to delay the Helmites so that Neradnal could return the Ill'Koresh to corporeal form. It was very effective. In the dark ritual that sacrificed 33 children returned the Ill'Koresh to form, Tifton's corpse and soul were offered as tribute to Bane. Rather than taking the Paladin, Bane returned him to life as a twisted version of himself.
Tifton loathes himself, and what he has become.
He still feels great respect for Orlan, but he sees himself forced forever to the other side of a great divide.
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