Dragoste Champion: Ev

[Louis Morvant]

Ev Dragoste:

Champion of House Dragoste

Ev Dragoste was born in the barren deserts of Ferinir. His parents kept him and his sister away from the rest of the world. They were their little secret. Before the House of Dragoste was founded, he was married to his elder sister, Heilia. While he had been trained in the ways of the sword, Heilia, had been trained in powerful shapeshifting magics by their mother. Each spell required some sort of sacrifice. Heilia, seeking immortality, studied the undying aspects of the graceful phoenix. After finding the components for the binding ritual, she and Ev stole out in the night. A Phoenix transformation was illegal, but the desire for immortality was greater. After placing the components onto a stone slab, she prepared her ritual as Ev laid upon the slab. She chanted her words, causing her husband to burst into flame. The sacrifice for the phoenix was a human life.

As Ev's ashes blew away in the wind, she decided to test her new-found immortality by driving a dagger through her chest. To her dismay, this act destroyed her earthly vessel. It caused her to be stuck in the world between, able to switch forms, but only able to communicate with the beings of the world of man through thought. Her wails can still be heard throughout the deserts of Ferinir.

Ev's ashes were gathered bit by bit by the Sewer of Fate, The Pariah. He was put back as one, with burn scars all over his body. As the Pariah whispered into his ear, his hair grew back white, and his eyes turned a bright silver. The Pariah told him to travel to the sea and destroy the Torenian fleet that was bringing supplies to a newly formed house, Medistare. He was told that if he left just one, he could ask three requests of The Pariah. Agreeing to his terms, he travels to the Endless Sea and breathes fire into the oncoming ships, sinking all but one. With the one remaining, The Pariah re-appeared to Ev and asked for his three requests. He asked to spend eternity with Heilia in the other realm, for her to be able to travel between the other realm and Ferinir for short amounts of time, and to grant her true immortality. He was reunited with his love in the other realm where Heilia conceived a child, coming to Ferinir to give birth. Their daughter was the founder of House Dragoste under her mother's guidance. Ev's legend was passed down from generation to generation, causing him to be the first champion of House Dragoste.