Durzibethinus

Durian Grunwald

Player Name	Jeff
Languages	Common, Draconic, Elvish, Giant, Infernal, Telepathy (30 ft.)
Date of Birth	806 PR
Place of Birth	Jadenhill, Isonhound
Species	Dragonborn
Gender	Male (he/him)
Height	6' 4"
Weight	260 lbs
Eye Color	Green

Durzibethinus Grunwald is a Gem Dragonborn Sorcerer residing on the continent of Isonhound during the year 825 PR. He is the son of the high sorcerer of the Court of Quartz at the Temple on Jadenhill. After an attack by a chromatic dragon left their temple robbed and ransacked, he left home to explore the greater continent with hopes of finding a way to protect his clan from new and ongoing threats.

History

Durian was born at the Temple on Jadenhill, a small community off the southern coast of Isonhound. Its population is primarily metallic Dragonborn and was settled by a clan of devout Bahamut worshippers who emigrated from Pteris in the early PR era to escape the chaos of the Cavalry Rush. The town of Jadenhill consists of little more than the temple, which is partially built into the ruins of an ancient abandoned mining project.

The temple practiced its worship in relative peace and seclusion for nearly three centuries, finding ways to honor Bahamut while they awaited his inevitable return, such as studying the Way of the Ascendant Dragon. However, they would fall victim to the Razing of Isonhound in 700 PR, flattening most parts of the temple that were not housed in the repurposed mining tunnels. Most lives were spared, but it was a devastating loss that would prove too difficult to build back from without outside help. They began tiptoeing back into the outside world to attempt trade and other forms of participating in greater society.

Blaming Tiamat's Dragons for this misfortune, they wrote letters declaring their loyalty to the church of Kragnux, adding the Dragon Slayer god to their pantheon of deities. Around this same time, a few of the children in town had been born with brilliant, gemlike scales and proved to be gifted with psionic powers and sorcery. The origins of this gem ancestry was unknown, but the temple's priests interpreted it as a blessing from Bahamut as proof that they were on the most noble path.

This interpretation would prove regrettable as the growing church of Kragnux became radicalized against not just Dragons, but against all draconic races. The temple heard word of the Dragonborn being slaughtered in the Second Draconic Crusades and quietly dissolved their allegiances to the church, but it was too late to recluse their community again. They had rebuilt and thrived with the benefit of outside trading partners who knew of the temple and would soon be visiting in greater numbers.

The temple leaders devised a system for receiving guests, erecting a mage tower dubbed the Court of Quartz to serve as a visitors center as well as house many of the gem artifacts pulled from the former mining tunnels over the years, including a large gem Dragon egg presumed long dormant. They also appointed a high sorcerer to reside in the tower, one of the gem-touched Dragonborn, and perform an essential part of their plan using one of the few rocky relics in the collection brought over from the old continent.

Dubbed the Selune Splinter and described as a fragment of an ancient meteorite imbued with peculiar paranormal properties, it is able to amplify illusionary magic to increase its effect and distance. Wielding this artifact, the high sorcerer could cast a spell over the entire temple to disguise its Dragonborn residents as Wood Elves, the primary inhabitants of the Woldlin region. This ruse was successfully kept up for the remainder of the century, and the high sorcerer position would be passed through the gem bloodlines before reaching Durian's mother.

Ironically, the long-awaited return of Bahamut in 795 PR would also soon signal the end of this ruse. As Dragons were once again free to wreak havoc on the realm, the temple was once again attacked by the creatures in 825 PR and the Court of Quartz robbed of its entire collection, including the Selune Splinter which they had depended on for decades. The entire clan was now sitting ducks in a world that once again founds itself at odds with the Dragons. How long would it be before the rest of the realm grew frustrated and turned its sights back on what was left of the draconic races?

Durian, son of the high sorcerer and presumed next in line for the position, decided to cautiously step out of the temple with the hopes of showing the world that the Dragonborn are just as much victims of the Dragons' ransacking ways and are united in the fight against them.