Azimuth
Azimuth is a warlock of Blaspheus, a malevolent fey entity at war with the Servants of the Moonlit Circle. He works as a freelance mercenary in Vansreik, taking contracts to remove what he calls, metaphorically, the "weeds in their garden".1
Life before the pact
Azimuth was a cruel man in his earlier life, one who took pleasure in hurting and capturing others. Control, whether of an environment, of a habitat or of people, has always been his obsession.2
He was once a skilled legionary. After a crippling knee injury he went back to his family's gardening business, where the careful control needed to keep a place beautiful satisfied him. He later served as gardener to House Von Rain, turning the gardens of its estate into a breathtaking spectacle filled with caged birds and reindeer.2
The boon of Blaspheus
With the boon of Blaspheus, Azimuth became a formidable fighter once more: his limp vanished and his swordsmanship surpassed what it had been. A master of close combat, he wields a double-bladed sickle with deadly precision and uses the gifts of his patron to control the battlefield, holding his enemies helpless so that he can torment them further with exact, punishing blows.3
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 12-13, 27
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