Dungeons & Dragons 2024 (D&D) Character: Gilear Faeth

Gear

• Bolt case with 20x bolts


• Grimoir

Backpack

Caltrops

Crowbar

Torch

Waterskin

Rope

Rations x10

Oil x2

Sage ASI

Increase Intelligence by 2 and Constitution by 1 (not above 20)

Level 1: Weapon Mastery

Your expertise with arms grants you mastery over two weapons of your choice with which you are proficient. You may change these chosen weapons whenever you complete a long rest.

TL/DR:

Gilear Faeth was born to elven parents who had departed the Elder Vale after the War of Eikons ended. His life with them ended early, when they disappeared suddenly when he was 30 years old. He turned to a local Academy in Ancalagon's Fall, where he studied for years, learning rituals and gaining the assistance of his familiar Kwip. Leaving this place, he turned to the Church of the Eikon Penitent, where he thought he could gain access to untold history and relics of great power. Although wrong in that assumption, he became obsessed with the Eikonic Shards and Relics even more, and now travels under the church's authority, working as a hired dick for Gran Soren Authorities and whomever will take him, hoping to uncover more truths and relics along the way.

Long Form

Infancy & Parents

Gilear Faeth was born to elven parents who had left the Elder Vale after the War of the Eikons. He never learned why they left, only that they spoke of seeking something that could not be found within the Vale. For the first thirty years of his life, he was surrounded by their quiet rituals and long hours of study, a household filled with books and half-finished translations of ancient texts. Then, without warning, they were gone. One morning, the house stood silent, the hearth cold, and their notes scattered as though left in a hurry. They never returned.

Gilear waited for them for years before the truth began to settle—he had been abandoned. With nowhere else to go, he found purpose in what they had left behind. The questions that haunted him turned into an obsession with knowledge, relics, and the unseen mechanisms that governed the world. He began his formal studies in Ancalagon’s Fall, drawn to the Divination School of Attunement, where his natural curiosity found structure. The teachers there quickly realized his talent for theory and observation, even if he lacked patience for rote spellcraft. His fascination with artifacts and rituals soon eclipsed everything else.

Studying and Early Years Alone

Under the guidance of a diviner named Merethal, Gilear spent years learning the fundamentals of the Weave and the laws that governed magicka. The Principle of Equivalency and the Law of Attunement became the core of his understanding, shaping his view that every spell demanded a price and every act of creation required balance. He labored for months on his first major ritual, determined to summon a familiar - a small, steady hand within the chaos of the arcane. When the ritual finally succeeded, the result was not what he expected. From the circle emerged a strange, unevenly proportioned creature with wide eyes and awkward wings. The others laughed, and Merethal moved to dispel it, but the creature ran to Gilear and clung to his arm. The connection between them was immediate and profound. He named the creature Kwip, and from that moment, they were inseparable.

The casting had nearly broken him. The energy of the ritual left him fevered and weak for days, and the memory of that toll stayed with him. It was then that he decided that true spellcasting was not his path. Rituals - slow, deliberate, and structured - were where he belonged. They allowed him to commune with the Weave on his own terms, without sacrificing his vitality for haste. He devoted the next fifty years to study, but as his mastery grew, so did his hunger for greater knowledge. The Academy of Ancalagon’s Fall offered no more answers, and the mysteries of his parents’ disappearance had long since grown cold. He left the academy at eighty years old, determined to seek truths beyond its walls.

Turning to the Church

He was drawn to the Church of the Eikon Penitent by the promise of relics and the vast record of history it guarded. If there were truths buried beneath the ruins of the world, he believed they would be found there. In the quiet corners of the public library, Gilear first encountered the mention of the Eikonic Shards: thirteen fragments said to have granted mortals the power of gods. The more he read, the more his curiosity consumed him. He wanted to know everything about them, from their origins and powers to their disappearance.

To pursue that knowledge, he signed on with the Church as an archivist. He imagined that such a position would bring him into contact with artifacts and hidden tomes, that he might finally see the things he had only read about. He was wrong. The work proved to be endless transcription, careful preservation, and little else. Still, he devoured every volume he could reach: histories, theological debates, and accounts of the War of the Eikons. He learned all that the Church allowed and quietly suspected there was far more that it did not.

After more than three decades of ink and candlelight, Gilear realized the archives had nothing left to give him. The answers he sought would not be found behind locked doors and catalogues. He turned his attention instead to the division of the Church responsible for investigation and fieldwork, a branch concerned with the recovery and study of relics, lost scriptures, and matters of political interest. There he found his true place, trading the scribe’s desk for the road.

On the Road Again

The Church named his position “Evidentiary Chronicler,” though it was little more than sanctioned reconnaissance. His work took him across the realm to verify relic authenticity, report heretical practices, and collect intelligence of value to the clergy. It was the perfect guise. He could travel freely, gather information, and study artifacts firsthand while maintaining the Church’s trust. Outwardly, he was dutiful and pious, wearing the eight-pointed star and reciting the prayers when required. Inwardly, he did not believe. But belief was not necessary - obedience was.

Now, at one hundred and forty years of age, Gilear and Kwip travel between strongholds, working small contracts and investigations under Church sanction while quietly pursuing their own agenda. He sends reports back to his superiors filled with just enough detail to remain valuable, never enough to raise suspicion. Between these assignments, he takes on private work for magistrates and guards of Gran Soren, chasing rumors and mysteries that might one day open the doors to the Citadel of Continuation. Every job, every recovered relic, and every half-deciphered manuscript is a piece of the puzzle. The Eikonic Shards were not destroyed. The Church may have buried the truth, but Gilear intends to uncover it—no matter how many vows he must swear, or how many lies he must tell, to reach the heart of it.

Church of the Eikon Penitent (swore into the church and works for them)
Grand Soren (odds and end jobs, trying to gain renown)
Divination School of Attunement (studied here)

Learn more about the true history of the world, and gain powerful magic relics. Above all else, find a Shard of the Eikons.