Byron Ffamdren

Byron Ffamdren (/bajrən famdrən/) (born with no last name) is a tiefling rogue/wizard. Abandoned by his human parents at birth, he grew up in an orphanage in Fairhaven, Aundair. Starting at around nine years old, he started running away from the orphanage periodically, not because of mistreatment, but simply because sometimes, he "needed a break from that place". He often visited the University of Fairhaven, where he was noticed by Naefir Ffamdren, a professor of illusion magic at the university, who asked him what such a small child did at a university. Byron responded that he liked the architecture of the campus and the windows of the magical studies building always flashed cool colors. Naefir cast a few illusion spells to entertain the child, and invited him to attend his next lecture. Learning of his story over dinner, Naefir and his wife Elthina were touched and, after a long discussion that night, brought Byron back to the orphanage the next morning to sign adoption papers and brought him back home.

When Naefir and Elthina were asked to venture into the Mournland to recover an artifact for Jorlanna d'Cannith, they long debated whether or not to allow Byron to come with them, but finally accepted to bring him along after he proved he had mastered a few self-defense spells and promised he would not go looking for fights.

While camping in the Burnt Wood in Thrane, Byron's group were caught by a group of knights from The Order of the Virtuous Blood, who were alerted by Elthina's zombies and skeletons, which she had summoned to protect their camp. The paladin leading the men cast an anti-magic field on the camp grounds, preventing all the adults from casting spells to defend themselves. Byron rushed at the paladin with his dagger, but was easily restrained by the trained soldier. Threatening to kill the child right then and there, the paladin ordered everyone to surrender immediately, which they did.

Once everyone was restrained and shackled, the paladin declared that the entire group, Byron included, would be hanged for necromancy. Naefir called the paladin a monster for threatening to execute a child, to which the paladin responded he would make sure Byron watched everyone else hang before he died, starting with Naefir. The paladin physically held Byron's eyes open as his father died a slow, suffocating death in front of him.

During the second hanging, that of Kólosh Azrag, Byron spotted a party of adventurers coming up the road, including a tiefling. He put all his energy in a desperate telepathic message to her, begging her to help him. Thankfully, the adventuring party attacked and killed the knights, and freed the prisoners. During the frenzy, Elthina raised Naefir's body as a zombie, but was talked down by Xander and Nyx. Elthina left the assignment in the capable hands of her student Xander, and the family went back home to Fairhaven to bury Naefir.