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Description and History
Celeborn was originally a native of Oerth (Greyhawk), the son of
a noble knight of Furyondy and a Grey-elven noblewoman of Celene
whom he rescued from a cabal of Iuz cultists. At first,they lived
together in the Wild Coast,but when he was slain defeating an orcish
horde invading from the Pomarj,she was forced to return to her own
people along with her 3 sons-Mithrendil (the dutiful eldest), Quevalen
(the rebel) and Celeborn (the youngest). After he finally came of
age, he set out to win fame, fortune and knowledge, mainly to prove
himself to his elven kin, who never truly regarded he or his brothers
as anything but inferior half-breeds.
Not long after, he was unwittingly drawn into an epic, world-shaking
struggle for power instigated by a powerful human warrior-archmage
(of the Ruthalion noble house & his distant cousin), who was
seeking to win divinity by challenging several of Oerth's deities
(and succeeding). Celeborn was mysteriously (divinely) transported
to an alternate Prime world-the savage north of Faerun.
Three days after awkening on the edge of Neverwinter Forest and
exploring his new surroundings, he met and joined a small company
of adventurer's who hred him to investigate the origins of an assasination
attempt on them sent by an ally of the foe they had most recently
defeated, and so began a series of epic quests and intrigues in
which this fellowship, called "the Alliance" gained great
fame, power, notoriety and rulership of a new and thriving town
located just south of Neverwinter Forest and between the High Road
and the Long Road linking the cities of the "Lord's Alliance".
Then came the Time of Troubles, with it's wracking cataclysms and
divine intrigues, during which the Alliance's town, called "Hillcrest",
with it"s army (small, but superbly well-trained) managed to
turn the tide of an invasion by a vast and diverse horde of humanoids
from the Spine of the World won them great respect and gratitude
fom many of the Lord's Alliance towns.Following the climax of that
tribulation, the band found themselves embroiled in the machinations
of an ancient, evil and very powerful lich in which Celeborn and
one other comrade,named Eldar-the druid/mage were forced into a
fateful contract with the Master Lich, to surrender all of their
worldly possessions and Experience/Life levels in exchange for the
gift of Immortality or become his slaves for all eternity. They
chose everlasting life, if only to be free from bondage to this
terrible fiend. Thus,even though his levels are starting over and
he has lost much of his former magic and wealth, he no longer ages,
cannot suffer from disease or aging, level-draining attacks are
only temporary and regenerate at the rate of 1 exp. level per day,
and he regenerates HP at the amazing rate of 3HP/round (minute)
- even after reaching -10 hit points. He can only be physically
slain by another immortal, extra-planar being, such as an aasimon,
greater tanar'ri or baatezu, etc. and even this will only banish
him to the home plane of his patron deity (Odin/Valhalla) for up
to 100 years, after which he may return to the Prime again.
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