Rise of Maltraxis · Active · Returned to Sunspire
Precision archery, lateral thinking, and petty illusion magic.
The person behind the legend
Alaryn entered Kingsguard training as a woodland archer with excellent aim and an instinct for solving the intended obstacle by interfering with the obstacle. He is competitive, inventive, and perfectly willing to use minor magic for purposes that no responsible instructor would put in writing.
Signature methods
Magic & stranger talents
What people remember
Heroism, poor judgment, private grief, public embarrassment—usually in combinations nobody planned.
Jammed the Gauntlet’s spinning wheel with a rock instead of riding it.
Cleaned Hamdik’s vomit from a pillar, briefly placed it on Elric’s cloak, then made Elric appear to have soiled himself.
Won Breecaster’s archery tournament through the smoke.
Hung upside down from the ceiling by Lucien after making the Kingsguard’s wrestling pile smell like a skunk.
From the road
Reconstructed from the surviving campaign record—not verbatim transcripts, but faithful to the person revealed at the table.
The spinning wheel“It was designed to turn. I placed a rock in it. It stopped. I remain uncertain why this was considered controversial.”
Elric’s cloak“No lasting harm was done. The same cannot be said for his dignity.”
The prisoner“If the king demanded a death, I would not give him a helpless one.”
People in their orbit
Rival, teammate, and repeated target of magical jokes. Their definitions of discipline do not overlap.
Trainer who respects Alaryn’s results more than his methods.
Frequent ranged competitor and the source of the Gauntlet’s least dignified environmental hazard.
Where the record stands
Alive in Sunspire after witnessing Prince Halric submit to Maltraxis—and participating in the catastrophic celebration afterward.
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