A Shadar-Kai Warrior

The question arose over the last few days: What should I play? The options were: A Half-Elf Warlord, an Eladrin Swordmage, or a Shadar-Kai Avenger. After much debate, I have decided to go with the Shadar-Kai.

Now, I own the figure I’m planning on using. All I have to do now is replace the hammer with a piece of chain and paint the figure.

For those of you who don’t know what a Shadar-Kai is (I know there’s a lot of people out there who aren’t 4e fluent), I’ll explain.

The Shadar-Kai are humans who inhabit the Shadowfell, servants of the Raven Queen, the goddess of death. Their skin is grey, their eyes large black orbs. The shadows around them deepen as they move. They have the ability, once per encounter, to teleport 3 squares, then remain insubstantial until the start of their next turn.

I’ve selected an Avenger, because I like the idea of a holy warrior who is full of the vengance of his god. This Shadar-Kai would have no mercy on those who have angered the goddess, especially the undead and those who give them sanctuary. The Shadar-Kai are very alien in nature, being from a different plane of existence, while still maintaining the feeling of something recognizable.

This is his story:

 

Shadow always knew he had a higher calling. Not content to become just another grey face amongst his Shadar-Kai brethren under the pale, grey sky of the Shadowfell, he brought himself up in the ranks of Shadar-Kai warriors, training in the use of the spiked chain, learning the ways of the Raven Queen.

He adored the Raven Queen. It was her who brought souls to their destination, the gloomy world of darkness, shadow and nothingness: The Shadowfell.

Always the strictures of the Dark Lady were taught: Hold no pity for those who suffer and die, for death is the natural end of life; bring down those who would attempt to cast off the chains of fate. It was those he hated worst: Mortals who sought to prolong life, to maintain their place in the Mortal World. The Undead, Vampires and Liches. These were his enemy.

So it was on that dim day, when Shadow was given his most vital task: The Barrow King had acquired the Eye of Vecna, stealing it from the Shadar-Kai warriors who held it safeguarded in the Shadowfell. Already his power grew, but now he held one of the most vital arcane items of the Raven Queen’s most hated foe. This could not be allowed to be. He had fled to the Mortal Realm with the eye, and it was up to the young Shadowborn to hunt him down and reclaim it, bringing it back to the Raven Queen herself…

 

That’s the basis for the character of Shadow. Hope you all like it. I hope we get to play this game soon, or I’ll be sitting on him for a while until I do.