Kievan Duskwall

Kievan Duskwall was a paladin sworn to the Nameless God held in Magmaslag Rock. He perished in the final match of the Underbelly Bout against the Champions Valoris.

Appearance
Kievan was a six-foot-tall human man with long black hair. He wore black plate armor and wielded a large glaive. He also carried a plain talisman with him, which served as his holy symbol of the Nameless God.

Personality
Kievan showed little emotion, but seemed not to bear animosity toward the foes he killed, often taking time to close the eyes of the dead. However, he seemed to have a strong conviction that those fallen in battle should remain fallen.

Background
Kievan was a dutiful servant of the Nameless God, blessed with their Mark of the Chosen. He fell out of contact with his fellow servants of the Nameless God some years before 598. One possible explanation for this is that, apparently posing some threat to Dunan Slagmeld's plans, Kievan was arrested under false pretenses in the Exeter and imprisoned in Magmaslag Rock. While there, Kievan was held in solitary confinement in an effort to break his spirit. Rumors of a fallen paladin held in solitary spread throughout the prison before Kievan was recruited into the Underbelly Bout.

Demons of Port Valor
Kievan was a participant in the Underbelly Bout and de facto leader of the Duskwall Brigade. He was largely responsible for his team's success and seemed to have little trouble dispatching his opponents. The Duskwall Brigade faced the Champions in the final round, where Kievan's teammates were gradually picked off by their opponents. Despite being surrounded by his opponents and their newly conjured water elemental ally, Kievan held his ground and pushed the Champions Valoris to their limits. However, he was killed by Reides's Chill Touch spell, which strangled him as he reached toward something above him that no one else could see. Although the battle ended, the Deepfloe Arena continued to lower toward the magma, so, on Jorah's suggestion, Reides commanded the water elemental to take Kievan's body with the party for funerary rites. The next day, the party buried him the caves adjoined to their safehouse, building a cairn to mark his grave and also placing a burning candle by it. Jorah kept Kievan's holy symbol, wanting to find people he knew on the outside and give it to them, and paid several visits to Kievan's grave while being held beneath Magmaslag Rock.

Atemcester Arc
While in Atemcester, Jorah visited the temple of the Nameless God to inform the priest there of Kievan's death. The priest was saddened by the news, but understood that Kievan's eventual death was inevitable and that he's with his patron deity now. The priest also identified the Mark of the Chosen on Jorah, which appeared on him after Kievan's death.

Goals
Kievan wanted to win his freedom through the Underbelly Bout. He seemed to have something to accomplish outside of the prison, but what that was is currently unknown.

Abilities
Kievan was skilled with a glaive and had a wide variety of paladin abilities related to his service to the Nameless God. He could infuse his weapon strikes with necrotic energy, blind his opponents with magical darkness, and leave wounds that glowed with divine magic. He was also able to create a field of magical darkness that showed his enemies images of their own dead bodies, striking fear into them. When pushed to his limits, Kievan was able to collect some form of dark energy from the bodies of the fallen around him and shape it into a pair of wings. While his wings were active, Kievan could take legendary actions and attack outside of his own turn.

Quotes

 * "You're a braver bunch than the last, but just know that I showed you your future."
 * "You should fall when you're put down."

Trivia

 * Despite being human, Kievan's name is gnomish in origin.