crazywolf
2011-08-09, 09:54 PM
I find that a good and original back story helps flesh out a villain. so i am curious to see what villains other DMs have come up with.
here is the main villain for my up-coming Pathfinder campaign
Cain was born in a small village by a kind pair of parents, but during childbirth his mother died and he was born dead. His father was struck with grief by losing his wife and child and cried to the gods for his wife and son back. instead of a celestial being hearing the man's crys of dispair a powerful devil on the material plane saw a deal in the making. The devil (known as Abadon) appeared to the man and told him he could offer him the life of his son back for the price of his soul. The father, despite the loss of his soul took the offer and the deal was done.However instead of taking the father's soul Abadon used a part of himself to revive the boy, but Cain was marked for life by blood red eyes and a fiendish mark upon his forehead. Although his father was overjoyed the people of cain's village thought that the boy was cursed (the didn't know of the deal) and wanted to send him off to die in the woods, but Cain's father protected him and shealtered him from the hatred of the villagers. Dispite his fathers protection, Cain found harsh words and hatred from everyone he met, he would often burst into fits of rage or depression and when he did something odd would occur (along the lines of a chicken dying randomly or objects spontaniously combusting, etc) he eventualy reached a state where he felt no other emptions besides hate and sadness. At the age of 9 his father passed away and nothing stopped the villagers driving him out of the village, it is then when Abadon's deal came into play. Abadon came to the child in the apperance of a human and approched the weeping child and said:
"why do you weep dear child?"
"becasue they all hate me" sobed Cain
"who hates you?" asked the devil soothingly as he crouched next to him
"the people in the village" Cain responed
"My child, they don't hate you, they fear you."
"they do?" asked Cain looking up at the devil.
"yes, they fear you for what you are....for what you have"
"what do i have?"
"magic" wisperd Abadon grinning at the boy "and i can teach you to use it, to.... teach those cruel people a lesson"
"really?" asked Cain "and will you be my friend?" he added feeling the only joy he had in years.
"yes...yes i will" said the devil with a smile "now follow me and i will take you home."
Cain went with Abadom to the relm of Devils where he lived and studied the arcane powers and learned how to tap into Hell to power his magic. when he was physically age twelve (he was accually age 200) he went back to the human realm and destroyed his village, he did not care that none of the people were not the ones who had hated him and the ones who had were long dead. he then returned to Hell and continued to master the arcane arts of sorrcerory, he saw a father figure in the old devil who taught him and felt happiness and joy when with him, and Abadon (surprisingly) felt the same way.
Cain's mind set is if he feels no good emotions then why should anyone else. he is bitter and subject to fits of anger. he hates any and all life on any planes (ecept the infernal planes) any followers he finds will more likely get killed by him then anyone else. His goal is to kill all life. (not necesarialy attainable, but he thinks it is.)
So just post your villian here, it doesn't matter what game system its from. also if you have facd ay rememrable villians please share.
here is the main villain for my up-coming Pathfinder campaign
Cain was born in a small village by a kind pair of parents, but during childbirth his mother died and he was born dead. His father was struck with grief by losing his wife and child and cried to the gods for his wife and son back. instead of a celestial being hearing the man's crys of dispair a powerful devil on the material plane saw a deal in the making. The devil (known as Abadon) appeared to the man and told him he could offer him the life of his son back for the price of his soul. The father, despite the loss of his soul took the offer and the deal was done.However instead of taking the father's soul Abadon used a part of himself to revive the boy, but Cain was marked for life by blood red eyes and a fiendish mark upon his forehead. Although his father was overjoyed the people of cain's village thought that the boy was cursed (the didn't know of the deal) and wanted to send him off to die in the woods, but Cain's father protected him and shealtered him from the hatred of the villagers. Dispite his fathers protection, Cain found harsh words and hatred from everyone he met, he would often burst into fits of rage or depression and when he did something odd would occur (along the lines of a chicken dying randomly or objects spontaniously combusting, etc) he eventualy reached a state where he felt no other emptions besides hate and sadness. At the age of 9 his father passed away and nothing stopped the villagers driving him out of the village, it is then when Abadon's deal came into play. Abadon came to the child in the apperance of a human and approched the weeping child and said:
"why do you weep dear child?"
"becasue they all hate me" sobed Cain
"who hates you?" asked the devil soothingly as he crouched next to him
"the people in the village" Cain responed
"My child, they don't hate you, they fear you."
"they do?" asked Cain looking up at the devil.
"yes, they fear you for what you are....for what you have"
"what do i have?"
"magic" wisperd Abadon grinning at the boy "and i can teach you to use it, to.... teach those cruel people a lesson"
"really?" asked Cain "and will you be my friend?" he added feeling the only joy he had in years.
"yes...yes i will" said the devil with a smile "now follow me and i will take you home."
Cain went with Abadom to the relm of Devils where he lived and studied the arcane powers and learned how to tap into Hell to power his magic. when he was physically age twelve (he was accually age 200) he went back to the human realm and destroyed his village, he did not care that none of the people were not the ones who had hated him and the ones who had were long dead. he then returned to Hell and continued to master the arcane arts of sorrcerory, he saw a father figure in the old devil who taught him and felt happiness and joy when with him, and Abadon (surprisingly) felt the same way.
Cain's mind set is if he feels no good emotions then why should anyone else. he is bitter and subject to fits of anger. he hates any and all life on any planes (ecept the infernal planes) any followers he finds will more likely get killed by him then anyone else. His goal is to kill all life. (not necesarialy attainable, but he thinks it is.)
So just post your villian here, it doesn't matter what game system its from. also if you have facd ay rememrable villians please share.