It has also occurred to me that I should share a bit more about Oisín, the character I'd like to play! As I said in my initial post, he is cleric under the domain of twilight. In the previous campaign he was in, he followed Mother Night. I was told she was a deity associated with creatures of the night, such as witches, vampires, and lycanthropes. But, he by no means has to be devoted to her when I adapt him to your world! Oisín was raised in a temple devoted to Mother Night by his mothers, though he was closest to the temple's High Mother. Even so, Oisín loves each of his mothers dearly. He was more than happy to do anything they asked of him, including staying inside the temple's grounds. While a part of him longed to see the world outside the temple, the temple's High Mother insisted it was not safe for him to go. Now, I also said that Oisín was a hexblood. He was created by a ritual, which the temple's High Mother gathered the components for. Oisín knew that much. But, he did not know she could not gather all of the components needed for the ritual on her own. She needed a vampire lord's blood. Because of that, she struck a deal with Strahd von Zarovich. He would give her the components she needed, and in exchange, he would receive the child the ritual bore when it reached its eighteenth birthday. It should be said that he intended to turn the child into one of his thralls. Admittedly, I dunno what that means. I do not like how it sounds, though. I should also say that Strahd by no means has to be the one to give his mothers the components they needed for his story to work! I understand his addition is very campaign-specific. I think some other being could give his mothers the components. Even the components could change! Like I said before, I am more than happy to adapt his character as much as need be to fit the setting. Anyway, back to his backstory! When Oisín's eighteenth birthday came, the temple's High Mother did not send him to Strahd. She realized fairly early on that she could not bear the thought of it. Because of that, the temple's High Mother hid Oisín from the outside world inside her temple's walls. But, her attempts were in vain. Strahd sent one of his subordinates to retrieve Oisín in the dead of night. When the temple's High Mother refused to hand him over...You can imagine what happened. In the morning, Oisín's mothers realized what had happened. In their grief, his other mothers ordered Oisín to take the head of the 'man from the mist' that had met with the temple's High Mother that night. Until he had done so, he could not return. So...Oisín took his first steps outside the temple, not to see the world outside the temple's grounds, but to take the head of the man who had taken the High Mother away. Oh-so blissfully unaware of why his mother had been taken and, more importantly, that the man behind it all was, in a way, his father. I hope that helps you all get a better picture of who you'd be inviting in - a naive, easily flustered devotee who also happens to be a bit morbid. Mossley, out!
