Brother Kincaid

Brother is a tortle cleric who worships Jergal. He is a member of the Alabaster Scribes, the militant arm of the Keepers of the Crystal Archive.

Appearance
Brother Kincaid is a tortle, a race of humanoid turtlemen. He is extremely large, measuring 6'3" (191cm) tall and weighing around 472lbs (215kgs), though a lot of that is shell. His scales are charcoal grey, almsot black, except for his hands and face which are bone white instead of the green or brown normal for his species.

Background
Born to Quanara and Roland, Kincaid broke through his eggshell to take his place in the world as one of four siblings. Kincaid was immediately different due to his strange colouring, the result of a mysterious ailment that none of the village healers had seen before. Wracked with constant pain and a rheumy, phlegmatic cough, Kincaid found it difficult to make friends, and grew into a withdrawn and bookish hatchling. His only friends were his siblings, particularly his twin sister Rosalind. The strain of caring for her sickly offpring was eventually too much to bear for Quanara, who disappeared one night, unable to bear tending to the constant needs of the unhealthy Kincaid.

Kincaid’s life was forever changed when a priest named Fargrim Silverstone came to his village. Desperate to cure the illness ravaging his son, Roland asked the old dwarf if he would help. Fargrim was fascinated by the dark scales, white face and white hands of the sickly hatchling, and and agreed to try to cure him. For three days and three nights Fargrim tended him, permitting no attendants and no disturbances. On the morning of the fourth day Kincaid opened his eyes and, for the first time in his life, breathed deeply without hinderance.

Fargrim agreed to stay for a short time, to tend to the rapidly strengthening Kincaid. During this time, he told Kincaid of the god Jergal, who sits at the gates of the afterlife and records the world’s inevitable progression to death.

Fargrim told Kincaid that he as soon as he had seen him, he knew he was one of the Bleak Seneschal’s chosen; Kincaid’s unnatural colouring matched Jergal’s grey robes, white death-mask and white gloved hands.

Convinced, Kincaid decided leave with Fargrim to join the Keepers of the Crystal Archive. After a long journey, they arrived at the Keepers fortress-monastery, Godswalk Keep.

Kincaid joined the other novices, spending his days learning the ways of the order. Free of the illness had plagued him all his life, Kincaid grew at a shocking rate, as if his cured body was trying to make up for lost time. His bookish childhood had prepared him well for his academic lessons, whilst his tearing claws and hard shell made him a star pupil on the training grounds. Over time, Kincaid grew to feel more at home in the grey stone keep than he ever had with his family. Years passed, and Kincaid spent countless hours inscibing long scrolls wit hthe names of the dead, or undertaking funerals for those who brough the bodies of their relatives to be honoured and preserved by the priests.

One day, a grey-robed figure with white gloved hands appeared to Kincaid in a dream, and told him to go to the courtyard. As the first rays of dawn crept over the horizon, Kincaid saw a figure stumble into the courtyard. Covered in blood from horrific wounds, Fargrim collapsed in the monastary’s threshold.

Whilst Fargrim convalesced, the clergy debated who would succeed him. Whilst his training was far from over, they agreed that Kincaid was his natural successor. With great ceremony, he become Brother Kincaid and was inducted into the Alabaster Scribes.

Before Kincaid left, Fargrim confided in Kincaid his mission. Fargrim had been trying to recover an ancient relic of the order, the Books of Slate. Said to be the ledgers of the very first priest of Jergal, Fargrim had followed the trail to the town of Stonebreak, looking for a smuggler named Ostran. However, he had been ambushed, and barely made it back alive. If he could find Ostran, Kincaid might uncover the Books of Slate.

Hunt for the Books of Slate
Brother Kincaid was dispatched to continue Fargrim's mission, hunting for the Books of Slate.

Notable Items

 * Cursed Warhammer