Melocal Shadow

Appearance
Cal carries a scar over his heart from an old stab wound. His armor bears a drawing of sword with an overlaid Maltese cross wrapped in chains in the same place as this scar. On his back, Cal has a tattoo of a stylized angel.

Personality
A playful, carefree joker, Cal is witty and has low regard for authority. He tends to keep to himself and is generally quiet - except when he has a wisecrack to make. While seemingly jolly, Cal is also vicious and bloodthirsty - he has no compunctions about murder or theft, and has a clear proclivity for riches.

Early Life
At the age of sixteen, Cal left his hometown of Galanoroyl's Repose in Alysandir with his good friend Kinymela Nimble, without saying a word to anyone he left behind. Tired of the town and of their parents' stagnant lifestyle, they set out to see the world. To represent their freedom, they had identical angels tattooed on their backs.

They traveled around Galefridus, gathering food and supplies where they could find, or steal, it. Eventually, their wits became as sharp as the daggers they wielded. By all intents and purposes, they were bandits; raiding traveling merchants and caravans.

For nearly a year, they traveled the kingdom, until they uncovered the hidden town of Everwood, an elven settlement. There, their thievery caught the attention of an aged elf, named Ahryl Naam. Instead of apprehending them, he offered to teach them more advanced techniques of infiltration and thievery on the condition they used their abilities for good.

However, one night, while travelling with a group of friends back to Everwood, Cal and Kinymela were ambushed by drow lead by a priestess. They were outmatched and outmanned. Cal yelled for his friends to run while he stood back to give them time.

Cal was stabbed in the chest and fell. As he lay dying, he witnessed the most terrible event of his life: The drow priestess approached Kinymela and bit into her neck before letting her fall to the ground. Cal struggled to get up to no avail, and lost consciousness.

Cal survived this event, and in memory of it, had a drawing etched onto my armor, at the exact spot where he was wounded that night. He later learned that the priestess was a vampire known as Priestess Shridra, who made regular attacks on the populace of Everwood.

A few months later, in 952 GD, Cal was approached by the Order of Solis. They offered him a chance to become a monster hunter and avenge the death of Kinymela. He agreed, and thus was recruited into the Disciples of Dreth'dor.

The Disciples of Dreth'dor
Cal trained alongside his fellow disciples in Dreth'dor Manor for one year and hunted monsters in the name of the Order of Solis until 956 GD, when he rejoined the Obsidian Watchers to complete his training.

His last exploit as a Disciple of Dreth'dor was to defeat Shridra. However, during this mission, Cal nearly died, but was saved by the Raven Queen. In saving him, however, she laid claim to his soul, informing the halfling that he would serve the goddess for eternity.