Editing When the King Comes Knocking:Kristoph (section)

== Background ==
Kristoph is a man terrified of his own power, especially of any responsibility for it.  As an apprentice sorcerer, he trained under Mistress Tatiana.  She was extremely strict, but he trusted her implicitly and did whatever she asked to the best of his ability at all times.  He didn't even mind if she whipped him or locked him in a cage, because he knew that she had his best interests at heart.  It was her way of showing love.

When she was kidnapped by Torog's minions, he was crushed.  Bloody finger-tracks and shattered nails leading out the doorway were the only things he had left for her...except for a signet ring and her screams echoing in his ears: Save Me.

The prospect of deciding what to do on his own was overwhelming to Kristoph - such a thing would have been like attempting to swallow a tidal wave.  So, he interpreted her words as an ''order.''  If Tatiana had told him to save her, then that is what he would have to do.  Every branch in the path or choice that has came before him, he has interpreted her intent and what she would have wanted him to do.  He is in a state of desperate denial about his own agency; in his own mind he's still a slave to his Mistress, doing exactly what she told him.  No more, no less.

However, the ember of power that he had as her apprentice has burgeoned into sparks and slow flame.  The magic within him grows stronger with each exertion against the potent horrors and cruel obstacles of the Underdark.  The time will come when he can no longer ignore his own burgeoning might.

====Mission====
Rescue Tatiana, avoid consciously making decisions of his own, return to a psychologically placid life as her slave.

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