Editing Character:Flametouched (section)

== Character Description ==

Flametouched does not remember where it came from.  Its first memory is from a mere six months ago, when it found itself standing on top of a hill in central Thrane, looking down toward the city of Flamekeep.  It did not know how, or why, or even who or what it was, but it felt something calling it from within the city.  When it entered the city, it felt the unwelcome, hurtful stares of those it passed, but ignored them - something was pulling at it, something beyond its ability to control.  It followed the feeling through the city, to the Cathedral of the Silver Flame, where the faithful gathered in hopes of hearing the Voice of the Silver Flame.

When it entered, guards mocved to intercept it, but it paid no attention.  Its eyes were only for the brilliant silver fountain of light, the light that flickered and glowed and filled the room, that filled its very being... It fell to its knees, unable to stand the glory, and the guards paused in confusion.  After a moment, the warforged opened its eyes and spoke: "I am Flametouched," it said, and its voice was full of wonder.

The Church acted quickly to have the warforged that called itself Flametouched banished from Thrane - many called for the being's destruction as some kind of heretical joke, for the Church had long since made clear that warforged have no souls, and therefore the Flame could never claim one of them as its own.  Flametouched was deluded, or deliberately flawed in some fashion, designed to be used as a weapon against the Church.

Flametouched took the banishment peacefully - it understood the clergy's need to protect the Church, and besides, it felt no further from the Flame in Breland, where it had been banished to, than it had back in Flamekeep.  The Flame was with it everywhere, and it would do the Flame's will.  Light, hope, and justice would be brought to the world, and Flametouched felt honored to be the instrument of such a work.  It has gone out to find allies in the work of the Flame, to oppose evil and forward the cause of justice.

Unfortunately, Flametouched has many enemies, most of whom share its faith.  It also worries at times about its own history, what might have happened to it before it awoke on that hill in Thrane.  When was it manufactured?  For what purpose?  Was the Flame responsible for its very existence, or was it merely turned to the Flame's purpose?  For the moment, these are questions that Flametouched sets aside easily - it has work to do, and the past matters less than the future.  Someday, however, it would like answers...