Scarthorn

Scarthorn is a character created by Arcticseal156. He was formerly a member of the Bladesages, but turned against them eventually. He leads the Thorn Cult and resides in the Traitor's Den within the Deep Docks.

Appearance
Scarthorn wears a dusk cloak dusted by infection. He has a cracked wolf-like skull and a shell functioning as a helmet and chestplate. He wears metal gloves and boots. He wields a flaming axe (didn't load in image).

Personality
Scarthorn is sort of a Tyrant. He rules the Thorn Cult with an Iron Fist, driven purely by madness due to an event regarding Rialclaw. However, silently, he begs his relatives for forgiveness, knowing what he did to his father while at the same time saying it was "no cost too great."

Biography
Scarthorn was born in the depths of Greymoor, but his parent could not take care of him and gave him up to Rialclaw. He had a good childhood, especially spending time with his relatives, Midzyas, Archao, Sorrel, and Onyxshell. He was the first of the Bladesages to be trained in battle by Rialclaw, and he began at an incredibly young age. He quickly became incredibly experienced in combat and was feared by others.

Scarthorn was upset when Midzyas left Pharloom, but he still spent time with his other relatives. Eventually, they went to do their own things, leaving him alone with Rialclaw. However, he suspected that he was acting a little more antisocial than usual. When he approached his guardian, he was picked up and dropped outside the room Rialclaw was in. This eventually enraged him, and he drew his blade next to him. Rialclaw then told Scarthorn that he never cared about him or any of his relatives, he was just using them to gain power. He then said he'd kill them all eventually, and that Scarthorn would be first, since he was right in front of him and an easy target. Scarthorn gave the fight against his guardian everything he had, as he didn't want his relatives to die. Eventually, after a long battle, Scarthorn fell on the ground. As Rialclaw was about to kill him with his nail, Scarthorn used the fall as an opportunity to stab a pin through Rialclaw's chest, effectively killing him.

Knowing that he could come back if his soul was left in the air, Scarthorn did not hesitate to find a way to imprison his soul. He looked to the workers in the Deep Docks to help him create a metallic vessel, similar to The Hollow Knight. He then tirelessly hunted for Rialclaw's soul, eventually finding it in the Moss Grotto and imprisoning it. After imprisoning his soul, he worked tirelessly with a shaman to create the Void of Thorns, where the Metallic Vessel, known as the Pure Automation, would be sealed along with Rialclaw's corpse. After the Void of Thorns was created, a Temple was created in Greymoor, known as The Temple of The Scar, to contain the Void of Thorns. After months of preparation, Scarthorn brought Rialclaw's Soul, the Pure Automation, and Rialclaw's corpse within the Void of Thorns. After chaining the corpse to the wall, The Pure Automation was chained within the center of the Void of Thorns. As Scarthorn slammed the container with Rialclaw's Soul into the Pure Automation, the Shaman bound the Soul to the Automation, making the soul unable to escape. After the Automation was bound, The Void of Thorns was sealed, but left with a fragile entrance. Scarthorn knew he had succeeded in protecting Pharloom and his siblings, but with the fragile entrance to the Void of Thorns, multiple swings of a blade would be able to open it. He then requested for some on the Citadel's Warriors to guard the The Temple of The Scar until he found a way to create stronger protection.

After several weeks of not being able to find protection for the Void of Thorns, Scarthorn began to worry that a natural disaster would occur and break the door to the void. He then asked the Shaman to bind his soul to the entrance, even though he was warned that the longer the binding remind, the more he would be driven to madness, and the only way to break the binding is to kill him. Yet, Scarthorn was willing to sacrifice his own life to keep the door sealed. After the shaman bound his soul to the entrance, a mark appeared, resembling his head. Knowing that the door would remain sealed until his death, Scarthorn relieved the guards of their duties to guard the Temple of The Scar.

After Midzyas returned to Pharloom, Scarthorn did not speak a word about Rialclaw, although Archao mentioned his death. Only he knew what happened to Rialclaw, but everyone knew he was dead. After Midzyas became the White Paladin, Scarthorn began to go insane. He tried to isolate himself to avoid hurting anyone. While it was small bursts of madness at first, he knew that it would get so much worse. However, time passed, and as The Betrayal happened, Scarthorn was losing more of his sanity. When he became a Bladesage and was marked with the Sagebrand, he locked the Void of Thorns with the Sagebrand, meaning only those who had been marked by it could break the entrance. He was confident in the seals keeping Rialclaw's soul contained but was still slightly paranoid that someone could break the seals. However, now that he had an axe instead of a pin, he felt like his seal wouldn't break for a while.

Months passed, and eventually, Scarthorn lost his sanity entirely and lashed out at Midzyas, and an extremely violent battle took place. While he almost killed Midzyas, he was trapped in a soul net, with the Sagebrand removed from him. After he was freed, he retreated to the Deep Docks, never to be seen again in the eyes of the Bladesages.

After arriving in the Deep Docks, Scarthorn let out a loud shriek, calling for the beasts that assisted in creating the Pure Automation. They responded to his call and came to him, seeing him as a monarch. Driven by his madness, Scarthorn forced the beasts to create a temple of sorts, which would be known as the Traitor's Den. After the den was finished, Scarthorn rested on his throne, while preparing to make a sacrifice to Imperial, a higher being of Pharloom. He begged that they would provide extra protection to the Void of Thorns. They agreed to add a seal, if Scarthorn sacrificed something to them every month. He agreed to this deal, but Imperial warned him that if he missed a single sacrifice, the seal would be broken.

At some time, Scarthorn met Vance, before allying with him and The Guild. The details of this event are mostly unknown.

Eventually, after months of sacrifice, Scarthorn sensed Hornet's arrival in Pharloom. He was incredibly worried she would seek to break the seals, so he demanded that the entrance to the Traitor's den be locked. The key to the entrance was lost elsewhere in Pharloom. But Scarthorn knew that with the key lost, the seals would remain for a long time. Forever, potentially.

Trivia

 * Despite looking like he is infected, he isn't. It's just part of his blood.
 * Scarthorn was originally going to be named Club.