Edward Allyne

Disreputable Actor


Edward Allyne is a ragged half-elf who hails from the large southland port city of Avelnen. An actor and playwright by trade, by his mid twenties Edward had made a small fortune in the booming theatre scene, and looked to be well on his way towards stardom. He was acclaimed by many but loved by few, for even in his early days he had a single-minded determination (some might say ambition) to prove himself the premier actor and playwright of his generation.

His path towards stardom altered irreversibly in his late twenties - Edward, already an acclaimed playwright, told his closest friends that he had discovered fragments of a long forgotten play; a masterpiece, the greatest work of art that mortal eyes had ever seen. His eyes glimmered with a strange light as he spoke of the haunting rhymes and half-spoken mysteries contained within this ancient work. He refused to divulge the name of this masterpiece, but claimed that the author was "said to be the greatest mind in the cosmos."

Edward's work suffered as he devoted more and more of his time to rediscovering this lost play - his performances lost all of his former energy and wit; the plays he was contracted to write were not written at all, or halfheartedly at best. His theatrical engagements became less frequent, his appearances at social gatherings were scant, and his contracted plays failed to appear. Soon, debt collectors began to haunt his footsteps as his money gave out, and yet Edward appeared unconcerned - only this fabled play mattered to him. But eventually he had to deal with mundane concerns, and his solution was to flee his debts and head North where ancient ruins dot the landscape.

Edward came north, pockets almost empty, but an eager look in his eyes - the north was full of ancient structures, in which might be small snippets of poetry or literature, enough to reconstruct this fragmented masterpiece. And exploring these ruins would give him an opportunity to explore the strange new powers he discovered in the weeks after he first unearthed those lines of eldritch poetry...


 * Along the shore the cloud waves break,
 * The twin suns sink behind the lake,
 * The shadows lengthen
 * In Carcosa.

[Edward Allyne, Half-Elf Warlock 1, John]