TDSS TalesTales of Albion
The Slayer

Eadric of Blackmere

The last of the Concordium, founder of the Society, and the sword the dragons of Albion learned to fear.

heroaliveHumanWarriorLeaderMentorKeeperThe Dragon Slayers SocietyThe Sigil KnightsThe ConcordiumThe Silver Circle

Archetype

Jungian archetypeThe Hero

The wounded hero who keeps walking. Every trial he faces is a mirror; every dragon wears the face of a failure he cannot put down.

PersonalityISFJ

Duty before self. Loyal past the point of reason, guilt-driven, quietly stubborn, and at his best when someone else needs protecting.

The story

Eadric of Blackmere is the spine of Albion's story. He was a boy when raiders under dragon banners burned his village, and a young knight when Brother Cadwyn taught him that a true Slayer does not deny his failures but carries them. He rose through the Concordium, the old order of dragon slayers, and outlived it: when the Concordium fell, he was its last known survivor.

He is not a hero because he is fearless. He crosses the Bridge of Doubts, the Gate of Shadows and the Cavern of Embers with his fear intact, and wins because he refuses to let it steer. His defining wound is the first Siege of Ravenspire, where he ordered the retreat that saved the survivors and cost him Kael and Ysella. Every dragon he faces afterward finds that wound and presses on it.

In the hills of Albion he gathered a handful of broken fighters and founded The Dragon Slayers Society with a single oath: the greatest dragons are the ones within, and no one faces them alone. He has since slain Karnyx, Vaelthrax and Zorynthal, severed the Chains of Greed, united the clans of the north, and been named a Keeper by the Eternal Flame. He ends the war not as a man who slays dragons, but as one who teaches others how.

Appearance

Broad-shouldered and battle-hardened, in his late forties. Grizzled dark hair streaked with grey, a short rough beard, and a face lined by years of war, with a deep old scar across one cheek and brow. He wears dented, scratched silver plate over dark mail and worn leather, a coiled-dragon Sigil engraved on the breastplate, and a mud-streaked charcoal cloak. The Sigil is branded into his right forearm; blue Oathstone runes glow faintly along his left.

Signature

Vigilance, a silver sword etched with ancient runes that glows when the darkness is near. He carries more relics than any man alive: the Heartfire burns in his chest, the Sigil of Truth is fused into it, the Lyrican Harp rides on his back, and the Shard of Varn waits in his keeping.

Bonds

  • brother in arms
    KaelClosest friend and founding brother; ordered the retreat that lost him at Ravenspire.
  • killed
    KaelKilled him at Blackthorn Keep after Kael turned to the Dragon Kin; Kael died redeemed in his arms.
  • ally
    YsellaThe founder who told him to forgive himself; lost at the first Siege of Ravenspire.
  • ally
    ValenFounding brother, thought dead at Eldmoor; reunited in the war.
  • ally
    SvartmyrOld friend; the two held the River Tarn bridge together.
  • mentor
    LoricBrought the young farmer to the Gate of Shadows.
  • ally
    OrlennaWalked with her into the Bastion of Varn; sealed the Verdant Pact.
  • ally
    YsadorFought beside her at the Verdant Glade, Ravenspire and Hollowpeak.
  • ally
    RykardPact-brother; the Shadowed served as his saboteur at Ravenspire.
  • ally
    Lady Morwenna of BrynmorHis patron at court and the archer who held Ravenspire's south wall.
  • ally
    CallumHis scribe and conscience; Callum died shielding him from Zorynthal.
  • killed
    Lord VarrickSevered the Chains of Greed and gave the chancellor a merciful death.
  • tested
    DrakvarSurvived the Warden's Trial of Chains and freed him.
  • ally
    VeylaraShe guided his trapped people out of the Whispering Woods.
  • apprentice
    Brother CadwynHis mentor in the old order.
  • rival
    MalakarThe Firstborn of Shadow, whose dragons he hunts one by one.
  • ally
    LyaraSilver Circle pact-sister.
  • ally
    Riven of IronwoodSilver Circle.
  • ally
    Brother AldainSilver Circle.
  • ally
    LorienSaved Ravenspire at his word.
  • ally
    MaeveArmed him against the Gilded Wraiths.
  • ally
    GarrickFought beside him in the Frozen Barrow.
  • tested by
    The KeepersEvery Keeper has tested the Slayer.

Slain by their hand

  • Karnyx
  • Vaelthrax
  • Zorynthal
  • Lord Varrick
  • Kael
  • the black wyvern of the founding
  • the Dragon Kin warlord of Gildenspire

Words

The dragon isn't just something we fight. It's something we become if we let it.
Not every dragon can be slain, Loric. Some must be carried.
I am no hero. I am just a man. But a man can still make a difference.

Appears in

Tale 3 · The FoundingThe Founding of The Dragon Slayers SocietyFour broken fighters meet in the hills of Albion. A black wyvern attacks that night, and at dawn they swear an…Tale 1 · The FoundingThe Pact of the Silver CircleEadric binds three strangers to him with a blood pact and leads them beyond the Black Spire to kill Karnyx, th…Tale 10 · The Road of TrialsThe Wyrm of EldmoorYears after the expedition that cost him his comrades, Eadric returns to the swamps of Eldmoor to face Vaelthr…Tale 4 · The Road of TrialsThe Hollowed KnightIn the ruins of Gildmere Abbey, Eadric confronts the hollowed shade of Kael, his closest friend, and offers fo…Tale 8 · The Road of TrialsThe Gate of ShadowsEadric brings the young farmer Loric to the Gate of Shadows. Beyond it lies the Evershade, where a man's deepe…Tale 12 · The Road of TrialsThe Bridge of DoubtsTo reach the Veil Wyrm's keep, Eadric must cross a bridge of black stone that tests not the body but the soul.…Tale 13 · The Road of TrialsThe Keeper’s GambitFollowing a prophecy carved in the Veil Wyrm's lair, Eadric climbs to the Watchtower of Highmarch to play ches…Tale 14 · The Road of TrialsThe Fire Beneath the MountainBeneath Mount Wrathspire sleeps Igneorath. Eadric comes not to slay it but to claim the Heartfire, and must en…Tale 15 · The Road of TrialsThe Song of the Hollow ValeIn the mist-filled Hollow Vale, Eadric plays the Lyrican Harp and finally faces the grief he has carried for t…Tale 16 · The Road of TrialsThe Mirror of BetrayalThe Mirror of Betrayal shows Eadric the Siege of Ravenspire as Kael and Ysella saw it, and asks whether he can…Tale 17 · The Road of TrialsThe Keeper of the FlameAt the Pyre of the Eternal Flame on the cliffs of Greyhold, Eadric steps into the fire and sees two futures. H…Tale 18 · The Road of TrialsThe Tower of Forgotten TruthsIn the Tower of Forgotten Truths, Eadric learns where the Dragon Kin come from, and receives the Sigil of Trut…Tale 19 · The Road of TrialsThe Cry of the Ashen GladeThe Ash Drake is long dead, but its curse still chokes the Ashen Glade. Eadric walks into the smoke to lift it…Tale 20 · The Road of TrialsThe Keeper’s LanternThe Lantern of Lyria lies dark in the Shroudlands. To reignite it, Eadric must give up a part of himself.…Tale 6 · The Road of TrialsThe Keeper’s DebtThe Gilded Wraiths, spirits of greed bound to Ebonyrath, have taken Fallow Vale. Eadric carries Dragon's Blood…Tale 21 · The Road of TrialsThe Whispering WellWith the Harbinger risen in the west, Eadric seeks the Whispering Well. It offers him Kael and Ysella alive, f…Tale 22 · The Road of TrialsThe Oath of the Frozen BarrowThe Dragon Kin have taken Raethwyn. To unite the clans of the north, Eadric binds his soul to the Oathstone in…Tale 23 · The Road of TrialsThe Shadow of Blackthorn KeepA summons in blood-red ink leads Eadric to Blackthorn Keep, where the friend he mourned for years is waiting, …Tale 11 · The War of ShadowThe Chains of GreedThe chancellor of Albansreach has bound himself to the Chains of Greed. Lady Morwenna summons Eadric to the tr…Tale 5 · The War of ShadowThe Warden’s OathWith Malakar stirring, Eadric and Orlenna enter the Bastion of Varn to claim its cursed Shard from the Forsake…Tale 26 · The War of ShadowThe Verdant PactOrlenna calls Eadric, Ysador and Rykard to the Lifetree to drink its essence and bind themselves to the land. …Tale 27 · The War of ShadowThe Siege of RavenspireOutnumbered five to one, Eadric, Morwenna, Ysador and Rykard hold Ravenspire against Malakar's horde until Lor…Tale 29 · The War of ShadowThe Whispering StoneIn the Library of Gildenspire, the Whispering Stone offers Eadric the power to end the war. Callum hears it to…Tale 32 · The War of ShadowThe Whispering RootsEadric's people are trapped in the Whispering Woods. Veylara agrees to guide him, and asks whether the battles…Tale 31 · The War of ShadowThe Bridge of ShadowsTwenty villagers, one crumbling bridge, and a Dragon Kin column at midday. Eadric asks Svartmyr for help.…Tale 42 · The War of ShadowThe Dragon’s ReckoningEadric, Ysador, Morwenna and Callum climb to Hollowpeak Keep to end Zorynthal, the last great dragon of Malaka…

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