Erkammid Set

Once Erkammid Set was once a wise and respected shaman for his people, a wandering healer who used the herbs and minerals of his nation with skill and precision. But after being driven to the brink by raiders, Erkammid used a dangerous and forbidden technique to gain the power necessary to destroy those who threatened his people. Now Set is a shell of his former independent self, a mild and nervous man. His life dependent on the same potions that destroyed his being.

Early Life
Erkammid was born into a tribe of Oread. Wanderers, who crossed the mountains and deserts of the Elemental Empire, mining, hunting and gathering, trading what they could to get what they needed. They were a peaceful, hardy bunch, making little trouble and finding less. Erkammid had a gift for herblore from an early age, binding poultices and brewing potions for a wide variety of purposes. A pillar of his community, Erkammid was posed to be a future leader for his people.

The Raid
But as harmless as his tribe was, some creatures saw their passivity as weakness. The Branded Ear Clan, a family of bloodthirsty orcs that made the Terror Spine Mountains their home, stalked Erkammid's tribe and prepared an ambush. The first moments of that battle were bloody, Orc fought Oread, and bodies soon littered the ground. Watching his people fall around him, Erkammid Set was left with only one option, to partake of the Oblivion Mushroom, a dangerous fungus that grows in necromantically infested areas. He consumed it, and transformed into a monster, when he had finally settled down, only a few Oread were left alive.

The Aftermath
Warped by both the violence and the devastating effects of the mushroom, Erkammid Set awoke crippled in mind and body. His people continued, but slowly they drifted away, their leaders had been killed, and Erkammid was incapable of replacing them. Eventually, only Set was left, wandering the deserts and mountains of his home, scavenging plant material to keep him alive and conscious.

The Brotherhood
His mind and people lost, Erkammid Set was adrift, purposeless, until Kiyuri Taicho, hunting down a rogue mage, found the shell of a man and brought him back to the Brotherhood in an effort to be healed. While he is too far gone to be restored to sanity, Erkammid has found some sort of place in the world, aiding the Brotherhood with his poultices and potions, and quietly growing more Oblivion Mushrooms, should they never need to be used again.

Appearance
Though clearly once a man of life and vigor, the stone-blooded Erkammid is now hollow and spare. Tall and broad, his flesh has receded, and his long hair is brittle and grey. Humbly dressed in the robes of the Oread, Set wears little personal effects and seems to lack the drive to express any sign of personality in his dress. Set is usually seated, seeming to lack the power or strength to stand.