Byron Cruentus

"I let the genie out of the bottle. It's my burden to make things right."

- Byron betrays the evil Band of the Thorn ''

At a Glance
A descendent of the Cruentus, First King of Neverwinter, Byron Cruentus was an extradordinarily handsome and skilled human knight during the Age of Adventure. The half-brother of adventurer Hogar Cruentus, Byron's aspirations of becoming a knight were seemingly dashed when he was crippled by a blood-crazed Hogar, but a dark pact with the necromancer Talmon Bott regained Byron the use of his legs.

Influenced by Talmon, Byron would create the Band of the Thorn and revive the Cult of Vecna's agenda of freeing Vecna from his prison in The Shadowfell. Successful in freeing the dark god, Byron's first-hand encounter with Vecna left him horrified by the evil he had unleashed. Blaming himself for Vecna's freedom, Byron fell into a deep depression before he was recovered by the Brotherhood of the Spoke who turned him back on the path to rightousness.

Redeemed, Byron Cruentus would go on to become a part of the most instrumental turning-points on the mortal plane, including the hunting of Acerak Zarunkumar, the defeat of Karn, and participation in the Exodus Prophecy.

Age of Adventure
Byron's activities on the mortal plane during the Age of Adventure were numerous. He:
 * Donned Feryl Rimple's spare set of armor and dubbed himself the second Skull Knight.
 * Took up the Blade of Cruentus in accordance with his birthright.
 * Formed (and later quit) the Band of the Thorn, a shadow group dedicated to the ideals of the Cult of Vecna.
 * Kidnapped Duke Graefling's group of knights, The Bannermen following a tournament in Peer's Point where he was temporarily engaged to Princess Jenaris.
 * Assaulted the castle of Halruth and entered The Shadowfell.
 * Released Vecna from his prison.
 * Repented for his actions when he was found outside The Shadowfell near-dead by The Brotherhood of the Spoke.
 * Defended the city of Tyr from Acerak Zarunkumar and his Bone Horde.
 * Joined the other members of the Exodus Prophecy to defeat Karn and avoid the prohecyy of Dark Sun.
 * Beginning a friendship, amd maybe more, with Kola Balgaard.