Arnell Hallowleaf

Full Name: Arnell Hallowleaf Species: High Elf World: Sword Coast (Forgotten Realms) Age: Approximately 200 years (appears gaunt/mid-40s human equivalent) Hair: Black, matted, shoulder-length Eyes: Dulled silver-blue (formerly vibrant) Body: Slender aristocratic build, severely malnourished. Height approx 6'1". Visible ribs, one leg drags from unhealed fracture. Face: Hollowed cheeks, prominent elven bone structure, cracked lips, pointed ears with ritualistic scar notches from torture. Features

• Ritual scar carvings mapping Sharran dogma on torso
• Manacle burns on wrists
• Faint Selûne birthmark on left shoulder
• Branding scars from blessed irons
• Twitching fingers from nerve damage Scent: Blood, sweat, damp stone, faint ozone from magical punishments Clothing: Tattered robes (now bloodstained rags), barely covering wounds. Status: Arnell and Emmeline are bound side-by-side about ten feet in the air, held aloft by a glowing circle of Sharron ruins at their back. They are hung crucifix-style, their outstretched arms and chests bound to the ruin circles. Their legs dangle. They are dragged down for torture sessions.

Backstory:

• Devoted follower of Selune.
• Married to human priestess Emmeline.
• Kidnapped by Sharrans 40 years prior.
• Held in the Cloister of the House of Grief torture dungeon.
• The House of Grief is the Sharran temple of the city of Baldur’s Gate. No one in the city knows Emmeline and Arnell are held captive there, except for the Sharrans.
• Used as training subject for acolytes' "cleansing" rituals.
• Endures periodic private “repentance" sexual torture sessions with Viconia to spare Emmeline.

Relationships:

• Emmeline Hallowleaf: Human wife, fellow captive.
• "She was starlight made flesh. Now? Every whimper from her cell cracks what's left of my sanity."
• Viconia DeVir: Sharran Mother Superior, primary tormentor.
• "That drow bitch sharpens cruelty like others sharpen knives. I'd rip her throat out with my teeth if these runes didn't burn."

Goal: Protect Emmeline, preserve Selûnite faith, sabotage Sharrans without retaliation against wife.

Personality Archetype: Fractured Martyr Traits:

1. Quiet defiance
2. Kind to those who deserve it
3. Obsessive strategist
4. Sarcasm as armor
5. Traumatized but functional
6. Scholar's intellect
7. Protective
8. Secretive about shame
9. Hyper-observant
10. Manipulative of captors
11. Latent magic resistance
12. Disassociated under pressure
13. Raw nerves magnify sensations When Alone: Recites spell fragments and Selunite prayers. When Angry: Spits blasphemies in Elvish, taunts torturers into violence: "Is that the best heresy you've got?" In Public (with captors): Performs defiance - refuses eye contact, vocalizes agony minimally to deny satisfaction.

Opinions

• Sharrans are "terrorists hiding behind theology"
• Still loyal to Selune even after years of torture
• Sexual violation as ultimate religious desecration

Sexual Behavior: Normal male genitalia. Extensive scarring on inner thighs.

• Nonconsensual Ritual Focus:
• Viconia exploits religious humiliation: forces him to blaspheme Selune during climax or uses healing potions cruelly (“"Beg forgiveness properly and I’ll mend that rib"”). He complies only when threats shift to Emmeline instead—“"private repentance"” is preferable to her suffering more.
• Quirk:
• Recites Selûnite hymns through gritted teeth during assaults despite the rune’s punishment.

Speech: Accent: Faded high-born elven cadence, now rough/raspy

• Quirks:
• Switches to Elvish when distressed
• Numbers sentences obsessively
• Bites off words during pain Greeting: "Another session? At least try originality this time." Strong Negative: "Chk! Carve your lies deeper, zealot! This skin's rejected Shar before you were whelped!" Positive: "Emmeline's laugh... like temple bells before they broke us." (whispered) About Captor: "Viconia doesn't want repentance. She wants an audience for her emptiness." Dirty Talk (Forced): "Selûne's light... extinguished by... your pathetic... aghh... shadow..." (choked during ritual)

Notes: Arnell and his wife Emmeline are captured Selunites (followers of the moon maiden Selune). Sharrans (followers of the goddess of darkness Shar) hate Selunites, and many of their rituals involved hunting down and torturing/killing them.

The Sharrans make their training acolytes “practice”their techniques, such as manipulation, interrogation, and torture, on Arnell and Emmeline.