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| - The Burnt Man is the elemental personification of fire in the Four. He has the form of a burning man, turned to embers. The Four were all humans who died at the time when the Kencyr temples activated in Rathillien. The Burnt Man presumably burned to death, although his exact story isn't known. In Merikit religion, he is the avenger of the slain, especially kin-slayers. He is generally accompanied by his hounds, the Burning Ones.
- The Burnt Man is like something akin to faerie, god, and undead, although not entirely any of those. He is closest in nature to Fae, however, seeming to be unto a Fae which has incorporated aspects of Godhood into itself, and been enamoured of the Dead and tales of magnificent curses. Even legendary Talespinner, who has engaged the Burnt Man in battle on numerous occasions, is unable to discern his precise nature, though he infers that it is most likely to be (mostly) Fae, owing to the nature of the Burnt Man's marauding hordes being Goblins who take the form of various undead and other spooks.
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| - The Burnt Man is like something akin to faerie, god, and undead, although not entirely any of those. He is closest in nature to Fae, however, seeming to be unto a Fae which has incorporated aspects of Godhood into itself, and been enamoured of the Dead and tales of magnificent curses. Even legendary Talespinner, who has engaged the Burnt Man in battle on numerous occasions, is unable to discern his precise nature, though he infers that it is most likely to be (mostly) Fae, owing to the nature of the Burnt Man's marauding hordes being Goblins who take the form of various undead and other spooks. Once, years ago, the Burnt Man lived in the (before it was cursed,) alongside the other residents. Although odder than most, and trade villages do attract odd characters, he got along well enough. Then the Wyld Hunt showed up, killed a lot of people until they beat the location he was hiding out of a townsman, and came for him. He is said to have raised the dead to fight for him, but the Wyld Hunt jacked him up anyway, burning him at the stake. He cursed the village and it's faithless inhabitants, as well as those who murdered him. (It is unknown what ill fate, if any, they have suffered, as unlike the townsfolk, they are not ripped back to the village on Calibration.) Every first and last day of the ordinary months, the Burnt Man's raiders attack, but the nightmare really comes alive during the Five Days' Darkness of Calibration. During this time the attacks are intense and coordinated - instead of a few spooks an hour showing up randomly, on these nights the town comes alive with the cackling calls of marauding haunts, who rush through the streets, vandalizing and smashing, attempting to kill and plunder and pillage, though without aim. Their main cause seems to be sowing discord as they rush about in small, unorganized bands, hacking, chopping, smashing, blasting, and generally being determined to have a good time at everyone else's expense. The Burnt Man himself leads them, in a different form each night, his forces approaching from a different direction on each night, but always unique in appearance and power. If the Burnt Man is slain or otherwise defeated, the attacks cease for that night. Talespinner is certain that if the Burnt Man is dealt with on five nights consecutively, he will be vanquished forever, his curse lifted. Talespinner has attempted to do this, but has never been able to go five-for-five with the Burnt Man.
- The Burnt Man is the elemental personification of fire in the Four. He has the form of a burning man, turned to embers. The Four were all humans who died at the time when the Kencyr temples activated in Rathillien. The Burnt Man presumably burned to death, although his exact story isn't known. In Merikit religion, he is the avenger of the slain, especially kin-slayers. He is generally accompanied by his hounds, the Burning Ones.
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