Temperament
Heinrich has taken part in the Dawn Hunts since his youth, but the hot blooded vigour of his younger days has given way to grim resolve.
Praised as a hero for his many kills, and the great beasts that fell by his hand, he feels little pride in such accomplishments anymore. Instead he undertakes his work with cold detachment. He sees not glory anymore, nor the possibility for winning a brighter future. Before him lies only an endless struggle to hold back the darkness, and an inevitable, gruesome death upon the blood soaked fields of Lunascension.
The family he once fought to protect is all but gone, only a son he has long since lost contact with remains. Even then he cannot be sure, only hope that they still walk the streets of Yuwall somewhere, far from him, far from harm.
He despairs at those he takes under his wing, knowing that their passion and hope is destined for a singular end beneath the claws of beasts or blades of men. Still, his stubbornness pushes him ever onwards, unwilling to give his advisories the satisfaction of his defeat.
Of the politics and great power games that encompass the land, he cares little. He merely waits for the bells to toll once more, calling him to the hunt once more.
History
Heinrich was one of those rare few who rose through the ranks of the military after starting as nothing more than a common footsoldier.
Joining at a young age, he ran away from home to find a life of adventure and impact. Though now, he would give anything to return to the quiet days of fishing upon the river.
He earned his name during some of the worst days of the scourge of savagery where he matched his blade fearlessly with the great beasts that beset the city from within and without. Though never as fast, strong, or skilled as others, his sheer determination saw him fight through wounds that would have toppled others, paying back in kind each drop of blood he shed.
Though he aged and his passion cooled, his dedication to the hunt never changed. Even after his leg was rent by all three heads of a chimeric beast he continued to walk the battlefield, cane at his side.
While many baulked at Doranii’s rise to power, Heinrich remained as dedicated to his duty as ever, a symbol of stability in a city rocked by change, one that Doranii, and the people of Yuewall, came to value greatly.
