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Published: 2023-06-24 13:18:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 932; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Description New refs for my OC's Hawke and Laske, they're looking fresh and new for ArtFight this year

Read their entire lore doc here
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Hawke Reighton | Human | 20 | 174 (cm) / 5'8.5 (ft)

Hawke Reighton (AKA Grey Hawk) is a young man around the age of 20 who is the son of the king, Garius Reighton. He currently works as a royal guard and has been training for the role since he was very young. All he ever wanted to do was to protect his father, but that all fell apart when he witnessed his father’s assassination, conducted by Laske Talonear.

With the sad news that the king had been assassinated, Laske Talonear was graciously crowned the new ruler over the kingdom. Hawke, being the rightful heir and seeking revenge, is outraged by this and believes something evil must have happened for Laske’s name to be in the king's final will and testament. As part of the royal guard, he cannot harm the king whatsoever, and he cannot bring himself to break these rules, even with someone like Laske. So he corresponds with a local witch who is willing to curse Laske and cause him eternal pain. The witch confronts Laske during a kingdom ceremony and Hawke joins in the pursuit.

After the ordeal of cursing his father’s killer and sending him into a deep sleep, Hawke is granted kingship by the kingdom, even before his 21st birthday, and rules the kingdom in peace. Laske is awoken 500 years later and Hawke hears about this from the witch. He asks her to transport him forward in time to kill Laske once and for all. Hawke must get revenge for his fathers death, even if he comes to find out that the world is not the same 500 years later.

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Laske Talonear | Cursed Human (crow) | 30 (at time of death) | 175 (cm) / 5'8.8 (ft)

Laske is an assassin for hire and descends from a long line of professionals. Laske had a wife who wasn’t a part of the killing business but she benefited from the income. However, she often called him callous and cold and one day it pushed him over the edge. Atop their mansion balcony, his wife said she had felt like a bird trapped in a cage, seeing everything Laske did, and she had no way to help his victims. He saw no more use for the lady after being spoken to like that. In his fury he said “If you’re a bird, then let’s see you fly” and proceeded to push her from the balcony, into the rocky ocean below.
After this he had a goal to assassinate the king, Garius Reighton, and succeeded. The only catch in his success was that the King’s son, Hawke, had seen the murder occur. Laske did nothing about this, but it came back to bite him years later. With the sad news that the king had been assassinated, Laske was graciously crowned the new ruler over the kingdom.

Hawke had corresponded with the local witch about cursing Laske as he had not only killed his father the king, but had taken his place with a rewritten fake last will and testament. The witch agreed to help Hawke, out of her mutual hatred for their new ruler, and confronted him during a kingdom ceremony.
Laske, knowing the power of the witch, escaped. However she followed swiftly and cornered him with her magic saying ‘Because of your evil spirit and blackened heart, you will forever be known as a bird of the ground, cursed to never fly and to never escape the pain you’ve brought to others.
He was then cursed with giant wings that could not be used to fly and caused him constant pain. Paired with a curse of immortality, he would now suffer forever. The witch then cursed him into a deep sleep, and they buried him away so that he would wake up centuries later without any power or knowledge of the current day.
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