Thomas Maple

"Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all heroes of our own stories."

Thomas was once considered the hero that liberated the survivors of Project Assiah however at a great cost. He lost just about everything, his family all died, his former party are all either dead or missing, his best friend and brother is missing and is presumed dead, his lover dead, lost his connection to the god of Truth and Governance Zydis, and now burdened with current reputation of his faction known as The Order of the Forsaken moon. He is the newest addition to the Crescent Brotherhood as a man who lost everything and fell into despair. He is the younger brother of the Crescent Brotherhood.

Description
Thomas is a very pale half elf standing at around 5'9. He has medium to long length messy wavy black hair and icy blue eyes. He wears lose bandages around his arms presumably hiding all his wounds from Project Assiah to prevent his recognition. He wears more of a professional manor of clothing as he wears a white button down shirt and a tie with a black and blue over coat. He wields a scythe that seems to be made with an odd blood red metal and the grip representing the head of a wendigo. It is not known where he has his Crecent Brotherhood crest on his body.

Personality
Back in Thomas' glory days his personally could be described as brave and righteous with a sense of justice that allowed him to form a connection to the pillar god of truth and governance Zydis. He was very calm, calculating and professional unless it pertained to his best friend August and was more relaxed. However at some point the two got into a big argument where Thomas tossed aside all emotional attachments to his best friend all to protect him from the shadows.

Thomas currently is a very broken man as he has lost his mind some time ago and his personality fluctuates between being a very depressed man or driven by anger and rage. He has a strive for vengeance against the one who took his best friend away from him and will do anything to achieve it. He is still very attached his faction that he inherited from his father and refuses to let it die out. This lead him to do some questionable things such as putting out a hunt on all Tieflings, Kalashtars, Void/Star-Spawn, etc... and blames them for being apart of the cause of the cosmic invasion.

Abilities
Thomas is a very talented blood hunter especially when it comes to his specialty of hunting down eldritch monstrosities as he was trained to do since birth. Unfortunately Thomas only retains a small amount of the strength he had back during the Project Assiah days as he was severely crippled after liberating the survivors from the eater of dreams however he is still powerful and would be on par with any Zacrosium slayer if he were to join the slayers. Back during the project Thomas had a strong connection to Zydis and it was said that he eventually became his punisher. Through this connection he had the ability to tell whether someone was lying or being truthful however since it seems he lost that connection it is unknown whether he still has that ability as Zydis is missing. Since he joined the Crescent Brotherhood he received the crest that gives him some power however since he is a relatively new member it seems he has not mastered his ability from harnessing the power dormant in the crest. As for his ability it is known that he temporarily can regain some of his former power from long ago.

History
In history Thomas was written to be one of the Great Heroes that liberated the survivors the Project Assiah from the Eater of Dreams alongside Ketag, Dulrak, and his best friend August Maple. Unfortunately he was the only one to survive according to the history books as they all the heroes gave their life to save the people trapped in the project. However over the time after the project it turned out that this couldn't have been further from the truth of what happened to the Great Heroes as Dulrak and August is still missing as for Ketag he was confirmed dead his body sent to the timeless isles. It some time after the realization that the history was wrong many scholars began to research the truth. In reality some scholars found out that Thomas actually wasn't the hero that ended the project by killing the eater of dreams, instead the scholars found out that the Heroes failed their mission as the project naturally came to an end. Thomas the one who worked in the shadows who knew of the prophecy and was raised as he got older to protect August from the shadows and to prevent him from following that prophecy. He also worked with the protectors known as the Order of the Forsaken Moon to help prevent something like the cosmic invasion from happening as they were ordered to go into the project and kill the Eater of Dreams. Unfortunately Thomas could not prevent August from following this prophecy and neither could August's father Valcon Runebringer as they both seek vengeance on the eater of dreams however the two share two different opinions and are considered enemies. Thomas should he find August and save him from whatever consequence that prophecy caused. While August's father Valcon Runebringer wishes to find August and kill him should he have lived as he would have become something greater than a dreamweaver human.