Severin Falkenrath

Severin Falkenrath was a co-founder of The Avari who planned both its rise and its collapse. After finding the Ravana Ruins before 1282, he planned to divide the Curse of Ravana among several hosts, then kill each of them to collect all five shares. He killed four of the five Avari but never obtained the fifth share.

Background

Born to a family of minor merchants in Old Darkwood and cast out by them at a young age. Nothing else about them is recorded. Survived his early years by theft, deception and manipulation, and was known in his teens as someone who could get things done. Met Lucien Alvaro de Castillon at Bellum Castle in 1233 by stepping into a bandit attack on him.

Discovery of the Ravana Ruins

At an undocumented point before 1282, Severin discovered the Ravana Ruins privately and attempted to absorb the full energy alone. The attempt nearly killed him and left him permanently scarred. He concluded the energy had to be distributed across multiple hosts before it could be safely concentrated. He told no one.

In 1282, he brought all five Avari to the ruins, presenting the energy as a gift. It distributed automatically, one share per person. Severin began executing his plan from that point.

History

Year	Victim	Method	Shares after
1361	Leopold von Lachsenhausen & Victor von Lachsenhausen	Poisoned wine at Mount Kings. Both shares passed to him as the cause of their deaths.	3
1362	Lucien Alvaro de Castillon	Stabbed in the Bellum Castle tunnels during the villager revolt.	4
1365	Elias Castillon	Tracked him to the Vulcan Islands. Elias jumped from the Seaborrow Cliffs; the land caused the death and took the share.

Severin spent the following centuries attempting to extract Elias Castillon’s entrenched share from the earth. Each attempt caused progressive environmental damage to Luxemburg.

In 1933 he founded Neutron NRG under the name S. Falken, operating through proxies due to advanced physical deterioration. At some point in the 21st century, a final extraction attempt pulled him into the ground. He fused with the land. His four shares merged with Elias’s entrenched share.

Physical deterioration

Each share of the Curse of Ravana accelerates physical degradation. Severin held four shares for over 600 years. By the 21st century his appearance bore no resemblance to his original form. He operated exclusively through intermediaries.

Where the others changed under the weight of the shares, Severin did not. He kept to the plan he had made in 1282 for the whole of the eighty years it took to finish.

After 1365 his name was struck from monuments and scrolls across the empire he had emptied.

Relationships

Bellum Castle Trade Route	Member ofCo-founder.
Neutron NRG	Member ofFounder, under the name S. Falken. Operated through proxies in later decades.
The Avari	Member ofIntelligence. Manipulation.
Leopold von Lachsenhausen	Killed1361. Co-founder of The Avari.
Lucien Alvaro de Castillon	Killed1362. Co-founder of The Avari.
Victor von Lachsenhausen	Killed1361. Co-founder of The Avari.
Elias Castillon	RivalHunted him for his share. Never obtained it.

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In the timeline

9 entries mention Severin Falkenrath.

1209Severin Falkenrath born in Old Darkwood to a family of minor merchants. Cast out by his parents at a young age.

1233Lucien meets Severin Falkenrath at Bellum Castle. A cautious alliance forms.

date unknown, pre-1282Severin Falkenrath privately discovers the Ravana Ruins and tests the Curse of Ravana alone. The attempt nearly kills him, leaving permanent scarring. He understands the energy must be distributed first. He tells no one.

1321–1340Immortality begins to degrade them. Leopold grows violent. Victor grows detached. Lucien grows paranoid. Severin does not change, and keeps to the plan.

1361Severin Falkenrath poisons Leopold von Lachsenhausen and Victor von Lachsenhausen with wine at Mount Kings. Both shares pass to him as the cause of their deaths. Their bodies are thrown from the cliffs and the mountain cracks where they fall. Share count: 3.

1365Elias Castillon jumps from the Seaborrow Cliffs; the land causes the death, so the land takes the share. The impact forms the Castillon Rift. Severin Falkenrath arrives too late. The fifth share is lost to him. The volcanic cataclysm raises Chunk Err to the west of the Vulcan Islands.

After 1365Severin Falkenrath's name is struck from monuments and scrolls across the former empire.

1933Neutron NRG founded by *S. Falken* (Severin Falkenrath) in Cliffhanger.

~21st centurySeverin Falkenrath's final extraction attempt fails catastrophically. Rather than pulling the energy out of the ground, the attempt pulls Severin in. He fuses into the earth at the Vulcan Islands. His four shares merge with Elias Castillon's entrenched fifth share. All five shares of the Curse of Ravana are now in the ground.