Sir Corwin Ashford
Sir Corwin Ashford was a Knight of the Sword — a member of the Solamnic order — known only through a signed inscription on the Bronze Book recovered from the sunken city of Itzan Klertal. He is a historical figure whose exact timeline is uncertain, though the book’s origin in a pre-Cataclysm ruin places him well before the present day.
Appearance
Unknown. No physical description survives.
Personality
Unknown beyond what the inscription implies: a man who thought carefully about mercy and suffering, and chose to commit that thought to metal.
Background
The inscription on the Bronze Book reads:
“Mercy is not the end of suffering. Mercy is the hand offered during suffering.”
A separate page in the same book bears a faint pictograph: a crescent moon, an upright feather, and a humanoid figure. Whether this is a symbol, a map reference, or a personal mark is unknown.
The book was deciphered by Sir Jangle Merrigold during the voyage to Elsher’s Height.
Character Notes
Ideals
- Mercy. Not as comfort or absolution, but as presence — the act of remaining alongside suffering rather than ending it or turning away.
Bonds
- Unknown.
Flaws
- Unknown.
Rumors
- He was a Knight of the Sword — an order that valued justice, courage, and the protection of the innocent.
- The book bearing his inscription was found at the bottom of the New Sea in the ruins of a city that sank during the Cataclysm.
- The crescent moon and upright feather pictograph has not been identified. It may be a Solamnic symbol, a personal heraldic mark, or something older.