Created by Barry Mulvihil
Death Knight
Alter Ego: Sir Bedrick Mawgawn
Occupation: Member of the Anachronist Society
Known Relatives: None
Group Affiliation: The Anachronist Society
Background/History:
A war was brewing in the latter days of Camelot. Mordred and his mother,
Morganna Le Fey, had rallied their dark forces against King Arthur and the
Knights of the Round Table. Arthur’s forces were weakened, both by the
successful quest for the Grail and by the unsuccessful siege of the Joyous Gard,
the keep of the disgraced King’s champion, Sir Lancelot du Lake. Lancelot had
been banished from Camelot due to his love for and subsequent tryst with Queen
Gwenevere. Still, Lancelot’s loyalty to the king was true and it was known
that he would rush to the King’s aid if Camelot went to war. Mordred knew that
he could defeat Arthur’s forces, only if Lancelot did not become involved.
Mordred recruited Sir Bedrick Mawgawn, the vaunted "Black Knight", to
ensure that Lancelot did not marshall forces against him. Sir Bedrick, in his
magical black armor, wielding his mace of power moved his forces in place to lay
siege to the Joyous Gard. Though he had never lost in personal combat before,
his forces fell to Lancelot’s and he, to Lancelot himself. Lancelot was able
to aid Arthur and though both he and his king fell in battle that day, so to did
Mordred and Morganna, but the black knight was not finished. The witch who
enchanted his armor and mace also placed a charm on it. The black knight would
not find final rest until he had tasted death thrice. Upon his death, his armor
absorbed his essence and he would not walk the earth again until the armor was
rejoined to his mace nearly 1500 years later.
On the day the archaeologist rejoined the two artifacts, The Black Paladin was
born, his essence taking over that of the archaeologist. Shortly after this
time, it became evident that this brave new world he existed in would not allow
him to hold the kind of power he craved alone. He would need to find others of
his ilk. He found Crykill and the Anachronist Society. For years, working
alongside the greatest organization of evil in the world, his power and evil
grew. His cruelty was matched only by that of his cohorts. In an act of
capricious cruelty, he murdered the non-powered teacher of the Protectors
Academy, Captain Freedom. This act, along with the murder of Shadow Dancer’s
unborn child by Mind Flayer prompted the most vicious fighting in the history of
the war between the Protectors and the Anachronist
Society. The gloves were off. After much research, the Protectors devised a
successful plan to exorcise Crykill from his host, Aaron Cromwright. Freed from
the oppression of Crykill, and possessing years of arcane knowledge, Cromwright
took on the guise of Arcanum. In the battle that ensued, Mind Flayer died at the
hands of Mammoth while Cromwright destroyed the current form of Sir Bedrick. His
body once again destroyed with no chance of resurrection, his corpse was
animated by his armor. Now little of Sir Bedrick remained. What was left was a
form of pure evil, pure malice, without even the slight trace of humanity that
was present in the old form of the Black Paladin. He sought out his old team,
the Anachronist Society, but this time without informing them of his past. He
now serves, an undead minion of evil, waiting for his time to exact vengeance.
Personality/Motivation:
Now little more than a skeleton inside a suit of armor, the malignant soul of
Mawgawn strives to do evil for it’s own sake. It’s all he has left other
than a desire for revenge against Arcanum for transporting him deep into the
earth, trapping him in this rotted corpse until he finally reaches the end of
his existence.
Quote: "I’ll wait"