Ferox

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When children born of Ius and Os hatch from their shells, they seem, to all outward appearances, like weak and frail hatchlings not long for life. They all die on the third day of their birth, are buried and subsequently crawl from their graves two days later, looking very little like the tiny, sick half-corpses that were lowered in.

There is no mourning, no solemn ceremony. If the Plaguebringer sees fit to grant them life, they will return stronger than before.

Of course, not all hatchlings emerge from the dirt.

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Ferox is the firstborn of Ius and Os's first nest. He was the first to hatch, the first to claw his way back to life, the first to master Plague magic with a proficiency that left even the clan shaman uneasy. His grasp of the art is intricate, practiced, and in the wrong claws, quite fatal.

Fortunately (or not), he shows a propensity for its use that neither tips towards good nor evil. His interests lie in research and devotion to the Plaguemother. He wishes to understand her grasp of decay and undeath. Now Ferox travels the land, researching and sharing his affinity with pestilence, taking the shape of a mirror in her honor.

One day, he will learn that power has a price.