Alden Suric

Alden Suric was a human fighter. He joined with White Dawn in Torchlight, early on, but was not one of the initial three members. Alden is a stalwart member of White Dawn. Though initially cowardly, Alden grew to be a protector of others.

Alden's preferred fighting style was with a longbow, but in an effort to aid his allies, he took up a rapier and shield. This rapier was later imbued with a golem core from the Chorus Islands, and became the Golem Rapier. Alden also wields Kamahl's former weapon, the Orbital Hammer. During the plot of Die Vecna Die, Alden acquired and used the Sword of Kas. It was lost in the Crusade when it was used to open the Eternus Receptacle. He reacquired the sword, during the Infinite Mage.

Alden became a warlock when Kran Malkizir was captured by Vecna. He feared he was futile to help in the situation and reached out to Kran's deity, Celestian, for guidance. He accepted warlock abilities from Celestian in exchange for adventuring, exploring, and cataloging knowledge.

As of the end of the Infinite Mage quest, Alden stuck a deal with Ertai to become a bronze dragon.

Description
Alden is average height for an adult human, at 5'06". He has tan-ish skin covered in fire scars, particularly around his neck and back. Alden's eyes are a dark green, and he has curly brown hair. His face is freckles, and underneath his eye there is a mark of elvish heroism bestowed to him by the moon elves when the White Dawn brought back the sun. His palms bear x-shaped marks from when he was granted the ability to read the 'X' language in the Eternus Receptacle.

He typically wears an enchanted, studded leather armor armor from a demilich tomb, a heavy green tunic, and thick hiking pants. He wears sturdy boots and iron Goggles of the Night. Alden has Gloves of Thievery, which are invisible while worn. As a helmet, Alden wears a Peregrine Mask, a silvery, bird-of-prey-shaped helmet that grants him flight. Alden has a mouse named Viz that uses psuedodragon stats.

In his draconic form, Alden is a large bronze dragon. He retains his scars and the mark of heroism.

History
Alden was born in 49 3e in the town of Torchlight. He was raised primarily by a single mother, Ellois Suric- a hardworking blacksmith- and his older brother, Edgar Suric. His biological father, Selas, was a bandit and left shortly after he was born. Alden spent much of his childhood reading and trying to get his hands on books, as well as playing among the streets of Torchlight. A group of adventurers came to Torchlight, and Ellois fell in love with the group's ranger. After years of visits from the adventuring party, the ranger (Lucian) married Ellois and took her last name. Alden's new stepfather told him many stories of adventure, further inspiring his hope for adventure. Lucian's party member, a tiefling named Patience, also told Alden many stories in exchange for little trinkets he found around the streets.

While Alden was in his early teens, his mother and step-father has two half-elven children (Rheum and Tanya). Alden got along best with Tanya and the two often had mock sword battles.

Though he tried, Alden was never much use helping his mom at the forge, and once even started a fire early in the morning while the rest of his family was sleeping and he was warming the bellows. Though everyone survived with little more than injuries that would later become scars, Alden blames himself for the event and for running rather than waking up his family. After the experience, he no longer helped in the forge and joined a small band of urchins, bandits, and hunters that stole from Jeb's Plantation.

Shortly thereafter, Alden joined the White Dawn in their quest to return the sun to Torchlight, having never seen the sun, himself.

Trivia

 * Alden wrote the chronicles of the White Dawn in the downtime between between the Return of Cypher and Infinite Mage (86 3e). During this time, he invented the printing press.
 * Alden can speak, read, and write the 'X' language from the Eternus Receptacle.
 * Alden fell asleep in a barrel with Lamia while trying to keep tabs on Jeb in Jeb's Plantation during the Torchlight arc. Gnomish blankets are very comfy.
 * Alden stole 300,000gp worth of planar gate keys off of Millhouse Manastorm. This was allegedly done to protect Millhouse from following them.
 * Alden was in the possession of several dozen forks.