Ornstein

Ornstein's past has long been lost to him, days of chivalry and honor were swept away by his curse. In his undeath he has become spiteful and violent, preying on those weaker than him to survive and advance his own ability. His original armor has been altered for his mobility preference in combat, but his knightly status remains as a distant echo in the shape of his visage, partially concealed by his heavy cloak. In his time hunting ravenously for poes and taking souls of those he defeats, he began to encounter another undead of considerable skill that matched his own in combat. As he would eventually know them by; Leonhard, met ambush after ambush from Ornstein, their clashes drenching the soil in blood, but as time went on, these meetings of violence began to lose all meaning. In a last and strange encounter, they came to the agreement that they were capable warriors in their own respects, and saw each other as equals, trading in their strenuous and lengthy conflict to form an unusual kinship as hunters together. After all, they both shared the same fate. They began to wander together, overcoming anything that came their way, fighting and dying together in the search for an answer to their cursed existence.

As things stand now...

The unpleasant and often violent encounters with Ornstein have shaken up the inhabitants of Termina, leaving a lingering fear of bloodshed to suddenly rise again without warning. The undead seems to choose no targets in particular, always attacking anything he thinks he can kill with reckless abandon and refusing to stand down until he is slain. These seemingly random attacks have even included the recent Cultists that have been appearing during kidnappings and terror attacks, adding more proof to the undead's lack of overall motives besides spilling blood with no interest in taking any sides apart from his companionship with Leonhard, and a few-times-mentioned unknown benefactor whom he is apparently loyal to protecting. After severely wounding several people in a cultist attack and slaying many others in the confusion, ignorance to the dangerous problem by the name of Ornstein is an unwise choice; but who can stop a creature that won't stay dead, and how...?