<div class="sv-character-status sv-status-deceased"> <span>◆</span> Ascension attained <span>◆</span> </div> <div class="sv-player"> <div class="sv-player-title"><span>Character Portrait</span></div> <div class="sv-player-layout"> <div class="sv-player-portrait"> <img src="Karrut AI.png" alt="Karrut portrait"> </div> <div class="sv-player-profile"> <div class="sv-player-tags"> <span>Tiefling</span> <span>Sordia Vignti</span> <span>Ascended</span> </div> <div class="sv-player-identity"> <h2>Karrut Styk</h2> <div class="sv-player-class">Circle of the Land Druid</div> <div class="sv-player-level">Level 30</div> </div> <div class="sv-player-rule"></div> <div class="sv-player-stats"> <div class="sv-player-abilities"> <div><span>STR</span><strong>30</strong></div> <div><span>DEX</span><strong>30</strong></div> <div><span>CON</span><strong>30</strong></div> <div><span>INT</span><strong>30</strong></div> <div><span>WIS</span><strong>30</strong></div> <div><span>CHA</span><strong>30</strong></div> </div> <div class="sv-player-vitals"> <div><strong>345</strong><span>HP</span></div> <div><strong>35</strong><span>AC</span></div> <div><strong>60</strong><span>SPEED</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="sv-player-traits">Darkvision 120 ft. <span>◆</span> Deity</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets"> <div class="sv-player-assets-title"><span>Mini &amp; Badge</span></div> <div class="sv-player-assets-grid"> <div class="sv-player-mini-card"> <div class="sv-player-mini-frame"> <img src="Karrut Chauntea-turnaround.gif" alt="Karrut mini"> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets-plaque">Character Miniature</div> </div> <div class="sv-player-badge-card"> <div class="sv-player-badge-frame"> <img src="DruidDice.png" alt="Druid badge"> </div> <div class="sv-player-assets-plaque">Druid</div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-record"> <div class="sv-record-title"><span>Character Information</span></div> <div class="sv-record-heading">Guild Record</div> <div class="sv-record-list"> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Species</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Tiefling">Tiefling</a> (<em>formerly</em>) Deity</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Identity</span><span class="sv-record-value">Male (He/Him)</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Class</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Druid">Druid</a> - Circle of the Land</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Titles</span><span class="sv-record-value sv-record-titles"></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Also Known As</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Chauntea, the Great Mother">Chauntae</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Languages</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Common">Common</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Druidic">Druidic</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Elvish">Elvish</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Halfling">Halfling</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Infernal">Infernal</a>, <a class="internal-link" href="Celestial">Celestial</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Connections</span><span class="sv-record-value">Sordia Vignti</span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Family</span><span class="sv-record-value"></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Place of Birth</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Moonshae Isles">Moonshae Isles</a></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Significant Other</span><span class="sv-record-value"></span></div> <div class="sv-record-row"><span class="sv-record-label">Place of Ascension</span><span class="sv-record-value"><a class="internal-link" href="Moonshae Isles">Moonshae Isles</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-backstory"> <div class="sv-backstory-title"><span>Backstory</span></div> <div class="sv-backstory-heading">Guild Archive <span>◆</span> Personal History</div> <div class="sv-backstory-text"> <p>Karrut was raised in a hidden woodland enclave called <strong>Greenwake Grove</strong>, deep within an old forest most folk avoided. To nearby settlements it was said to be a peaceful druid circle — a refuge for wounded land and unwanted children. To Karrut, it was simply home.</p> <p>Found as an infant at the forest’s edge, he was taken in without question and named <strong>Karrut</strong>, meaning <em>Second Growth</em>. He grew among moss and rain-dark leaves, taught to read soil, follow animal paths, and coax life from places others had abandoned. Their rituals were strange but gentle. Karrut believed they were druids. They never corrected him.</p> <p>Greenwake Grove was a cult. They believed the old god of field and forest had fallen silent, and that one day a mortal would rise to become the land’s new voice. They believed that child was Karrut. They did not raise him to worship nature. They raised him to carry it.</p> <p>When Karrut was fifteen, the grove was destroyed by the <strong>Covenant of the Ninth</strong>, devotees of <strong><a class="internal-link" href="Asmodeus, Devil God of Nessus">Asmodeus, Devil God of Nessus</a></strong>. Infernal fire swept the trees. The people who raised him were slaughtered. Karrut survived by hiding within a hollow oak. By morning, Greenwake Grove was gone — and Karrut was alone.</p> <p>He buried what bodies he could. He stayed until the fires were cold. Then he walked.</p> <p>Wherever the land was thin, he stopped. He planted trees, mended poisoned soil, and tended dying groves. He began keeping a bark-bound journal of seeds, soil, and growth, eventually calling it <strong>The Book of <a class="internal-link" href="Chauntea, the Great Mother">Chauntea</a></strong>, not scripture, but a living record of the land’s small recoveries. He believed himself a pilgrim, preparing the world for a god who had gone silent.</p> <p>On the road, he met those who would become <strong>Sordia Vignti</strong>. He meant to walk beside them only briefly. Instead, he stayed.</p> <p>He still writes. He still plants. And his book grows heavier each year.</p> <p>What he does not yet understand is that some clerics no longer dream of Chauntea at all, only of a Tiefling with dirt beneath his nails, quietly writing the world back into being.</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-backstory"> <div class="sv-backstory-title"><span>Karrut's Final Moments</span></div> <div class="sv-backstory-heading">Guild Record</div> <div class="sv-backstory-text"> <p>The blight Karrut faced was the malevolent work of Kazgorath, <a class="internal-link" href="Chauntea, the Great Mother">Chauntea</a>’s mortal enemy, a dark force bent on twisting and consuming all life. <a class="internal-link" href="Kazgorath, the Devouring Wyrm">Kazgorath</a>'s blight spread through the land, turning once fertile fields to decay, warping creatures, and leaving a path of ruin. Karrut, compelled by a force he didn’t fully understand, took up the mantle to confront this deadly foe.</p> <p>In their final confrontation, Karrut called upon a power deeply rooted within him, unknowingly accessing the true strength of Chauntea. As he unleashed this divine energy, he purified the blighted land and cast Kazgorath back into the shadows. In that moment, Karrut glimpsed his true nature he was Chauntea incarnate, reborn to protect life against her eternal enemy. This realization transformed him, fully awakening his godhood and sealing Kazgorath’s defeat, at least for a time.</p> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-wardrobe"> <div class="sv-wardrobe-head"> <span class="sv-dot"></span> CHARACTER WARDROBE </div> <div class="sv-wardrobe-shell"> <div class="sv-wardrobe-strip scrollbar-orange"> <figure class="sv-fit"> <img src="Images/Outfits/Karrut-turnaround.gif" alt="Karrut Outfit 1"> <figcaption>OUTFIT 1</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="sv-fit"> <img src="Images/Outfits/Karrut both arms-turnaround.gif" alt="Karrut Outfit 2"> <figcaption>OUTFIT 2</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div style="margin:18px 0 10px;"> <div style="height:1px;background:linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(124,58,237,.6), rgba(96,165,250,.35), transparent);"></div> </div> <div class="sv-playlist"> <div class="sv-playlist-title"><span>Karrut's Playlist</span></div> <div class="sv-playlist-intro">Songs chosen to accompany Karrut's story.</div> <div class="sv-playlist-frame"> <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/6rwShcnyp2E40VUmKQOolg?utm_source=generator" width="100%" height="352" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" loading="lazy"></iframe> </div> <div class="sv-playlist-footer"><span>◆</span> Character Soundtrack <span>◆</span></div> </div>