Artemios Alighieri

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Background
Artemios was born a bastard to the Alighieri family, who are themselves an active family in the Order of the Burning Torch, a school of thought in the Order that zealously believes that humanity must take an active offensive against the evil corruption which stains the world. From childhood, every eligible firstborn from congregate families is taken and consecrated, and from henceforth taught the ways of fighting monsters and removing the corruption from places and beasts that are afflicted with it. Artemios is the first bastard child to ever have been accepted into the Order of the Burning Torch's training programs. His twin sister was separated from him and he has since never seen her.

Although he received official acceptance into the Order's fold, the other children never accepted him and most bullied him and tried to make him quit of his own volition. Despite this he retained a kind spirit and only seemed to grow more determined to complete his training. When he passed at age sixteen he was awarded the gilded torch, a medallion reserved only for the best of the best in graduating hunters. He received Inquisitorship at age eighteen allowing him authority over the Burning Torch's templars as well as the granting him the capability to call an official Inquisition on a township or a village.

Artemios has never once called for an Inquisition and is considered unusual, even heretical by some in his hunting techniques. Although he's brought considerable victories to the Order of the Burning Torch there are plenty in the Order who'd call for his expulsion due to his kind soul. They fear that when the time comes he might not be willing to make the hard and necessary actions, even if they're painful. He's known by his enemies as the Crimson Bastard.