Kael Morn, Captain of the Deathstalkers, Male Granbretan warrior/Hunter (Skull order) (Non-Player character) A recurring character from a Hawkmoon campaign, a variant of the RPG Stormbringer, set in the “Tragic Millennium Earth” of Michael Moorcock’s novels. H3-12 – A Skull of Steel And a Tomb of Earth: Struggling to free himself from the earthen trap, Kael looked up to see Syn advancing slowly, his great sword held causally in one hand, but his eyes alight with flickering blue sorcerous fire. He had never known the feeling that threatened to drown him now; one of the most feared men of Granbretan, who were universally feared across Europe, Kael had faced death with rage, with disgust and even with cold dispassionate calm… but now he faced it with terror! Standing over the trapped Granbretan, Syn knocked away his feeble attempt to defend himself with a swipe of his great sword and stepped upon the blade of his battle ax, pinning it to the ground. Then he slipped the tip of his sword’s blade under the chin of his skull helm and flipped it off his head. He knew that to be unmasked was the greatest humiliation there was to the men of Granbretan. Kael snarled in rage as he glared up at the man he had been sent to kill, while Syn regarded his bare face, shaved bald and covered with a tattoo of a skull, with a look of disgust. “If you survive this,” Syn warned in a deadly cold tone, “pursue us no more… or I will send you straight to hell!” Then the sorcerous fire in his eyes flared and the earth opened again, this time swallowing the most feared of Granbretan’s infamous Deathstalkers whole… leaving only the head of his battle ax quivering above the ground. Looking up Syn saw Nykira and Tarl staring dumbfounded at him. They had made short work of their already injured opponents and dispatched the dying men as well, all in time to see him send Kael plunging into an earthen tomb. Exchanging looks, they both wondered what kind of man they had bond their fate too, and started to realize what he meant when he said he was not a man but a Dragon Lord of Melnibone… could he be more cruel and amoral, and less humane then the men of Granbretan? Syn saw the expressions on his companion’s faces… neither of them truly understood. Most of his companions had died never having accepted the fact that despite appearances… he was not human!