Direcan, The Inferno Warrior

CerberusKnight.jpgan (Dy-ree-kun) The Inferno Warrior.
King of Fire, Inferno warrior, Ember wielder, these are the names mortal's know him as. He has control over fire and magma. Humans know little about him. Other than the fact that he does not like them and is a harsh ruler, torturing criminals with fire and killing them for the smallest infractions. He leaves innocents alone as long as they remain that way. Although he is the king of fire, resides in the cooler part of the Burning Plains on the top of the Mountain of Sanctuary.

No humans are allowed on the mountain other than to take up a mission. Even then they are closely watched. One is the rigorous tests he sets forth for criminals that are nearly impossible so he can enjoy their pain and torment. The other is a quest only taken up through tough warriors; it is called The Ancient Claw.

The only things allowed on the mountain are himself, his tiger's and their prey. Should a human enter the mountain with the purpose mining or collecting its rich lumber, then they will be executed as soon as they step foot on the mountain.

His mount is a giant tiger, nearly twice the size of a normal tiger, its name is Raeesga (rey-es-gah). The speed of Raeesga is about three times the speed of a horse. It is about one and a half the size and knows the terrain of the Burning Plains well.

His artifact weapon is Sreacre, (Sa-re-a-cree) a sword that gives the user power and also transforms.

Worship of Direcan
Though Direcan is a tough ruler, the citizens of the Burning plains thank him for the rich wheat and barley that covers the land in rolling fields, and also the abundance of prairie animals that are great for pelts and meat.

He asks for little of the humans, except to honor his few rules, which are mostly do not kill a tiger and to not use his mountain for the resources that it contains. He doesn't ask for prayer or worship, just that they respect him and his wishes, whatever they may be.

Other people worship and pray to him so that they may not suffer from fires in their homes or fields or that they are protected from the harmful effects of fire. The latter is one he rarely grants, unless he needs to make his presence in the world known again.

Blacksmiths worship him to keep themselves from danger when working with fire and molten metal. He grants this to mostly those in his domain and in little other domains. Most blacksmiths travel to his lands because of the stories of his divine protection. Other blacksmiths that stay out of his domain often have burns and other injures from their work, although Direcan does protect a few in each land as part of an ancient treaty that was made before he allowed people in his lands.

This keeps his domain as the main weapon supplier on the continent of Minonas, despite the low quality resources, they import precious metals, from Magnum Opus, at a high price, they use to create weapons from. These weapons are sold for just a small margin of profit as if they were too much then they wouldn't be bought. But even though that they are already at a considerably high price, they are still bought becuase the experienced blacksmiths make high quality weapons.

Interations with other gods Direcan is isolated. Often only coming out during war time, when there are treaties to sign, important business to be done, or when he is curious of other gods. Because of this he has not been out of his domain in several hundred years, despite a few pleas from other gods.

Most notable of the gods trying to get him to come out of his domain is Ommigen, who constantly invites him, with letters, (which are all piled in his throne room and burns for fun.) to the opening of one fo her creations that is related to him in some way. He has yet to more than skim any of these letters to know what they are before adding them to the pile

Foreign Opinions People of other Domain's thoughs on Direcan are either uncaring or negative.

Since he doesn't make himself known outside of his domain, most people do not care to pray to him, as most of the time they go unanswered.

A few domains spread fear about him, depicting him as a horrible demigod. The plays and stories of Great Athensar often make Direcan a jerk of a god which will burn down your family if you so much as use his name in a curse, worship him too late in the day, or draw a picture that could possibly be interpreted as a mountain under attack.

They do it because Direcan is so isolated that they can be sure that they won't experience any consequences for doing so, but also do it so that their families and friends do worship him, as since they know little about him and he is a hateful god, they don't want the ones they are close to suffer his wrath.

He however couldn't care less of these opinions of him.

Current Actions in the RP
Direcan has made it into Magnum Opus, getting horses for his comrades in Chey'koril, and has traveled to the Tower of Spectacle. After a short conversation with a talking door, one of Ommigen's creations, he learned that Ommigen was away and that he would either have to wait for her or talk to a commander in the city of Great Athensar.

Previous Actions in the RP
(from oldest to newest)

Direcan resides in his cave atop his mountain. Three humans come to take up The Ancient Claw quest. They all make it, the first one slaying a tiger in the process.

The first one is killed easily and fed to the tigers for not reading or following the rules.

The second gives the claw to Direcan and Direcan opens it, the man drinks the contents, turns to ash is consumed by the claw, and then the claw seals.

The third is frightened by what he just saw, but also has a wife and child, so he refuses to drink the contents, Direcan becomes angry and they fight, the man is a skilled fighter and parries many of Direcan's blows, after which, Direcan again offers to make him a knight. The man says no again and Direcan shows him the power of Sreacre and kills him, but respects the fact that he was brave enough to stand up to him for his family and gives him a proper burning funeral.

After he did this, he went through the belongings of the fallen duelist and discovered a letter, showing that he did indeed have family in Chey'Koril he chose to go there to give the widow his items. He rode a giant tiger mount to get there in a very fast way, traveling a day’s journey in a couple of hours. He gave the widow her fallen husband’s armor, along with twenty pure gold coins, which equals out to two hundred crimson gold coins. He then felt unrest in the north and a few gods gathering, so he made his way there.

Once he came to this spot, he hid in the bushes until the Sand Eater became hostile, and when his ever dormant fire powers came back from the strong feeling excitement from an oncoming battle, he and Raeesga joined the fight against him with Ommigen and Vae'ra.

Direcan, Ommigen, Vae'ra and Prethagmi (although Prethagmi is under the close watch of the first three as they just got out of battle) in a confrontation with Xarnor, the Mad God, who was banished to The Mad Lands after the majority of the gods decided to do so. He was one of the gods who banished him and is curious as to why and how he escaped and to what he wants now that he is out.

Direcan became weak from using Sreacre, only able to stay awake, and alive, because of the shared energy between him and Raeesga. Despite his attempts to hide it, the other gods found out, and even though he was weak and easitly able to be killed, they sent him back to his domain, he fell unconscious almost immediately after out of sight, and when he awoke, he was back in his cave atop The Mountain of Sanctuary.

Direcan decided it was time to gather allies for the inevitable coming war. He summoned about a dozen warriors and began to make their way toward Urealic, then to Chey'Koril, then to Magnum Opus.