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Bonerender, Broken servant of the Cinder King.

Long ago, the Living God of the Dravicans created nine Chosen that do not burn out until after they complete their task. Legends of figures in the wilds performing miracles or saving the lost are common in the Dravican Reach. Vlaisim—the Shining One—stepped out of the thrash three years ago, saying he was called to end the war. When Breaking him, the Cinder King burned Vlaisim’s face, and commands him never to hide it. Now clad in black armor, he’s only filled with hate, which he infects his ranks with.

Render is seven feet tall and clad in solid black armor, wielding a massive metal sword. His echoing voice sounds like grinding iron. The few that have seen him say he is pale, with a palmprint burned onto his face that still smolders. His full title is Bonerender, also called the Hollow Knight, or the Burned One—but never to his face. His physical prowess is unmatched among the Broken and the Cinder King has granted him the secret of cinderblood to warp his armies further. A precious resource, it has powers beyond that of alchemy.

HORROR THEMES

Brutal simplicity. Overwhelming force. Hunger for blood. The unstoppable tide of undead. Metal and smoke and fire and soot. The depersonalization of war. Totalitarianism and rigidity. Piles of dead bodies. Rivers running red with blood. War as hell.