thinking about beverly toegold iv. cause he’s probably the oldest child, given the name. and all his siblings died. to the giant wars mostly. and possibly in a ritual where they trapped ultrus. and then he’s safe. for a while. until a god tries to take over his home after he’s sentenced to death. and he barely makes it out because of his kid. and then he’s in a different plane, without his wife, without his child. and he ages. decades. and then his queens heart breaks. and he wasn’t there to help. so he goes off alone to find help and before he can find alanis he finds the devil. and he sees that his hands are tied, there’s nothing left, and he’s so tired. so he makes a deal, exactly like the giant who killed his family did, but to a lesser being, not even a full god. and his kid comes back. and hasn’t aged a day. and he has to fight alongside his kid, knowing that the second he tells him it’s all over. and he runs. to the only place he can. he uses his last shred of mortality to tell his wife how to tell their son how to kill him. and then he’s in hell. and he’s so close to getting his boy. reuniting his family. but the kid refuses. and a part of him, whatever might be left, is proud. he has no choice but to be. and he does again. but is offered penance. because of his son, the most powerful paladin in the world, the person he maybe always wanted to be.
