St. Fionn

St. Fionn -

Year 12.262

The days before the wall were dark, blight filled the lands around Diadunon, towns and villages were under constant threat from the undead which marched from the west and had come to live in their very midst, while the cities erected walls for their nobles to hide behind.

St Fionn was an oracle who went from a city guard to resistance fighter and champion of the small folk, travelling between villages and towns to help them sure up their defenses against the undead.

He showed miraculous ability and a willingness to sacrifice himself for the good of the people gaining him a following of people who wish to support and emulate his selfless success in fighting off the undead plague.

In time Fionn and his followers were able to fight back the undead and were knighted for their deeds forming the knightly order of the Knights of Fionn (later to be St. Fionn). This allowed time for Fionn to build his most enduring and visible legacy, the wall which stands to the west of the kingdom barring entry from all further undead threats, known as St. Fionn's Wall.

By 272 the kingdom was safe behind the wall and in the hands of its new knightly order, Fionn turned his attention to seeking out and destroying the source of the undead blight. Before Fionn left the High Hierophant granted him Sainthood and blessed his journey. He and twelve of his best knights set off west from the wall and were never seen again.

The source of St. Fionn’s Oracle powers is a matter of some debate, some accounts say he was trained in the swamp by a mysterious figure, some say on the eve of his first battle against the undead he spend the night praying to the gods to spare the small folk and was granted the strength to do so, some say they were a punishment for dabbling in the occult with a chance to redeem himself, some make no mention of how he came about them and assume he always had them, the truth is open to interpretation.

Fionn was said to be supported by several gods: Ceridwenna, who seeks to return undead to their graves; Arthion, who abhors the undead rot and seeks to return the wilds to their natural beauty; Dyrreith, who was impressed by Fionn's natural ability to plan defenses and counter-attacks; and Caildra, whose sorrow was lifted slightly to see a hero fight for others who would otherwise die.

St. Fionn was said to have wielded artifacts gifted or empowered by the gods, though accounts are mixed as to what they actually were or what they could do. The only certainty is St. Fionn's shield, which is passed down to each knight commander of the Knights of St. Fionn. The rest were taken with him when he left on his final journey.