Adrik and Korak

Adrick and Korak are non-player characters from the Dungeons and Dragons series, High Rollers D&D.

Description
Adrick and Korak are twin brothers of a metallic dragonborn race. They are raised in Bresseras whose father is the 1902th Wyrm King. The father favours Korak, his eldest son, and lets him take over as the 1903th Wyrm King after he abdicated his throne due to old age.

On the other hand, the father ill-treats Adrick. A failed assassination attempt against his father eventually forced Adrick to exile in the Dawn Republic. This give Adrick a chance to start afresh and, through sheer determination to help rebuild the country after being devastated by the Lightfall event, the people made him the Champion of the Republic.

In dragonborn language, Korak means Son of the Kingdom, while Adrick means weakness and worthless. This is why Adrick choose to adopt the name Korak before he became the the Champion of the Dawn Republic. It is also a way for him to leave his past behind and work for his future.

Appearance
Both Adrick and Korak have scales that shine of two colours, red and gold. This is due to their parents having scales of different colour: the father have red scales and the mother have gold scales.

Adrick wields a sword made of fallshard.

Personality
Although the title of the Champion is ceremonial, Adrick is held in high regard and is seen as a figurehead by the people. He holds the final decision of the Council of Guilds and is an advisor to the security forces of Talis'Val. Adrick originally stepped down after the Council of Guilds was formed, but the citizens of Talis'Val petitioned against his decision as they do not trust the guild masters. Yet, he does not sees himself as a proper leader and intends to step down from power once he feels that the people can trust the Council. Guild master Vincent respects him as a leader, but because Adrick is a warrior, he prefers that he leads the security of the capital instead.

Not much as known of Korak's personality.

History
Centuries before the Lightfall, both chromatic and metallic dragons roam the desert lands. With it comes its own people, the dragonborns. The desert lands becomes Bresseras, a kingdom given by the dragons to the dragonborns. At first, the chromats and the metallics used to live together in harmony. However, the Demonic Invasion and the downfall of the metallics left the kingdom ruled solely by the chromats through democracy. Nonetheless, the metallics continue to rule their lands through traditional monarchy.

The father of Adrick and Korak is the 1902th Wyrm King, who is a greedy man that lusts for power and wealth. He will always take anything he likes, including the mother. The mother is a gold dragonborn, one of the servants to the King. She gave birth to a twin, Adrick and Korak, and were raised together. Adrick takes care of their mother, while Korak takes care of their father. This eventually leads to the father favouring Korak, and ill-treats Adrick and his mother.

On one occasion, the father attempts to snatch a young girl from her family after Korak requests for a pretty wife. Upon witnessing it, Adrick had enough and kills one of the guards and, in rage, attempts to assassinate his father. The attempt fails, and Korak is arrested for treason. To cover up the fact that Korak killed a servant, the father puts the blame on Adrick. Adrick was initially sentenced to death. Instead, he used an ancient rite in Bresseras and successfully pleads for Trial by Combat. He is then taken into a combat arena, the same arena used by the tieflings to escape from slavery.

Adrick mastered the arena for ten years and is crowned Master of the Arena, witnessed by his father and Korak, who is now the 1903th Wyrm King after the father abdicated his throne due to old age. Both the father and Korak are displeased. Adrick is then exiled to the Dawn Republic, just after the Lightfall.

Now a free man, Adrick redeems himself by helping the people of the Dawn Republic. He goes around the country to battle against the evil and encourages the people to build settlements to protect themselves. After gaining enough allies, he formed his own party of heroes and founded the Dawn Republic, raising the capital of Talis'Val from the city ruins that once existed. When the people asked for his name, he tells them that he is Korak, choosing not to reveal his actual name.

Relationships
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