![[WarHero.png|500]] ## Background Edravan Holt was born in a small river settlement north of Baldur’s Gate. The village had no permanent temple, only visiting priests and hedge healers. He entered clerical service as a teenager after a travelling war-priest remained in the settlement for several months following a disease outbreak. That cleric handled burial rites, sanitation, and the organisation of armed watches. Edravan left with him to join his order. His training focused on practical battlefield doctrine. He learned logistics, emergency healing, sanctification of encampments, counter-necromancy procedures, and the coordination of evacuation zones. The order emphasised preparedness over ceremony and expected its clerics to operate alongside regular troops rather than from rear temples. By early adulthood, Edravan was attached permanently to military columns instead of temples. --- ## Military Service Edravan served in multiple conflicts along the Sword Coast and inland trade routes. His function was not command, but support and unit preservation. He supervised battlefield triage, organised protected withdrawal routes, maintained warded infirmaries, and coordinated clerical teams embedded in front-line units. His reputation developed through consistency rather than individual acts. Units operating with him reported higher survival rates during retreats and lower desertion during prolonged engagements. He became known among officers as a stabilising presence during collapsing situations. He received formal commendations following three major campaigns, most notably after the failure of the Ironpass operation, where he coordinated the evacuation of multiple fractured units after command staff were killed early in the engagement. He remained on site throughout the withdrawal process and was later recovered with the wounded. --- ## Recognition and War Hero Status Edravan was formally designated a war hero by coalition command after the Ironpass campaign. The designation was based on casualty mitigation, preservation of non-combatants, and the recovery of medical personnel and intelligence staff during multiple engagements. His name appears in several military commendation ledgers rather than single heroic citations. He did not accept ceremonial postings or long-term temple rank after the campaign. Instead, he requested continued deployment and was reassigned to reconstruction zones, border fortifications, and conflict-adjacent regions where skirmishing, cult activity, and militia unrest persisted. --- ## Current Role Edravan currently operates as a senior field cleric without permanent station. He advises local militias, accompanies expeditionary forces, sanctifies reclaimed sites, and trains junior war-priests in active-zone doctrine. He maintains extensive campaign notes and casualty records, which he submits to both his order and allied military archives. He is often consulted by commanders preparing for urban or prolonged engagements. --- ## Personality and Doctrine Edravan is direct, controlled, and procedure-oriented. He does not romanticise combat and corrects those who do. He prioritises logistics, preparation, and civilian impact assessments. His faith expresses itself primarily through protective rites, preventative measures, and post-conflict stabilisation. He believes war is inevitable in unstable regions, but uncontrolled war is preventable. His approach to clerical service is structured around reducing long-term damage rather than achieving symbolic victories. --- ## Death in Baldur’s Gate After his final campaigns, Edravan was assigned to Baldur’s Gate at the request of High Command, where he worked alongside [[Commander Althoren Kade]] on internal security operations. His duties focused on clerical oversight of counter-cult actions, soldier rehabilitation, and the sanctification of sites tied to recent disappearances and underground activity. He also assisted in reviewing confiscated artefacts and the handling of prisoners deemed magically compromised. Within his first year in the city, Edravan submitted multiple concerns through official channels regarding irregular prisoner transfers, sealed evidence orders that bypassed clerical review, and operations being conducted without ritual oversight. These reports were logged but never formally investigated. Edravan Holt was found dead in his assigned quarters within the Upper City barracks complex. The official record lists the cause as a targeted break-in and homicide by unknown parties. No signs of forced entry were recorded. Several documents and personal campaign journals were missing from the room. The case was placed under military jurisdiction and closed within the month. [[Commander Althoren Kade]] oversaw the internal review. Only one suspect was convicted and sent to imprisonment [[Cedric Steelstring]] ---