Evandur Jasson

Evandur Jasson was a character played by Ryan Neenan. A disturbed and distrusting Fire Genasi whose faith in Kossuth bordered on fanaticism, he was a participant, and casualty, in the Hands of Westgate miniseries.

Description
A tall, muscular, Genasi whose skin was far too red to hide his true bloodline. The other traits of his heritage that were noticeable were his bright orange hair that seemed to wave even when there was no wind, and his pale green eyes that glowed red when Evandur was angry. While he was alive, masochistic scars and burns from fire could be found all over his body, especially his hands.

Personality
Summing up Evandur's personality would take paragraphs - his fanaticism in his God, and his faith in his cause, made him a very dangerous individual. He trusted no one outside of followers of Kossuth, and loathed any follower of the water God Istishia. He often talked to himself, along with claiming Kossuth spoke to him in his head - leaving the guess as to whether he was truly insane up those around him. Every waking moment of his life was obsessed with preaching Kossuthian dogma or looking to establish himself better with the church, as he truly believed Kossuth had chosen him as his emissary. Overconfident yet methodical, all his actions were inherently evil, and the insanity of his beliefs drove his character.

Family & Relationships
Evandur killed both of his parents, Luftan and Kiara, in a fit of insanity following his accident (see below), gaining his family's ancestral two-bladed sword in the process. He had no siblings, and held no mortal as a close friend, except fellow followers of Kossuth. His last contact in this vein was a man in Westgate named Eric Frost, a former member of the Red Wizards.

Early Years
Evandur grew up in Memnon, a port city in the nation of Calimsham. His youth was rather uneventful, as his parents were well off and popular, preventing Evandur from being exposed to any real hardship or prejudice given his race. As he grew, he learned more about his family, believed to be directly related to the Efreeti, resulting in a kind of arrogance beginning to bloom in Evandur. Yet he still seemed nervous and wary of interaction with others. He went through a very long time period of just feeling extremely irrelevant. He was a loner, spent time reading and studying, and overall seemed to be confused about life.

Done with school at 18, he joined a local merchant fleet and spent a year sailing all over southern Faerun. On one of these trips to the Lake of Steam, however, a great storm came seemingly out of nowhere, hitting the ship with such a force that it was torn to shreds. The last few moments on the ship are a blur to Evandur, although he swears that as he fell to the water, an avatar of Istishia sat on the waves above him, laughing a laugh that haunted his dreams. As he neared drowning in the immense waves, he remembers an avatar of Kossuth chasing away the avatar of Istishia, rescuing him from certain death, and despositing him on the nearest shore.

The Voice of Reason
He was the only survivor of the wreck, although no one knew that for a time. Heading to the nearest tavern, Evandur had his first "vision." He saw the entire bar in flames, and it somehow seemed comforting. But then he looked at the other patrons - sweat was dripping from everywhere, flames extinguished. Kossuth, at least what Evandur claims is Kossuth, spoke in his head for the first time - ''Kossuth has brought me the flame. He has saved me… he has cleansed me. The flame runs in my blood. It is a part of me, and Kossuth is a part of me. It fortifies my will, it cleanses and brings pain, which in turn brings strength. Together we will show his superiority. Kossuth is the savior. Istishia will be defeated...''

The patrons of that bar were not the only ones to fall by Evandur's sword. He reaped havoc throughout the Lake of Steam, eventually making it back to Memnon, and his parents house. He did not know why his feet had led him there until he saw his father's sword above his mantle. Again, the voice spoke to him: ''Pain brings power. Kossuth will cleanse the world. Those fit to succeed will do so. I am chosen by my lord to succeed. This is a test by Kossuth. He expects me to fail, but I won’t. I need the Voice. I need it to fulfill my mission. They will hold me back, try to stop me. I will rise to his challenge. Pain brings success. I must help him cleanse the world. I am his chosen. No one will stop me.''

Leaving the body of his parents in their house, he burned it to the ground and headed north with the family two-bladed sword called the Voice of Reason. What little he knew about his new God was what drove him - Thay held a large following of Kossuth, it would be there that he would go. He eventually made it all the way to Starmantle, and booked passage on a ship to Thay. Yet, as he stepped on the boat, a faint giggle entered his head. He looked down at the water, its bottom hidden by the depth. ''Kossuth does not want me to use Istishia. He wants me to find another way. Kossuth will show me the way. Do not give in to the water. Patience and pain bring power.''

The Hands of Westgate
Living in Starmantle was uneventful until Evandur learned of the destruction of the nearby city of Westgate. Seeing this as a true sign from Kossuth - a cleansing of the city by fire - he decided to journey there. He was met with disapointment, as the takeover of the city by a Paladin and her lover meant evil was no longer welcome. Evandur decided to hideout as a city guard, a post he held for many months before an ill-fated attack on a cleric of Istishia brought the law of Westgate on him. He was soon imprisoned and held with three other cellmates - Schara, Bishi, and Kaezen.

These four were soon broken out by a local rogue, and Evandur saw this as an opportunity to increase Kossuth's dominance in the city. Unfortunatly, the others in the group did not see the true light of the Fire God. Kaezen, whose tiresome secrecy and fake facade annoyed Evandur, attacked him during an argument. Hurt from an earlier battle, the cleric managed to take down the Ranger, but then something most unexpected happened - Evandur's sword cast a magic missile, and struck the Cleric unconscious.

Waking first, Evandur was somehow stopped from slaying Kaezen by the slick words of Schara, and the two continued to argue until Kaezen set up an ambush for Evandur at the latter's shrine to Kossuth, headed by the Red Wizard Eric Frost. Tipped off by some local city rats whom he had helped earlier, Evandur managed to evade the ambush, but confronted Bishi. In a viscious battle, the ranger slew the half-drow monk, and went to look for Kaezen, to settle things once and for all.

Backstabbing was the way it seemed, however - Schara had allied herself with the local thieves guild, and Kaezen had alerted the city about their hideout and fled. Caught in the middle, the leader of the thieves guild killed Evandur, and in a final act of respect, burned his body.

Current Whereabouts / Activities
As far as it is known, Evandur Jasson is quite dead, and thus cannot be used as an NPC. It is rumored that Eric Frost had tried to resurrect his fallen comrade, but the soul was quite happy in the afterlife and unwilling to return. The Voice of Reason has moved on, since Evandur was the last member of the Jasson family.