Agrimus Bolenfield

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Born: Unknown

Died: Abadius 13, 3128 KH

Born in The City Square in Winyaeltal, Agrimus spent most of his life running a small butcher shop in one of the less well-off portions of the city. Life was simple, until one night a young girl showed up on his doorstep, half dead. Being the rather stoic, if dutiful man he was, he took her in. Her name was Franel Noire, and soon, Agrimus began to dote on her as though she were his own daughter. Franel lived in constant fear, of who or what she wouldn't say.

She became convinced that becoming a warlock and gaining magical powers was the only way to escape her fears. She nagged Agrimus to become one too. He loathed the idea, being someone that preferred a quiet, honest life, but couldn't refuse Franel. Thus did he and Franel both become warlocks of Dvicchere, the God of Rebellion. Under her, they served as bounty hunters, killing many a target. Things seemed to be going fairly well, although Agrimus didn't for a second trust Dvicchere.

One day, they received a request, telling them to head to a storeroom in the Hethian section of the city, and steal a certain item that was then to be destroyed. Franel was deathly scared at the prospect, but didn’t say a word, and Agrimus could tell something was bothering her, but knew nothing of her past to offer her any real solace. They headed to the storeroom, and managed to sneak past the guards and retrieve the item, which was a box locked with a number code, unopenable by any methods, normal or magical. The box was an ornate wooden one, with golden borders, and a beautifully painted picture on its front, shown below. On the bottom of the box was a riddle, presumably the solution to which would open the box (See: Box Riddle).

On seeing the box, Franel flew into a panic. She Plane Shifted Agrimus, who was too stunned to react, to an unspecified demiplane that happened to be Barovia. She knew that he would never be able to decipher the riddle on his own, but her fear of the box outweighed her guilt for what she did to Agrimus. In Barovia, Agrimus was quickly captured by a coven of Hags, and mulled over his options. He realised that Dvicchere was under the impression that he had purposefully stolen the box and fled, and wanted to hunt him down for it. He knew he couldn't reveal the truth, since if Dvicchere knew, she would surely have Franel killed.

Sure enough, a few days later, another warlock of Dvicchere appeared: Eta. Eta took the box from Agrimus, killing him as per Dvicchere's request. Thus did Agrimus Bolenfield die as he had lived: stoic, but dutiful.