User talk:Derets

Derets of Calimshan is an epic level Cleric character created by young studen Aaron Crafts in the summer of 2002. He was originally created as a replacement for Rarzikk, the previous character in the campaign.

Backstory
Little is known of the origins of Derets before he met up with Auric the Green and his band of adventurers with a mind to defeat the evil of the drow beneath Daggerdale. Rumor has it that he was raised by a poor Calimshite family until about 10. His family was attacked by a fire elemental unleashed by a rebel leader. The elemental killed his family and burned his house and posessions to a crisp. This began he fascination with fire and flames, and later led him to a monastery of the fire god, Kossuth. There he trained for several years under various teachers and set out into the world to purify it in holy flame at age 18.

City of the Spider Queen
City of the Spider Queen was Derets' first real chance to show his worth to the world and to Kossuth. The adventure itself lasted for about 2 months, and was finally completed with every character in the party being epic level. Derets died a mere 2 times during the course of the adventure, 1 to a pack of Gargantulas, and once to a spell from a Drow mage. Each character had also amassed a truly ludicrous amount of wealth (thanks in large part to the 4 armed beasts that roamed the underground city, each sword they dropped being worth thousands of gold). During the quest, Derets was called upon to be the healing force keeping the party alive, and also to use his powerful arsenal of spells (specifically "harm") against foes. CotSQ was not the end of Derets' questing career however.

The Crown of Artank and the Betrayal
Immediately following the City of the Spider Queen, Derets' and the party were plunged into yet another epic encounter. It seemed an evil red dragon had taken up nest inthe volcanoe north of Daggerdale, and was now forcing a heavy fee upon the city lest he destroy it. The adventurers were called upon to destroy the dragon and his evil followers. This would be the beginning of the end for Derets and the rest of the epic level party. Each character in the group now had rediculous amountsof gold, allowing them to purchase truly rediculously powerful items. As the adventure progressed, the party had continuous encounters with an extremely Blackguard named Artank. Finally, in a truly epic battle resulting several party deaths, Artank was defeated at the base of the volcanoe. The mighty helm fallen from his head, Auric shoved the dark crown upon Derets' head. The crown gave Derets huge stat boosts, but also crippled his soul, forcing him to become Lawful Evil. The party continued on, unknowing of the horror inside Derets' mind. At last they reached the Dragon and began to battle it. The Dragon, knowing it could be defeated by the adventurers, used the crown's power to control Derte's mind, forcing him to kill Auric. However, the Dragon was defeated before it could make Derets' cause anymore harm. Derets resurrected the fallen party members and the quest was completed.

Conclusion
Derets and the rest of the epic level party made several attempts to continue with the characters, but to no avail, due mostly in part to Auric's dislike for himself and the rest of the party, and to the DM's laziness. And so the saga of Derets came to an unclimactic conclusion.