Aldren, Eye of the Conclave – The Purging Inquisitor

Aldren, Eye of the Conclave – The Purging Inquisitor

Male Human (Paladin, Inquisitor)

Advancing with heavy, measured strides while carrying the severed horned head of an abyssal fiend, Aldren projects grim martial authority. A broad arming blade sheathed in sculpted tongues of cleansing fire rests angled at his side, complemented by layered brigandine, curved plate pauldrons, and the radiant sunburst eye of the high order emblazoned across his breast. Keepers designing cathedral purge trials, occult investigations, or relentless monster-hunting encounters will find this Artifact establishes palpable discipline and weight on the grid.

Tabletop Lore

Bound to the ecclesiastical inquisitions tasked with rooting out planar corruption, Aldren enforces church decree across frontier settlements. Having gouged the divine ocular sigil directly into his own brow as a sign of complete devotion, he confronts profane sorcery without hesitation or remorse. The severed heads he bears back to the cathedral cloisters serve as unambiguous warnings to heretics and occultists: wherever forbidden pacts are struck, the Conclave’s enforcers arrive to deliver total extirpation.

Highlight

An imposing ecclesiastical investigator sculpt featuring a flaming arming sword, a severed demon trophy gripped by the hair, an embossed sunburst eye breastplate, and a scarred third-eye forehead brand.

Encounter Insight

Deploy Aldren as an unyielding church investigator, an elite monster hunter, or an antagonistic fanatic pursuing the party over a misunderstood pact. In tactical skirmishes, Keepers can use his deliberate marching stance to hold choke points, combining flame-imbued melee pressure with terrifying presence to isolate enemy champions and scatter minion ranks.

Features

• Flamboyant Purging Blade: Wields an angled broadsword enveloped in sculpted, curling flame tongues and upward thermal drafts.
• Severed Trophy Head: Grips the hair of a decapitated horned fiend visage displaying bared predatory fangs and broken horn spurs.
• Ocular Order Heraldry: Chest tunic is embossed with an intricate sunburst eye insignia, mirrored by a third-eye brand across the shaved cranium.
• Ecclesiastical Battle Harness: Outfitted in curved plate pauldrons, studded leather vambraces, cowl neckpiece, double-buckled belt straps, and segmented armored greaves.
• Measured Marching Stance: Modeled mid-stride with a long, heavy traveler cape draped smoothly behind broad shoulders.
• Stone Flagstone Plinth: Anchored to a round scenic plinth detailed with subtle flagstone dust texture and leveled masonry edging.

Designed For

• Cathedral Purges & Witch Hunts: Commands grand abbey halls, desecrated chapels, torture vaults, and gloomy city streets.
• Zealot Champions & Hunter NPCs: Operates naturally as an oath of vengeance paladin, inquisitorial war cleric, monster slayer ranger, or church executioner.
• OSL & Leather Texture Painting: An exceptional canvas for painting glowing sword fire, severed head gore details, weathered leather straps, and shaved scalp skin tones.

Size Category

Occupies a 1×1 square (25mm base, Medium Humanoid)