Ambrose Erickson

Ambrose was a deacon of a small temple in a village near a great city. He lived a rather simple life in devotion to Mystra until a series of unfortunate events took place and made him lose his faith and will. Mourning in loneliness after his family had died from a horrible disaster he found refuge in his faith and did his best to help others, finding hope in believing that his purpose in life was to help the weak and serve his deity. Only 7 years after the death of his family, another disaster struck the church. Two of it's members, the priest and a maiden were found dead in their chambers, both of which were very good friends of Ambrose. The guards had found no evidence of the killer and the only person in the temple other than the victims was Ambrose and so he was quickly made a suspect. Ambrose once again was alone and mourning and now angry that anyone believed that he could've done such a cruel deed. The judges weren't favorable either when they sentenced him to life in prison deeming him as the one responsible for the murders. Ambrose felt his faith slip away and together with it his will to live. He was found dead in the crypt of the church near the coffins of his family. In his suicide note he asked for forgiveness and explained why he was driven to commit such a sin emphasizing that he would not serve prison for a crime didn't commit. After his death, he met Kelemvor at the final stage of the judgment of his soul. Kelemvor found him to be a good and juste man but the he would be punished for the sin of taking his own life. After that vision, Ambrose woke up alone in a mortuary on a platform before the ritual of purification and preparation for burial. He rose naked, cold with blurred memories and a sense of purpose unknown to him. Aa soon as he grabbed the necessary equipment and the ceremonial sickle he remembered the words that Kelemvor had told him. "You have sowed, now reap" and stormed out to whatever passing soul he felt he should guide.

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