Farquhar Thorne

Lord Farquhar Thorne was the third child and firstborn son and heir of Baron Trefor Thorne of Wallow, born in Bruckstone Castle in 5E.1496. As one of the principal Bregatian nobility, he was also a potential heir to Elden Fortress and Bregate as a whole. Farquhar Thorne was distant from his older sisters, yet protective of his younger sister, the Lady Isolde Thorne. When his family fled to the Thorne Manor in Bregate around 5E.1521, he rediscovered the truth of the Thorne heritage and their connections to the Infernal Pact. He took over and restored the Chapel of Dispater hidden beneath the estate's study and soon joined with Lord-Prelate Balder, taking over the slaving operation of Caer Cythraul from beneath the Thorne Manor at the Prelate's behest. On the orders of Balder and Tegwen the Enchantress, he conducted the kidnapping of Dulcinea Gardner after she spent an evening alone with one of her suitors, Aeron Cyrill. Tegwen herself plucked Dulcinea from the slavers' pen, while Farquhar found Aeron Cyrill attempting to track him. The priest of Dispater also discovered Aeron's interest in his sister, and seeking vengeance, to improve his status in the court, and to remove suspicion of House Thorne, Farquhar promptly kidnapped Aeron and jailed him beneath Thorne Manor. Meanwhile, Farquhar Thorne had established a profitable slaving trade through Underdark routes with Rogar Magrimgun as his purchaser and partner.

The arrival of the Heroes of Blackbridge to Bregate not long after saw them taking interest in the investigation surrounding the disappearance of Dulcinea and Aeron; with the backings of Duke Duncan Gardner, Aeronwen, and Baron Aidan Cyrill, along with Farquhar's own father, oblivious to his son's escapades, the adventurers promptly investigated Farquhar's study and discovered the dungeons beneath. They soon fell into battle with Farquhar and his cultists; slaying the Vicar and his allies, Farquhar thus met his end, never ascending to the seat of Lord of Bruckstone Castle, dying an Infernal Vicar of Dispater. The death of Farquhar Thorne meant House Thorne was left without a heir; meanwhile, in pursuit of the Infernal Pact the Inquisition was unable to uncover anything the Heroes of Blackbridge didn't, and eventually the lack of leads lead to the party's dissolution, the formation of the Fifth Crusade and the later formation of the Dawn's Herald. In life, Farquhar Thorne took great joy in diabolism, finding glory in the hunt and security in the control offered by the slave trade, perhaps stemming from an incident in his early years when he was nearly slain by a werewolf during the Half-Moon Heresy, at the battle of Wallow. In death, Farquhar Thorne's loss would lead to the fall of Isolde Thorne.