The Riven Lands

A scholarly Tiefling whose curved horns are carved with the names of every child patient who died under his care, the letters filled with dried blood and tears. His red eyes weep constantly from exposure to his own toxic compounds, creating permanent stains down his cheeks that resemble bloody tears. Wears a modified scholar's robe with hidden pockets containing poison vials, each labeled with the name of a dead child and the academic administrator responsible for their murder. His fingers are stained with chemicals that smell of medicine and death, creating a nauseating mixture that serves as a reminder of his failure to heal.

Coldly methodical about murder but driven by genuine grief for the children he failed to save, viewing each poisoning as a memorial service for victims of academic greed. His scientific detachment masks profound trauma from watching helpless patients suffer while he was powerless to help them. Takes professional pride in creating deaths that mirror the symptoms of diseases he once tried to cure, forcing his targets to experience the same helpless terror his child patients felt. Maintains detailed records of every assassination as contributions to a growing indictment of institutional murder.

Once a promising researcher studying alchemical cures for childhood diseases, Torven watched helplessly as university administrators cut his funding to finance weapons research using children as test subjects. When he tried to continue his healing work independently, the same administrators hired assassins to poison his own research subjects - sick children who trusted him - to prevent competition with their military contracts. Driven mad by watching his patients die from toxins meant to save them, he began using his knowledge of beneficial compounds to create horrible deaths for those responsible, treating each assassination as a corrupted form of the healing he can no longer practice.