Trephas (? AC - ? AC) is a male Abanasinian Centaur that had ruddy-brown coat, has a long, ash-blond mane and a short beard to match. Has dark eyes, a strong jaw, wears a bronze torc around the neck with matching bracers, a large ring in his right ear, huge white teeth, a chestnut horse with white fetlocks, thick eyebrows, and a proud, ash-blond tail. Father was Nemeredes the Elder and brothers are Nemeredes the Younger and Gyrtomon. His favorite weapon he uses is a lance, and he wore iron horseshoes. He was an avid drinker and could drink a single pitcher of win in one gulp, and had never been hung over.
Dezra's Quest[]
Trephas went to Solace looking to enlist the aid of Caramon Majere. Instead he settled for Dezra Majere for 200 steel just to go, but ended up being 1800, to accompany Trephas to Darken Wood and aid him in his fight against some renegades. The renegades were centaurs who had turned from the Forestmaster and had become further corrupted by a remnant from the Chaos War, a Daemon Tree called Grimbough. The tree turned the traitor centaurs into ‘ Skorenoi’ - deformed versions of their former selves, with bodies foul and twisted. They formed a strong side against the remaining loyal centaurs in what was essentially a civil war. Grimbough’s intent was to kill the captured Forestmaster, thereby destroying Darken Wood.
Caramon, his friend Borlos the bard, and a young Solace guard with a crush on Dezra called Uwen, followed Dezra into Darken Wood. Uwen was killed in a fight with the Skorenoi, later revealing Dezra’s softer side as she mourned at his funeral. The centaurs requested that the Majeres and Borlos recover an enchanted war axe, Soulsplitter, in order to kill Grimbough. With the help of some Dryads, they traveled through the earth and the kingdom of the Fey Folk and retrieved the axe from an abandoned wizard’s tower, where it was being guarded by a Golem.
The axe was then stolen by a minion of Grimbough, as one of the only weapons capable of killing the Forestmaster. Trephas went with Caramon, Borlos, and Dezra to save the Forestmaster. Trephas fought Chrethon in single combat, losing two fingers to Soulsplitter, but ultimately defeating him when he drove his sword into Chrethon's chest. Caramon and Dezra chopped down the daemon tree, destroying Soulsplitter in the process. Even though Dezra and Trephas admitted that they loved each other, they knew their races weren't built for each other. Instead Dezra left for Haven and Trephas proposed marriage to Lanorica and it was accepted.
References[]
- Dezra's Quest (novel), p. 25-27, 43-44, 56, 64, 111, 147, 224, 246, 297-298, 306