Zeref Greenhelm

Zeref Greenhelm was a half-elf bounty hunter and adventurer who worked mainly in the cities of Elturel and Baldur's Gate. He spent the majority of his life in the town of Triel, until he moved to Elturel. He was outside of the city when it vanished to Avernus in 1494 DR.

Description
Almost always dressed in all black, Zeref was a semi-muscular, fairly tall half-elf male. His outfit of choice was black pants and boots, a black shirt, and a black robe and gloves.

Personality
After the murder of his father in 1480 DR, Zeref's demeanor become much more reserved.

Early Life
Zeref was born in Triel to Alyndra Daceran and Oswyn Greenhelm. He spent most of his days helping his father, a bowyer, with tasks around the house and sneaking out to the many woods around the town. When Zeref was 2 years old, his mother left to Waterdeep, and never returned.

At 24 years of age, Zeref created his crossbow, Silencer, with his father. This crossbow was later used by Zeref to channel his ranged magical abilities. Murdered by a bounty hunter, hired by the crime syndicate that his mother was a part of, Zeref's father died at the age of 55. Zeref was 32 at the time. After his fathers death, Zeref began worshiping Shar, the goddess of darkness, and Kelemvor, the judge of the damned.

Bounty Hunter/The Shadowfell
When Zeref was 38, he traveled to Elturel and became a bounty hunter. Being a bit too overzealous, he took a job to capture or kill a shadar-kai named Austar. After tracking him outside the city walls, Zeref followed Austar through a portal into the Shadowfell. Losing track of the shadar-kai, he became lost in The Skins, far outside the city of Gloomwrought. Little is known of what happened between the time he entered and the time he escaped the Shadowfell back into the Material Plane, but when he returned, Zeref had the abilities to control the shadows. He had become a shadow sorcerer.