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Originally the youngest of five strong brothers from the village of Templehof, Ghorst was a farrier and groom just like his father. One day he returned from his adventures to find his brothers and father dead in their beds, taken by the Plague of Blue Roses - so eventually, Ghorst plunged himself into the study on the black arts, hoping to return his brothers to life. Ghorst encountered Mannfred von Carstein, who saw the powerful madness growing in Ghorst's eyes and began to teach Ghorst the secrets of necromancy, even going so far as to gift him an unholy tome of magic. It is no longer a desperate adventurer that answers to the name Helman Ghorst.