Dûrdin - Dark Elf Cinder Bound Executioners

To join the ranks of the Cinder-Bound is to accept a lifetime of agonizing, exquisite pain. Chosen from the most fanatical zealots among the dark elf host, these greatsword-wielders forge a blood-pact with shadowy pyromancers, binding unholy, dark flame directly into the steel of their massive blades.

The magic is volatile and hungry. During battle, the black fire leaps from blade to flesh, permanently charring their skins, blackening their veins, and burning away their ability to feel ordinary physical sensation. They treat these horrible scars as holy marks of devotion. On the battlefield, they swing their massive greatswords with reckless, suicidal fury, uncaring of defense because their nerves have long since been seared dead.

After the slaughter, the Cinder-Bound harvest their dues. Using small, razor-sharp hooks, they flay the skin from their fallen foes and collect their scorched skulls, boiling them clean in black flame and offering them to their dark patron.