Purvan Suul

Purvan Suul was a follower of the Raven Queen during the Age of Arcanum. After ritualistically giving his name to the Raven Queen when he swore himself to her service, Purvan preferred to be called simply the Champion. During the Calamity, he became legend as he fought in her name and would bear the Vestige of Divergence known as Deathwalker's Ward.

As an NPC in Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, he is played by Brennan Lee Mulligan. In The Legend of Vox Machina, Purvan is voiced by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Purvan has tan skin and long dark hair. When he appeared at the Palazzo Por'co in Avalir he wore dark clothing and a feathered mantle, but no armor, and his boots were muddy.

In The Legend of Vox Machina, Purvan is depicted in a vision during the battles of the Calamity. Here he wears the Deathwalker's Ward and a helmet with a skeletal face, and wields a longsword.

Personality
Purvan appeared sullen to the people at the party. He is highly critical towards the decadence and disregard for the gods he experiences in Avalir.

Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
Purvan Suul arrived at a party with Galdric at the Palazzo Por'co, hoping to speak to the city's leaders, the Septarion. He instead spoke to Loquatius and Zerxus, warning them that the Raven Queen believed Vespin Chloras to be attempting something other than the Ritual of Seeding, as Cerrit and Patia had assumed earlier that day. Most of the people ignored this warning and considered him an oddity for being a divine champion during the Age of Arcanum. He found this condescending and disheartening, and left in a swirl of feathers.

Shortly afterward, Patia realized that while Purvan had been invited by Lacrytia Hollow, she had intended to assassinate him, and was only stopped by Loquatius and Zerxus's presence. The goal was to prevent him from being able to help defend Vasselheim.

The Calamity
During the Calamity that followed, Purvan's actions as the Champion of the Raven Queen grew to legend that would be known in the Post-Divergence era. At some point, he gained a set of powerfully enchanted leather armor, the Deathwalker's Ward, which would be later known as one of the Vestiges of the Divergence.

When the Champion was killed in battle towards the end of the Calamity, he was interred within a tomb in Issylra nearby to Vasselheim. He was buried wearing the Deathwalker's Ward, and his still-living companion Galdric was sealed within his pendant, Raven's Slumber, and interred alongside him. The tomb eventually fell into disrepair and was consumed by a sinkhole which filled with water over time, becoming the Marrowglade Loch.

Post-Divergence
In late 810 PD, Vox Machina sought the Vestiges of the Divergence in order to combat the Chroma Conclave. The first Vestige they recovered was the Deathwalker's Ward, plundering Purvan's tomb and defeating the kuo-toa and beholder that had taken it over with the aid of Kima of Vord, Kashaw Vesh, Zahra Hydris.

Purvan's tomb was protected by a necromantic trap which killed Vex'ahlia when it was triggered by Percival. During the resurrection ritual, her brother Vax'ildan pledged his life to the Raven Queen, becoming her next champion and passing Purvan's title onto him.

Notable items

 * Raven's Slumber
 * Deathwalker's Ward

Behind the scenes
Since his character was first introduced, Purvan's name has been a source of amusement for the cast, noting its similarity to "Perv", a common shortening of "pervert". Some of their snickering comments to Matt about the name were captured in, such as "last name Pedobear". Matt had planned Purvan's name in advance but hadn't said it out loud to himself, a practice he now recommends for DMs.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 1
 * One-shots
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
 * The Legend of Vox Machina
 * One-shots
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
 * The Legend of Vox Machina
 * Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
 * The Legend of Vox Machina
 * The Legend of Vox Machina
 * The Legend of Vox Machina
 * The Legend of Vox Machina

Quotations
Purvan: Good luck with your pit of vipers.

Trivia

 * Purvan's name is erroneously given as "Purvon Kol" in Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting. The error was fixed in Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn.
 * Lieve'tel Toluse was in possession of the pinky bone of Purvan until it was stolen from her by "Bob" and lost in and.
 * There was a joke made by Seeker Asum about Purvan's name in, but it was later revealed in a twitter post by Matthew Mercer to be no more than that.