A stoic beacon of dawn-light clad in roughspun humility, Brother Vincent has served as both hammer and hearth-fire for the faithful of Pelor. Travellers across the Span speak of a priest whose weather-beaten smile can mend a spirit as quickly as his miracles knit flesh, yet whose iron certainty has carried crusades into the howling North and back again.

Early Life & Call to the Sun

Vincent was born amid the grey stone terraces of Sunhaven, a coastal hamlet that greets each dawn with communal prayer . Raised by lighthouse keepers, he learned that light is useless unless it is guided toward those floundering in darkness—a creed that would define his ministry. Entering the Clerical Order of Pelor as an acolyte, Vincent astonished tutors with tireless study and a gift for battlefield triage . By his thirtieth summer he was named a Second Son of the Bastion of Ascension, placing him only a step beneath the First Son who oversees the capital’s grand cathedral .

Mentor of Otto Sunero

When Alice Sunero—herself terminally ill—petitioned the Order to shape her boy into a true servant of Pelor, Vincent accepted without hesitation . He brought Otto from the sleepy port of Sunnyvale to Epoch, drilling the youth in scripture, sword forms, and the delicate art of compassion in war-time . Vincent’s quiet pride in his protégé shows whenever he refers to Otto as his “brightest dawn yet,” even after the cleric’s infamous entanglement with fiendish writs.

The Northern Campaign

Vincent’s renown crystallized during the Frostfall Crusade of 566 CY, when barbarian war-bands poured from the Frozen Coast. As acting field-chaplain of the Seventh Seal he coordinated relief columns through blizzard-choked passes, personally leading sorties that shattered lich-bound supply barges on Lake Aurora. Eyewitnesses recount the moment his daylight spell flared above Ice-Palace Eira—a signal that rallied both seals members and faithless to drive barbarians from the ramparts before first light.

Vision of Ruin & the Vonsea Warning

In 596 gaunt Vincent appeared before the party, claiming the gods had shown him a tidal wave of blood washing over the Bastion should they venture to Vonsea . His plea was ignored; the expedition slew the lich Mahkon but triggered events that vindicated Vincent’s prophecy when Epoch later fell beneath fiendish armies. Though some whisper he faltered in faith after that vision, Vincent quietly redoubled chapel wards and sent food caravans north, refusing to abandon those endangered by the Clerics of Hextor.

Alice Sunero’s Final Request

Order archives reveal a sealed letter wherein Alice begged Vincent to “keep Otto’s zeal tethered to mercy; let him be a healer first, crusader second.” Vincent honours that promise still, chastising Otto whenever righteous fury eclipses kindness . The mentor’s influence remains a compass for the younger cleric, even as infernal intrigues swirl around the Seventh Seal.

Personality & Miracles

Vincent embodies practised calm: soft-spoken homilies, disciplined silence before battle, and humour as dry as Autumn wheat. His signature miracles shape radiant crosswinds that scour disease without searing flesh—a technique taught only to senior Suns . Yet observers of the Frostfall siege recall a fiercer aspect: channelled sunlight hardened into spears that turned ice to steam in an instant .

Allies, Rivals & Legacy

Otto Sunero – Favoured pupil; Vincent discreetly shields him from ecclesiastical politics .
Brother Mathias – Fellow scholar whose later trial in Phlegethos shook Vincent’s trust in church hierarchy .
Vincent’s parchment-thin journals end each entry with the same line: “May tomorrow find us still standing beneath the sun.” In an age when dawn itself seems contested, Brother Vincent remains the Span’s quiet assertion that the light will rise again.