Jonathan Ambrose

Jonathan Ambrose is the leader of The Brotherhood of Broken Blades; he resides in the Ambrose Compound. he has a deep hatred for magic, but his adopted ward Elaine Clairn has developed the innate powers of a sorcerer. This has caused him no end of grief and inner conflict.

Jonathan Ambrose and Elaine Clairn are major protagonists in the novel Death of a Darklord, and they were included in the Kartakass chapter of Ravenloft Gazetteer I.

Background

Jonathan Ambrose's hatred of magic originates in trauma. When he was ten, two brothers named Timon and Gamail came for a stay at the inn belonging to Jon's parents. Soon thereafter, a woman Ambrose knew only as the "red-haired witch" came to kill Timon. Before she killed Timon, the witch transformed Jon's mother into a house cat as a distraction for her true target. After failing to find a way to get Jon's mother turned back, Jon's father went after the red-haired witch and was subsequently killed. Jon's mother was later ran over by a cart.

As he grew up, Jonathan became a wandering adventurer and vigilante most oriented toward wizard hunting. Later he learned to work within the law, and he brought transgressors back for trial when possible despite his then near all-consuming loathing of magic. As a mage-finder, Jon served under the command (and was a close friend) of Calum Songmaster. His mage-finder partner and wife was Tereza Ambrose.

Jon's views on magic began to change when he and Tereza adopted the Clairn twins, Elaine Clairn and Blaine Clairn, both with supernatural powers. Elaine especially opened Jon's mind and made him more accepting and tolerant of the unusual.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I
		Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I - pp105-106
		Ambrose Compound, The Ambrose Compound