And time passed...

So time passed, and Van's remnants of his family sought out and found the destroyer of his family...but they did not know how to get the vengence they wanted so badly.
As with all things, years passed until one day Van found he had passed his prime, and now was a figurehead in a group of adventures. His responsibilities kept him quite busy, so it was with some surprise when a young lady presented herself to him one day and would not be put off with a hello, have nice day. She insisted on seeing him in private. Van viewed this as a ploy of some sort, but was confident that he was safe enough, so agreed. It was in that private meeting that the young woman revealed to him that she was half-elven, and his daughter.
He was happy and yet sad, because his daughter, Wren, said that his old enemy had destroyed the elven village. She wanted him to go with her to strike back at them, but Van said he needed to gather his forces before he could go with her. Distraught, the girl fled from him, and though he searched, he could not find her. He gathered the family and set out for the fortress that thier age old enemy called home. They arrived to find that the elven lass had tried to sneak in and been caught. So they besieged the fortress while Van and his family found a secret entrance and went in after her. The battles that were fought inside were numerous and hard won, but in the end, they confronted the sorcerer that had so long ago destroyed thier lives. He was in the middle of a ritual, with Wren bound before him, preparing to sacrifice her. Van did not think, he charged, and as he plunged his blade into the black heart of that man, the ritual went astray....and blackness enveloped both him and his daughter...