Gonna throw in some interest as well. Got a character concept in mind from an RP that never went through, though before I continue to develop it I'd like the check on the validity of two aspects so that I don't spend too much time developing an idea that would be dead on arrival:

1. He is in possession of a sort of cursed artifact, which grants him the ability to use magic but cannot be discarded. A spirit within, the source of the magic, has some connection to his ancestry and the origin of his homeland. Comes in the form of a broken mask resembling something between a skull and a goblin's face, and has been stuck to him since the day he found it and became compelled to put it on. The jaw is articulated and can move with his mouth, so his ability to eat, drink, and speak is not impaired.

2. He is a black knight, as while he was away from his kingdom/city-state/whatever on a mission in order to complete his training as a knight something happened and everyone within its lands vanished; only he, his fellow knights-in-training that were also on similar missions, and a handful of others who were gone at the time of the incident remained. Without a kingdom to defend they went their separate ways, and thus he turned to adventuring, both to make a living using the skills he had obtained in his training and to uncover what had happened to his home. Ten years have passed since he began his investigation, and he is no closer to finding any answers.