Welkin the Returned. Books of Welkin, #1

Ten years ago Welkin laid down his staff and hawk's beak, shut himself away, and tried to forget a lifetime of rancor and bloodshed. Last night a pair of bravos kicked in his front door and tried to cut that life short. Neither bravo died well, but die they most certainly did. Now Welkin has a problem that extends beyond the stains on his floor. Who hired this incompetent pair of killers? How did they get past his wards and warnings? More importantly, how did they find him? With his need for answers overriding his common sense, Welkin dusts off his staff and hawk's beak, straps on his boots, and takes to the road.
His search will lead him back into a world of bizarre sorcerers, marauding ghouls, zealous inquisitors, brutal thugs, and former lovers. Some want to see him dead, some want to see him in chains, some don't want to see him at all. Welkin will have use all the skill and cunning acquired over the course of several lifetimes if he wants to make it out of this mess alive.