Out From the Shadows Character Biographies
Written by delcar   
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
The Return to Greyhawk campaign, here's a thumbnail of who's who.  {Work in Progress}

Ultra-quick crash course:

Delcar:  Drow mage, a character of mine that's 'survived' since the 80's (whenever I got Unearthed Arcana for AD&D) till now.  Still lurking around in the transition from AD&D->2nd Edition->RIFTS->GURPS.  5' 3" of ass-kicking knowledge.

Neltara:  A tallfellow halfling dating from about the same period, meaning the character is 80's vintage even though she's a quarter Delcar's age.  [paradoxically, the tallfellow halflings are alot like the 3.0+ halflings, visually mini-elves and not quite as 'homebodies' as the hairfoot (pure hobbit) or dwarvish personallity esque stouts.]  She's a very tall (for her people) 4'.

Rashida: My wife's all-time favorite character.  A half-orc butt-kicker rolled up when the GURPS version of the Greyhawk campaign started ~1995.  She's started a family now, but hardly settled down. 

Reigar 'Fair-hair': Confession, I ripped the name and much of the background from the sample character in GURPS Warriors; he's way mellow now, usually smiling.  Coming out of the real pits of a background (you think humans treat half-orc kids bad, he was raised by the orcs; the petty racism and crap humans do amuse him by contrast) he's a former smuggler and has a sharp mind for business and money.  Managed his wife's Pit fighting career and still manages the finances.

Rykina: Young daughter of Rashida and Reigar, she's an EXTREMELY chatty 10 year-old that's not afraid of anything [Her dad can pull the horns off a bull, and her mom while not as strong can kick his ass and probably everyone else that Rykina's ever met]  she's precocious and if they used the 'Belt' system has at least a brown belt in 'manhandling' from her mother's tuteladge.

Rashgar:  A hyper intelligent 11 year-old.  Scrawny for his age [by half-orc standards] and will go DAYS without talking; never seen without a book in his hands he's definately a mage in the making, and seems to have some sort of link with his sister - literally they can communicate without speaking...  not quite a dissapointment to his parents, they just have a little trouble relating to him.

Shethba Gaemsaker:  Started out play as an incredibly shallow yet powerful mage, wealth and status obsessed, and miraculously morphed into the most responsible and dignified of the adult characters [when MC passed the character over to his lovely wife to play.  We all like the new Shethba far better :D].  I'm not sure how the kids may see her though, picture Mary Poppins with a healthy dash of R Lee Ermy and cosmic-baddassed levels of magical power.

Troek, Baron of Five Oaks: Shethba's brother, his main relevance to the campaign is that he's Jaerik's father.
 

The Students


Jaerik, Sone of Troek, Baronette of Five Oaks - proud son of a poor 1st generation nobleman, Delcar's first recruit and the most cultured/levelheaded of the boys.
Nosarajyean [Nos] - half-elf with a mysterious bloodline, one of Delcar's first recruits for his school.
Tashakina the Cobra - Rhenee boy with inborn gifts, shunned by his people (the Rhenee) he is both unearthly in his mannerisms and powers.
Jor - A peasant born lad with great potential for wizardry, he's tall, strong and strong willed to boot.
Fist - The unfortunately-yet-appropriately named son of Thorin, one of Delcar's team during the Valley of the Mage campaign.  Fist's strength is amazing, and the jury is out on whether he's just really dumb or thick headed.  His sister Fang finds him really dumb AND thickheaded.   To his dismay he didn't inherit his mother's gift [she's an orcish were-tiger, it's magically based though, and he lacks the gift] while his in his mind wimp of a sister did.
Fang - Fist's 'little' sister, she's mastered her mothers gift of turning into a tiger (400 lbs of teeth claws and stealth baby) but doesn't seem too comfortable in her own two-legged skin.  Shethba's encouragment and a friendship with Gwynn have done wonders for her self esteem so far though.  She's actually very kind and sweet, rather nerdy really.
Gwyddemar (Gwynn) - Turgor's illegitimate daughter, she's now part of his new family.  She can really get a bit emo (she's got her reasons) but she's a good kid.  (Half-elven, in case the name makes you wonder)
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