A cynic with nihilistic tendencies, he has been fine tuning his skills as a dungeoneering rogue for years. A loner by circumstances rather than choice. Impatient, yet capable of keeping his cool when it really matters.

Age: 32
Date of Birth: 27th Sea of Mercury, 1426
Gender: Male
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Dark Brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation: Pale
Height: 4 ft 1
Weight: 47 lbs

Appearance

Physical Description

Has a petite physique, similar to that of a 9 to 10 years old human child. Has round pointy ears like other members of his race. Taller than most other halflings.

Body Features

His body is dusted by soft freckles on his nose, cheeks, shoulders and chest. Pale skin with dark brown hair and eyes.

Facial Features

Big doe eyes that hide a professional rogue behind. Cheeks and nose dusted with soft freckles. Has boyish features that he hates, for the taller race keep confusing him for a kid at a glance.

Identifying Characteristics

Short size, freckles and iconic wide green headband and matching cloak that he always sports.

Physical quirks

Keeps checking on his headband and cloak to place them in the proper way. Keeps pulling on his sleeves when not wearing bracers.

Special abilities

Able to detect traps easily and quite resistant to fear effects. Fleet of foot, he can walk at the same speed as the taller races.

Mentality

Personal history

A halfling orphan in a human city, he was adopted by a couple of human farmers. He has been working on the farm for the longest time, until his 14 birthday where he saw a group of adventurers from the Guild of Champions help get rid of ghouls festering in their well. He then was obsessed with become an adventurer himself, to help those in need. When he became 15, he enrolled in the guild and started to polish his skills as a rogue.

Education

Received very basic education from his parents, like reading, writing and a bit of mathematics. Learned everything else under the tutelage of the Guild of Champions.

Employment

Employed by the Guild of Champions as a Coal Bell Adventurer.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Survived an excursion in the Brine King's Temple, before the dungeon was restricted to Platinum Bells only.

Failures & Embarrassments

Has been demoted from Silver Bell to Coal Bell for events he couldn't have prevented or foreseen.

Mental Trauma

For reasons unknown by other adventurers, cannot stand being alone with someone taller than himself for long. Will go in a panic or frenzy if he feels trapped along with someone from the taller races.

Intellectual Characteristics

Very intelligent when it comes to the dungeon and ancient places where quests might lead. Has a very technical kind of intelligence, so to speak.

Morality & Philosophy

You have to work in order to gain something. No God or King, only men. You have to pave your own path to victory. Believing that you are blessed by a God's Will shall only bring one's downfall.

person.sexuality

Homosexual, he has trouble finding love seeing how he is estranged from other Halfling because of his personality, and is afraid of being intimate with the races that are taller than him.

person.gender_identity

Cis male

Taboos

Is fascinated by dungeon ecology and the monsters that roam the deep dark recesses of the World. Tries to understand the monsters and would very much like to have his own pet monsters one day. This is considered weird and creepy by other adventurers that believe monsters to be nothing more than evil creatures living in ancient places to feast upon them.

Known Languages

Common, Halfling, Dwarven

Personality

Motivation

Determined to climb back to where he once was in the Guild's ranking. Wants to one day storm a Demi-Gods castle and bring an end to their tyranny like every other adventurer.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes: Lamb Stew, Good Wine, Mimics, Dungeons, Parkour
Dislikes: Being confused for a child, fire, torture tools, ultra spicy food

Virtues & Personality perks

An excellent rogue, able to detect traps from quite the distance. Has an exceptional insight when it comes to the dungeon. Humble and kind to his fellow adventurers.

Vices & Personality flaws

Tries really hard for people to see him as the adult he his. He'll indulge in any form of "adult" activities, be it drinking, gambling, etc in order to "prove" that he is an adult at a glance. In reality, doesn't care all that much about those activities.

Personality Quirks

Keeps pulling on his sleeves all the time, or replacing his headband and cloak when he feel them move too much.

Hygiene

Respects standard hygiene of the time and place.

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Tue 27th Sep 2022 10:32

Back to the Main Quest

by Kreighton Lunaridge

After the mess that was the Dragon Hoard and the "Cult of Gnomism", it was good to finally be back home. It didn't last long though, we had to go back to the Quest we had accepted from the Guild initially. It seemed like the next thing to do was to ask around the places where the kids had disappeared. A part of the group went to see the Grand Duke of Elderfalls, to ask him about what transpired on the night his children vanished without a trace. As for Jib, Nabintou and I, we had the task of infiltrating a local orphanage.

The Head Mistress was acting suspiciously if we can give value to the stories told to us by a woman working there. And was apparently seen bringing orphans outside in the dead of night, only to come back empty handed. We were pretty sure this would lead us to those responsible about all this mess. The gang decided that the best way to go about this would be for one of us to pose as an orphan and wait 'til night fall, snoop around the place a bit to gain intel. Of course, all fingers pointed at me to take the job, the traitors. Kept saying stuff like I was about as tall as some of the kids, or that I could easily pick the locks in the building... In the end, even if I protested, this was the plan and everyone voted for me to infiltrate the orphanage. And so, Nabintou brought me under the guise of a child she had found in one of her adventures.

For some reason, everyone working there thought I was a Half-Elf child or something? I hate this and I hate having to play stupid games with kids that don't know better. On top of that I had to tolerate the general bullshit Jib kept throwing my way, like doing wet fart noises in my head or commenting about me trying to blend in. Yeah, not a good day in general.

When night came, I went straight for the Head Mistress's office and dug around for a bit. Turns out there wasn't anything super interesting, general things about running the orphanage, nothing more. When I got back out and into the corridors, I came face to face with the woman in question. She asked me to follow her outside for a moment. This was a great opportunity to learn more about the situation, so I followed. I signed for Jib and Nabintou that something was up. Turns out she was indeed bringing children to people dressed all in black, though she wasn't the real Head Mistress but someone from the cult in disguise. I shouted for my teammates to get into the fray so we could question them later. Sadly, this didn't come to pass, for we were all knocked unconscious.

I don't know how long we were out of it, but when I came to, we were in an underground prison stripped of our possessions and left in itchy white tunics. The others were still sleeping, and I realised that we were all wearing some kind of iron ring on our fingers. Don't know what this was all about, but we needed to find a way to get out of here and fast. Nothing good could come out of this situation.

Oh and Sir Christofre was here for some reason...

Fun...

And by fun I mean that this made a terrible situation just plain awful. It didn't take long for him to start bitching about this and that, about how terrible of a person I am and that he wished he could be anywhere else at the moment. Yeah pal, like, same. I kindly asked him to shut the fuck up, that he was like the greatest asshole this world had ever seen and I couldn't care less what he wanted.

Yeah, take that fucker!

Anyway, eventually the others came to and we could finally start to think about a way to get out of here. Or not, cause Sir Christofre made it a point to explain how I got my Seals of Treasons (that were now plainly visible for all to see, yeah this day sucked) to everyone and explain how I was a nasty adventurer and person. Thankfully, the others seemed not to care, or at least not care about this right now. They decided to focus on getting out first, bless them.

Anyway, some of us decided to mess with the guard in order to get out and this lured to Warden to us. He explained that we would be put to work and he would know at all times our status and location because of the rings we were wearing at the moment. Cool stuff... In the end, after he went away, we took our chances and knocked the guard unconscious, stole his shit and ran out. Hiro and R'Egrul started riling up the other prisoners, convincing them to rise against their captors. It didn't take long for the Warden to get back to us, but we were smart about it and got to his office before he could get to us. We found our belongings and kicked his ass.

Turns out we were in the cults HQ or something in Elderfalls, for we found the kidnapped children, but also the laboratory where they had experimented on them. There was so much blood, and organs kept in jars of liquid, who knows what they did to these poor souls. Only one of the twins had survived, but it was better than nothing. We were praised by the Guild Master for finding the children and taking care of the Cult, though the story didn't end there. There was a lady in a crystal at the bottom of the prison, turns out they were trying to dig her out. They thought she was an Avatar of their deity, there to bring back Night Eternal. R'Egrul spoke with her a bit, tried to learn what she knew and who she was, though she remained elusive. She told us to find someone name Xian Jun in Thel Kundrim, that he would be able to get her out and give them answers.

By asking at the Guild of Champions, we found out that he was an adventurer that had been with the Guild for around 200 years! Anyways, we sent a message to Thel Kundrim asking him to come meet us in Elderfalls, for we had the crystal with a mysterious lady inside.

The only thing we could do now, was wait for an answer.

(Oh and for some reason I had to be the one to keep the crystal in his home?! They even destroyed my stairs going to the basement and all that.)

Kreighton's Journal Ordered oldest to newest

Looking for Group?
08 Apr 2022 02:22:23

New Team, Old Problems
18 May 2022 08:54:10

Gryphon Omelette, anyone?
18 May 2022 09:57:07

A Job Well Done!
07 Jul 2022 01:43:43

Cult of Gnomism?
07 Jul 2022 02:12:35

Dragon's Hoard and Other Tales
27 Sep 2022 10:32:49

Back to the Main Quest
27 Sep 2022 10:32:56

The major events and journals in Kreighton's history, from the beginning to today.