Appearance

Physical Description

Jack has a sturdy build from a life on the farm, but is not overly muscular.

Facial Features

He has a short, scruffy beard. His smile is charming but he can also look gruff and intimidating.

Apparel & Accessories

Jack is typically seen wearing common clothing, boots, a tunic overcoat suitable for farm work or wilderness treks, and a wolf's tooth necklace. He carries a quarterstaff with the shape of a wolf's head at the top and can often be seen with a pipe in his mouth and a jar of whiskey in his hand.
 
When he is fully geared up he also wears a set of scale mail made from the opalescent scales of an aquatic creature and a dark green cloak of protection.

Specialized Equipment

He is proficient in survival treks, handling wildlife, carpentry, and leatherworking.

Special abilities

Can sometimes be seen lurking in the form of a wolf or other wild creature.

Mentality

Personal history

Jack was the son of Rip Van Tillerman, better known to townsfolk as Old Man Tillerman. Rip was a gruff but fiercely loyal family man. He ran an old family pot still in the barn and gained a reputation as a well-known distiller of fine whiskey. When Jack was young, his father would sip on a glass of whiskey and smoke a wooden pipe while telling fantastic tales of all the creatures in Idriell. As he told the stories, the smoke rings from the pipe would form the shape of the creatures he described, which Jack and his ten siblings always found delightful.
 
When he grew older, Jack began sneaking out to the barn to sample his father’s whiskey. Curious, and wanting to be like his Pa, he added a few ingredients to try and make a batch himself. When he sampled it, he found it to be quite good but noticed that ever since there has been an odd energy surging inside him.
 
Growing up, Jack was responsible for helping out with repairs around the farm and taking care of the horses and other animals. While he was in the fields, he always brought with him a quarterstaff in case he had to fend off predators. Late one night, as he searched for a lost goat (an actual goat, not a warhorse), Jack found himself surrounded by a pack of ferocious wolves. As the wolves attacked, he swung at them with his quarterstaff. He had grown used to the strange energy that simmered inside him but this time it seemed to surge through his arms. The staff gained a faint green glow and each blow seemed surprisingly effective. Even as he defended himself against them, Jack felt a strange connection to the wolves and became fascinated with the way they coordinated their movements in packs to protect each other. He spent more and more time exploring deep into the woods around the farm to study the wildlife were he met an old hermit who started teaching him about his druidic powers.
 
At home, life returned mostly to normal until the night of darkness that descended on the farm. As Jack avenged his father’s death, he once again felt the power surge through him and knew that this moment would lead him to a greater purpose in life. Having seen the horrors of that night, he resolved that he would learn to control his powers to rid the land of the evils threatening his people.
 
With a new sense of mortality, he went into town the following morning and proposed to his childhood love interest, Sara O’Connor. The two grew up together and had been flirting for years while she worked as a barmaid at Galloran's Hearth, but Jack always felt too young to settle down. Now realizing a sense of urgency, the two were married within the week.
 
Jack and Sara eventually had a daughter, who they named Elva Harmony Tillerman. As a middle child in such a large family, Jack is used to being around kids and enjoys entertaining them with his father’s magic pipe.

Education

Believes in hands-on, vocational experience.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Jack slew the giant minotaur skeleton that killed his father.

Failures & Embarrassments

He may have blown up his father's still.

Mental Trauma

He saw his father killed with his own eyes. He's also breifly died a couple times, and seen many friends killed.

Intellectual Characteristics

He is just a simple farm boy.

Morality & Philosophy

He believes in family, hard work and an honest living, but a little mischief helps keep the spirits up in his downtime

Taboos

Raising Undead

Known Languages

Common, Idri-Elvish, Sylvan, Druidic

Personality

Motivation

Protecting his family and friends.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Good with animals, following tracks, and insightful thoughts about others.

Virtues & Personality perks

He is very wise.

Vices & Personality flaws

Whiskey isn't a vice.

Hygiene

He keeps himself clean, but what about these beast shapes?

Social

Birthplace

River's Edge

Current Residence

Jack's Hammer, Vareholm

Contacts & Relations

Lanternbearers

Family Ties

Sara Tillerman - wife


Elva Harmony Tillerman - Daughter


Rip Van Tillerman -father (deceased)


Hugh Tillerman - younger brother (deceased)


Liam Tillerman - Younger brother


If the last name's Tillerman they're probably related

Social Aptitude

Many consider him a folk hero.

Hobbies & Pets

He bonds with many different kinds of wildlife.

Speech

Common (with an Irish accent)