Shrike Scrivener

Born in 874 to a Candlekeep Avowed monk and a librarian, Shrike and her twin brother, Jackdaw, spent their childhood stuck in the libraries and the courtyards of Candlekeep. Their mother, Magpie, tried to encourage an appreciation for the scholastic way of life by sharing books full of adventure and stories of Shrike's grandmother, Rook, from her work as an wilderness escort guard for the Avowed and Seekers. This backfired, however, feeding the young tiefling's wanderlust and adventurous spirit, leading her to stowing away on a departing Seeker's ship when just fifteen years old. Shrike quickly took to various jobs as a sailor, deftly tying knots and nimbly climbing masts as a rigger and settling in as watchful guardian of the mast, typically found in the crow's nest or hanging from the bow.

By her mid-twenties, Shrike had made a name for herself as a reliable sailor, helmswoman, rigger, and handy fighter to have aboard when the situation calls for it. She is one of the established "Rounders" that routinely take vessels around Talevir from Fog Veil Bay and Talevir Bay the long way around to Nor'sails and Howe in the north, and is one of the few that can be counted on to join a crew sailing the shorter but more treacherous route through the pirate infested waters of the Ragged Coast. She is known or heard of in many harbor towns and some pirate gangs are eager to hire the infernal sailing archer if they may get the chance.

While she calls the ports of Rondhawen and Rounder's Rest home more than anywhere else on land, she is well-known in the taverns of Howe and Norsails and still visits Candlekeep to drop off the odd book or two she picks up but never reads whenever stopping through the bookstalls and shops of Sureharbor and Foal's Landing.

THE SEA'S WELL

"Do you really want to do this? Stand Down."
Shrike aimed her longbow past the tavern full of bandits and thugs, straight at who seemed to be their leader.

"It's okay, we're just talking. We can all settle down."
The gang leader signaled that his thugs would put down their weapons, but made a subtle nod to the knight at his side.

Not subtle enough.

Shrike began to lower her weapon, but seeing the flickering interchange, fired an arrow across the room, pinning the leader's shoulder to the wall. He immediately slumped unconscious from the shock. She fired again, imbuing magical energy into an arrow straight into the knight. It exploded with thunderous force into the surrounding thugs and outright killing the gang leader she'd managed to non-lethally incapacitate an instant earlier.

"Fuck, I guess we're doing this," she said as she whipped up her shield, steeling herself to set to work killing everyone in the tavern over a simple lie.

In the year 906, Shrike (32 years old) went to collect belongings left behind by her passed grandmother. Finding Rook's old flat in Cooperage overturned and a notable absence of the magical heavy crossbow Shrike knew should be there, she set out to find her brother she hadn't seen in 17 years and confront him about it. Following the trail of Jackdaw's band of charlatans led Shrike to team up with a bard and a pair of mages traveling from Stagshead to Hartsport, but they had their travel from Hartsport onward put on hold as a tempest arrived to shore.

Class: Fighter (Arcane Archer)
Race: Feral Tiefling

Played by: Tommy S

Parents

Magpie Scrivener

Related Historical Events

• 906
  The Sea's Well

Affiliated Adventurers

Ebrouhu Reeja
Rita "Repulsion" Reposa
Atessa Ruminant
Jackdaw Scrivenor