Benjamin
(a.k.a. Benji)
Benjamin is a Tiefling barbarian. He is a player character from the
Heretics resistancecampaign and was played by Sam.
When Benj was around 18 years old he'd been working as a guard and slowly starts seeing and wondering about the outside world beyond his little town. He decides to make plans to try and escape. His escape plans come to fruition a couple years later when Benj is 21.
After escaping Benj finds a ship in the town 2 days away which happens to go to Bersail. In Bersail he pretty much by accident walks in the the inn of Dhritri. Benjamin works with Dhritri for a couple years as a help and bouncer in the inn. From Dhritri he learns about the world and gets the beginnings of finding his own place in it. The 2 also have a short romantic fling together which didn't stick. Eventually Benj moves on from working with Dhritri instead doing adventuring and mercenary work himself for a coulple years untill he is hired by Orion. Dhritri and Benjamin still have contact and are friends. You can see the details of Benjamins story in the campaign, in the Heretics resistancecampaign summaries. Benj was recuited by Orion as a bodyguard, the 2 quickly became friends (though Orion would not see it that way for very long). They did missions for the Ethains eventually, which in the end culminates in them beating the fear fey and saving the city. More importantly however, early on when getting recruited by the Ethain leader Dagnia Ethain, they were tested by her guard captain. The captain was Sir Trevor, a former knight which Benji became attracted to. Over the course of the campaign the 2 slowly form a relationship, by the end of the campaign the 2 confess to eachother right before the final reckoning with the witchhunters and the Fey After the campaign Benji helps repair the city and proceeds to have a nice life in the city with Trevor. Eventually Benji joins the Ethain their protection as well. In the end Benji finds a place in the world where he belongs, with a home, purpose and relationship.
From having basically no freedom for his life before escaping the cult, freedom is the thing Benjamin cares about the most. He revels in his own freedom by sometimes being a bit too loud and indulgent with it. In the end Benji is a person still finding their own place in the world, though at the end of the Heretics resistance campaign they have gotten 1 step closer. Things Benji likes
Benjamin his clothing style is heavily inspired by real world nordic and eastern european folk clothing, so simple cut blouses decorated with lots of, mostly floral and geometric, embroidery, I like to imagine he does most of it himself. colorful vests and a traditional apron every once in a while.
Benji had the upbringing of a guard in a closed cult community. While his combat skills on their own aren't super incredible, he has a lot of experience with it from wielding weapons from a young age (though in a calm context like guarding). Rage and instinct
When Benj his training fails him, he is also incredibly strong and has a good natural fighting instinct. Though when he fights like this he more trained style does fall away a bit. Blessing of the fey
Giving him the ability to unlock his inner bloodlust and animalistic nature. This allows Benj to manipulate his own body giving him beastly features to use in combat, think of things like claws, teeth or horns. Benji was granted this power by fey spirits while traveling, the same spirits guided Benji to stop Demos (though Benji didn't know it at the time). After Demos was defeated, Benji was allowed to keep the fey gift granted upon him.
Story
Benjamin grew up in a cult. Growing up he was heavily indoctrinated in this cult which tried to be remote and cut off from the rest of the world, with the next town over being 2 days away and an attempt to be total non-contact with them. In his upbringing it was found Benjamin had a talent for combat and as such was trained by the cult in combat. He'd get jobs in places like guarding the perimiter of the cult town or protecting more prominent members of the cult.When Benj was around 18 years old he'd been working as a guard and slowly starts seeing and wondering about the outside world beyond his little town. He decides to make plans to try and escape. His escape plans come to fruition a couple years later when Benj is 21.
After escaping Benj finds a ship in the town 2 days away which happens to go to Bersail. In Bersail he pretty much by accident walks in the the inn of Dhritri. Benjamin works with Dhritri for a couple years as a help and bouncer in the inn. From Dhritri he learns about the world and gets the beginnings of finding his own place in it. The 2 also have a short romantic fling together which didn't stick. Eventually Benj moves on from working with Dhritri instead doing adventuring and mercenary work himself for a coulple years untill he is hired by Orion. Dhritri and Benjamin still have contact and are friends. You can see the details of Benjamins story in the campaign, in the Heretics resistancecampaign summaries. Benj was recuited by Orion as a bodyguard, the 2 quickly became friends (though Orion would not see it that way for very long). They did missions for the Ethains eventually, which in the end culminates in them beating the fear fey and saving the city. More importantly however, early on when getting recruited by the Ethain leader Dagnia Ethain, they were tested by her guard captain. The captain was Sir Trevor, a former knight which Benji became attracted to. Over the course of the campaign the 2 slowly form a relationship, by the end of the campaign the 2 confess to eachother right before the final reckoning with the witchhunters and the Fey After the campaign Benji helps repair the city and proceeds to have a nice life in the city with Trevor. Eventually Benji joins the Ethain their protection as well. In the end Benji finds a place in the world where he belongs, with a home, purpose and relationship.
Character
PersonalityFrom having basically no freedom for his life before escaping the cult, freedom is the thing Benjamin cares about the most. He revels in his own freedom by sometimes being a bit too loud and indulgent with it. In the end Benji is a person still finding their own place in the world, though at the end of the Heretics resistance campaign they have gotten 1 step closer. Things Benji likes
- Herbal tea with milk and honey
- New embroidery floss
- Late night conversations
- Dhriti, The person that taught Benj about the world when he first escaped the cult. A good friend of Benj and a romantic fling he had in the past.
- Trevor, Is the great love of Benjamins life, he met him during the Heretics resistance campaign and the 2 slowly got closer, getting into a romantic relationship. The 2 ended up working as the 2 main guards for the Ethain family after the campaign.
- Orion, was a good friend during the campaign and after, the 2 were a dynamic duo balancing eachother out.
- The cult, While Benj hated being in the cult, naturally the people there influenced his life as the people who raised him. His brother named Brock is still a guard in that cult.
Appearance
Benjamin a male presenting, dust-pink tiefling of relatively slender built. His hair is cut in a mullet/deathhawk combination and exists out of loose maroon curls intercepted by both a smaller and bigger set of horns that curl down and back before pointing forward again. The bigger horns are adorned with gilded jewelry, along with one of the smaller horns, with similar jewelry decorating his tail and a bunch of piercings in both ears and two vertical labrets in his top lip that almost look like gilded fangs. His eyes are sage green in colour and have no iris or visible pupil, they have a drooping, hooded shape and some thick lashes above them. His face is rather angular and heart shaped with some light stubble. His right ear has two rips in it from previous squabbles.Benjamin his clothing style is heavily inspired by real world nordic and eastern european folk clothing, so simple cut blouses decorated with lots of, mostly floral and geometric, embroidery, I like to imagine he does most of it himself. colorful vests and a traditional apron every once in a while.
Skills
Trained soliderBenji had the upbringing of a guard in a closed cult community. While his combat skills on their own aren't super incredible, he has a lot of experience with it from wielding weapons from a young age (though in a calm context like guarding). Rage and instinct
When Benj his training fails him, he is also incredibly strong and has a good natural fighting instinct. Though when he fights like this he more trained style does fall away a bit. Blessing of the fey
Giving him the ability to unlock his inner bloodlust and animalistic nature. This allows Benj to manipulate his own body giving him beastly features to use in combat, think of things like claws, teeth or horns. Benji was granted this power by fey spirits while traveling, the same spirits guided Benji to stop Demos (though Benji didn't know it at the time). After Demos was defeated, Benji was allowed to keep the fey gift granted upon him.
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