Margrave Arronax Skinner
Margrave Arronax Skinner (a.k.a. The Barghest, The Adamantine Knight)
"The Margrave is a good man, but not all of him made it back from the Doomed Crusade. He was caught behind enemy lines before the disaster, and carved a bloody path home through the fleeing greenskins after their warlord had been thrown from the cliffs. He told me once that he saw something in the Badlands that haunts him every minute of every day, but even I couldn't get out of him what precisely he had seen.
"Suffice it to say that if it rattled the soul of the Adamantine Knight, then it's something we should all be watching very closely. Thank the Demiurge for men like Margrave Skinner."
~Archmage Dulacar
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Arronax is a slab of lean meat, scar tissue, and sharp-edged bone.
Facial Features
Arronax was handsome once, the very picture of the noble knight in the flower of youth. Now, numerous injuries have taken their toll and his face and body are a mass of scars. His bones have been broken and healed repeatedly enough that his face has lost much of its symmetry.
Apparel & Accessories
Skinner wears a suit of Kadenium full plate, wields a spear tipped with the same material, and bears the Kiloshkokan (A longsword ironically named Sledgehammer in the goblin tongue).
Kiloshkokan is a Longsword of Goblin Slaying, a +1 longsword that acts as a +5 longsword when wielded against goblins, as well as doing 1d6 extra necrotic damage to them. It also glows white-orange when in their presence.
Specialized Equipment
The Margrave carries a whistle that only his griffin can hear.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Born to Lers the Griffon knight and Meghazne of the Golden Tower, Arronax was raised in enough comfort that his training was his whole life. His father trained him in the arts of war, and he was a skilled swordsman by the time he hit puberty. His mother taught him history and instilled in him a love of books.
His Becoming was a grand adventure. He and his companions traveled to Viopelac to investigate a missing trade caravan. One thing led to another and they found themselves fighting for their lives against a bandit king. They came out on top, with Arronax claiming the bandit king's head. While sources vary on just how many they killed, the scalps yielded them enough bounty money to buy enough equipment to become adventurers. It wasn't long before they heard of Bishop Vander XIII's call to arms, and they joined the crusade with the rabble.
Being more experienced and better equipped than most of the crusaders, Arronax and his companions were assigned a place in the vanguard, which quickly became a rearguard when the crusade collapsed around them. The last anyone saw of them, Arronax and company were alone amid a sea of green, fighting for every precious second they could buy the retreating humans.
What occurred over the next month has never been found out. Arronax will never speak of it, simply that "he saw the future, and the future is green if we're not careful." One month after he was last seen, he stumbled out of the Badlands into Alcedene with his clothing stained black from greenskin blood, his armor shattered, and his sword shivered down the center.
When he had recovered, he entreated his name into the Cambreath Elector Council's deliberations for the next Margrave of Cambreath. The decision wasn't even close, as most of Cambreath's best fighting men with any experience with greenskins were dead.
Since then, he has worked tirelessly to defang the greenskin threat. He heads up the Knights of the Barghest and coordinates with the The Hopewell Aspirants.
Sexuality
Margrave Skinner is rumored to be courting a woman from Clan Weejet. Any attempt to pry further into this results in a duel.
Education
The circumstances of his birth afforded Arronax access to tutors in the fencing arts as well as visitors from the The Golden Tower.
Mental Trauma
Whatever he saw in the Badlands left deep, traumatic scars in Arronax.
Intellectual Characteristics
Arronax is obstinate, cunning, and strategic.
Morality & Philosophy
Arronax is a Consequentialist with a fixation on the greenskins
Personality Characteristics
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Margrave Arronax is a champion duelist, perhaps the best in Maecodia. He also has a deep knowledge of history, particularly military history, and strategic and tactical theory.
He is also notoriously unlucky in love, and the ambassadorial and ceremonial aspects of the Margravy have slipped significantly under his stewardship.
Virtues & Personality perks
Diligence
Vices & Personality flaws
Wrath
Hygiene
Arronax uses soaps purchased from Fort Hopewell, which produce a neutral scent.
Social
Religious Views
Margrave Arronax is a Reverent
Social Aptitude
Arronax instills fanatical loyalty in warriors that he leads into battle, but has a tendency to alienate everyone else.
Hobbies & Pets
Arronax travels with a Hunting Griffon named Kelvor that he raised from an egg.
Wealth & Financial state
Wealth : 2d4+3
Alignment
Neutral Good
Species
Ethnicity
Year of Birth
965 Y
30 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
Arronax's father was a Griffin Knight, his mother was a mage.
Birthplace
Krezzym
Children
Current Residence
The Margrave Keep
Gender
Male
Eyes
Due to a head injury, his left eye is black (pupil fully dilated.) His right eye is Light Brown.
Hair
Sandy Brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Tanned
Height
6'3
Weight
224 lbs
Quotes & Catchphrases
"If you find yourself in a battle, an siege, or a tavern with no orders and no idea what to do with yourself, find something and punch it in the face. I find that has a clarifying effect on any situation."
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