Raniero
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Raniero has been running the Hagslayers for some years. He does not care for it though. It was just an excuse to travel north and make some money.
His daughter was indoctrinated into the Greywood cause. She was looking for purpose and got swept up in honeyed words and promises of a greater cause. She became a mage - a Speaker. After facing devastating losses of her platoon in a skirmish she became power hungry and decided to make the pilgrimage to the Sea of Dreams. She has not been seen since.
Raniero hates mages and he hates Greywood. He believes that magic corrupts the mind. He might be right. He's really only here to get a better understanding of the Sea of Dreams. Starting with the Red Ruins. If you ask any of the Hagslayers they'll tell you that he disappears for weeks at a time. He's been delving into the ruins.
Virtues & Personality perks
Combat
Raniero is an expert fighter using a blend of magic and martial prowess to best his foes. He has a bond with a magical glaive known as Goblinslayer. It allows him to cast powerful spells. There is not a single member of the Hagslayers who could beat him. All of them together probably couldn't beat him. In fact there probably is not a single person in Yeffield who could beat him. Bar Madam Juno.
Leadership
Raniero is the respected leader of the Hagslayers. They will do as he says even if he rarely gives them any direction. He does not tend to do it often but he is a fantastic leader. He used to be the captain of a ship down in the Maw. If he ever ends up fighting in a group he is a masterful tactician too.
Knowledge
Raniero's greates ability though, is his knowledge. Decades spent studying Verve, Ichor and Souls have wizened him.
He knows briefly about most schools of magic and their weaknesses.
Spirits are terrified of the Mad King. If you have the corpse of someone who died to the Mad King you can use it to exploit spirits. Anything belonging to a victim of the Mad King is known to be Maddened. Spirits are weak to maddened things.
Rust is a powerful substance which anybody who has Verve or Ichor in them is weak too. Getting some would be really helpful.
Vices & Personality flaws
Raniero never talks about it but he loves the sea. He misses it. He wants to sail the perilous waves of the Maw once more.
Social
Contacts & Relations
The Hagslayers
They all respect him and he looks down on them as scum. He does not care for his men particularly and will take no offence if any of them are hurt or beat in a fight.
Cecilia Henze
He meets often with Cecilia to discuss the future of the town. She looks down on him. He looks down on her. Not in a spiteful way but neither of them respect the other.
They are in agreement that something has to be done about the Wicktens family. They meet a few times per week to discuss such things. Their current plan is to try and get the circus on their side and launch an expedition into the Red Ruins to stop whatever is there. The will to do this will be expediated in a couple of days when a group of Wretch attack a farm.
Twinkle the Clown
Raniero likes twinkle. They remind him of his kid. He realized immediately that they're a fey due to Goblinslayer. He would like to know about Twinkle and the others who managed to so easily best a group of Hagslayers. He would like to recruit them.
Mannerisms
He always pats his legs twice when he stands up or sits down.
Wealth & Financial state
Goblins Rest. Everyone talks about Raniero's living weapon. Few have seen it but you can always hear me talking to it. Goblins Rest is a long, slender, glaive. It is indeed a living weapon which Raniero uses as a conduit for his magic. Little is known about it but it sounds like Raniero has long conversations with it up in his room.
The staff itself hums faintly when a fey is nearby.
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