Ash of the Crooked Branch
This young adult Pterasit is pretty skinny and pretty tall for his race, his body awkwardly lumbering about like a newborn deer. His thick white hair covers his eyes, as is standard for his people. He wears a loose, hooded, green tunic over brown pants, clearly for camouflage purposes.
Ash of the Crooked Branch is, to no one's surprise, a member of The Clan of the Crooked Branch , the clan associated with Crooked Branch Village and the native pterasit population that lives there. He works primarily as an adventurer in The Adventurers Guild of Krakonia (AGK) to represent the clan's main mission to assist foreigners with navigating the wilds of Requerm , and especially the Great Beast territories throughout the world. He has a particular affinity for animals, knowing much about the wildlife to the point that he can connect with fauna on a spiritual level. This of course is one of a laundry list of quirks surrounding the man. Despite being the life of the party around wildlife, he's a bit cringey around other people, speaking his mind without anyone asking and making lame jokes that don't land amongst more serious adventurers. He has a tendency to info-dump about his special interests, which can be helpful out in the field, but far more annoying when sitting at camp at night.
Ash is registered with the AGK as a psychic, which means he can use mental energy to manipulate others' minds. He uses these skills primarily to manipulate animals, calming their nerves and asking them questions for investigative purposes. His intellect is his strength, with his best uses being as a knowledgeable traveler that can inform his party members about many of the dangers they can expect to meet out in the field. He is also quite good at investigations, having multiple basic spells that allow him to see what others cannot, and his natural pterasit senses further allow him to find secrets for his party. He cannot, however, do much to defend himself in combat, relying primarily on his party members to keep him alive.
Ash first showed up in the first official session of the campaign, offering his services to the party as a ranked adventurer that can help them obtain their full licenses, his motivation being to push Juniper of the Crooked Branch into better standing with the AGK, since it's in his clan's best interest to do so. He has since played a mostly passive role in the adventure, allowing the rest of his party to show their true colors so that he has more to report to the AGK once they complete all their behests.
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