Gar Shatterkeel

Prophet of the Crushing Wave Gar Shatterkeel

The former sailor Gar Shatterkeel leads the Crushing Wave cult. He wields the elemental weapon Drown , a trident imbued with the essence of Olhydra, Princess of Evil Water. Gar is a sullen man who says little, letting his actions speak for him. He believes he has been wronged by the world and hates all people except those as broken and unfortunate as himself. Gar also despises weakness in others.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Gar is covered in barnacles, and he wears an artificial arm in the shape of a crabs claw over the stump of his left arm.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

The former sailor Gar Shatterkeel leads the Crushing Wave cult. He wields the elemental weapon Drown , a trident imbued with the essence of Olhydra, Princess of Evil Water. Gar is a sullen man who says little, letting his actions speak for him. He believes he has been wronged by the world and hates all people except those as broken and unfortunate as himself. Gar also despises weakness in others.Gar was born in a poor fishing village in the Nelanther Isles. At a young age, he lost his family to a sahuagin attack. The sea devils slaughtered almost everyone he knew. A Tethyrian merchant galley conscripted the young orphan into service, and Gar was forced into a brutal indentured servitude that was barely better than being enslaved. His unwilling service came to an end when pirates attacked the merchant ship. During the fighting, Gar was knocked overboard. For days he survived by clinging to the ships wreckage, until a shark ripped off his left arm. Death seemed imminent, but a powerful current arose and bore him away from the hungry predator. Within an hour he was cast upon the shores of the Sword Coast.
Gar believed that the current that had saved his life was an elemental sent by the sea. From that day forward, he devoted himself to the ocean, teaching himself its secrets and learning powerful water magic over years of lonely wandering. He despised all other people, remembering only his harsh treatment by the merchant crew and the brutality of the pirates. But in time he became aware of a call to a higher purpose, impelling him to find other examples of human flotsam and teach them about the power of the sea.
Gars visions led him to the secret waters beneath the Sumber Hills. He found a hidden cavern temple, on whose altar lay a powerful magical trident. Sensing its power, Gar took up the weapon and began to call his cult to join him in the Temple of the Crushing Wave.

Gender Identity

Male

Employment

Prophet of the Cult of the Crushing Wave

Intellectual Characteristics

He never uses two words when one will do, and he believes that anyone addressing him with courtesy is either insincere or subtly mocking him. The water prophets primary motivation is retribution; the world has been cruel to him, and he intends to make everyone else suffer as he has. He longs to be near the ocean again and is distressed by the fact that the driving force behind his visions keeps him so far from the sea.

Current Location

The Dessarin Valley

Year of Death

1491 DR

Circumstances of Birth

Born in a poor fishing village in the Nelanther Isles

Circumstances of Death

Killed by a party originally organized by The Order of the First Dawn, in an attempt to thwart the threat of the Elemental Cults in the Dessarin Valley

Gender

male

Eyes

Green

Hair

Bald

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Grey covered in barnacles

Height

6'0"

Weight

190lbs

Known Languages

Aquan, Common