Idne the "Gentleman Bandit"
Idne Picara (a.k.a. The Gentleman Bandit)
I still remember his grin as he dug his blade deep into his chest. No man smiles when he delivers a killing blow, but Idne took some sort of satisfaction that I never truly understood. I had been traveling with him for a week or then. He insisted upon delivering me safely back to my home. Ushering me up onto his gray mare, he quickly mounted and began to head back down the road from whence he first arrived. I put my arms around him, watching the carriage swathed in blood fade to the oncoming greenery of the trees.
Idne was a well-dressed fellow despite the circumstances. I remember his heavy leather coat with broad lapels and the wide brim black hat he wore atop his head. Like his scarf, it was neatly tied with an emerald-green ribbon. At his hip was the very blade he used to lay waste to those men. A sizable black-power pistol was tucked away into a pouch upon the saddle. I tried to speak with him only to find that he did not understand my tongue. I shouldn't have been so surprised considering that he was human like most that live about Carovige.
I did my best to be friendly to him during the evenings despite our language barrier. His face was rugged but handsome. He somehow managed to be clean-shaved despite spending all of his time upon the roads. When he smiled, I liked watching his laugh-lines lift and his bagged eyes crease.
I tried to put together some words I knew in his language, "Help... why... me?" He shook his head and gestured towards me and back towards the woods behind us. I could only understand a few words,
"Protect the innocent from mankind's evils".
He spent nearly a month with me as we waded our way about the woods looking for my people. The entire time, Idne never took his eyes off of me. He seemed to be constantly worried that I would somehow get hurt or become wounded.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The Carovigian Guard has placed several bounties upon the head of Idne Picara for treason, murder, assault, and highway robbery. He wasn't always an outlaw, however. Idne began his life within the city of Carovige. His parents were fishermen and he simply didn't care for the stench of the sea. He wanted to explore the countryside by any means possible. He became the squire of his uncle at a very young age. After learning the basics of combat, Idne returned to the city to work as a sellsword, for waiting for his uncle to pass to take his place was as interesting as fishing to him. For nearly a decade, Idne created a name for himself. A professional, he dressed nicely and was an incredibly respectful and mild-mannered gentleman despite having quite the thuggish occupation. After fending off criminals in the woods something went incredibly wrong. It is widely believed that he killed the nobleman Flavian Intugrad, a notorious cut-throat businessman known for being strict and stoic. After this event, Idne has taken to terrorizing the roads between Carovige, Nastrice, and Vinoste.
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