reviewed Dante Lyn - Tabaxi Outlander Arcane Trickster Rogue

[The_Dark_Star]

Dante Lyn

Character concept: A religious fanatic that is on a quest to find The One that will lead his people from the shadows of the mountain and create an empire under their name.

Lineage, background, planned-subclass, class: Tabaxi, outlander, planning on delving into arcane trickster, rogue.

Description: A 5'10" Lynx Tabaxi with thick dark brownish orange hair, face covered in whiskers, long eyebrow hairs that reach out passed his face by a few inches and long, sharp ears. He has deep, warm brown eyes, a soft, dark pink nose, around his eyes, lips and nose are black skin that makes it look like he is wearing mascara and lipstick. The longer hairs down his cheeks and chin are braided and reach down passed his chest. Over his left eye are two thin scars. You can tell he is older by the white hairs growing around his eyes, mouth and chin.

He wears tight black leather armour covered in traveling clothes, brown shirt, black pants, leather boots and a brown cloak that he wears to serve the purpose of making him look as common and average as possible. His clothes have a number of slits cut into them on both of his sides, which allows him the ability to reach hidden weapons and tools, but keep them out of eyesight.

Dante is a Tabaxi of ritual, practice and zealous devotion. If someone were to observe him for 24 hours they would think that he was a priest with the things he does during the day. He prays three times a day facing towards the Sword Mountains, he reads from an old book that he keeps close to his heart, he interprets simple events as signs from the gods, he constantly asks Grumbar for guidance, and he is always looking, looking for the one that has been prophesized for him to find.

When looking at him, he looks like his is always searching for someone, often making it look like he is being paranoid and can spread that feeling onto the person he is interacting with. He is not ashamed to tell someone that he is from a cult, how he grew up, how he got here, the only thing he keeps to himself is how many of them there are and how many branches of them exist in the world.

When he finds a candidate that fits the prophecy, he becomes very, very focused and devoted to that person. He will do whatever they demand of him, the only thing he wants in return, is that at some point, they go back to his home and speak to his leaders.

Your character's plothook: Dante has heard rumours of goblins terrorizing a settlement. The High Steward of Nightstone, Lady Velrosa Nandar, is a Waterdhavian noble. She is reportedly offering a reward to anyone willing and able to deal with the goblin threat. This falls into one of the things that was prophesized, "The One will take leadership and defeat a threat from harming the commoners."

Past is prologue: Dante always remembered living in the Sword Mountains, creating large living spaces within the caverns and caves within the tall natural structures. His family was a tribe of religious fanatics of Grumbar, The Lord of the Element of Earth, and lived in the mountains to be as close to their god as they thought they could. His life was harsh, dealing with the cold weather, storms, the ever changing landscape that didn't care who you were, if you took one misstep there, it meant death. If that wasn't enough, there were also the many creatures that also lived in the there that they didn't get along with and had to fight with, also having to deal with people who wished steal the resources from the mountains which makes him to this day not think or speak well of dwarves.

His family were close, even though they didn't all share the same blood, everyone was involved in the caring and teaching of the children. Teaching them to climb, to survive in the harsh environment and to fight those that would dare enter into their territory. Dante's first kill was a young dwarf miner because they were gouging the resources from an area that was close to their home. His last kill (which got him to level 1) was a young wizard, he keeps the book that he found on that persons body, trying to learn the spells within it.

Dante was assigned his wife at the age of 18, her name was Alana, they had many children together, she died ten years afterwards, falling off a cliff fighting an orc that had kidnapped their youngest child. His closest friends, a Stone Genasi by the name of Arwar, two Tabaxi female twins, Galan and Hera and three goblins named Jug, Karr and Hon helped him during this tragic time and he could never repay them for what they did.

His life completely changed forever though, when he had fallen and somehow survived, barely, his people did all they could for him, but thought him dead for sure. During this time, Dante was given a horrifying vision, giants, roaming the mountains and killing most of his people and enslaving the rest, mixed with the image of a stone figure that kept asking him to find the one to stop this, it promised that if he found this person, it would change the lives of his people forever. He awoke, alive and healed, he told his leaders of what he saw, that it was a vision from Grumbar itself, that it needed him to find a hero, a champion, a leader. He had to leave his home, for their sake, so in the night, as soon as he could, he left, taking what he could and leaving his family and friends behind. He now travels in search of this chosen one.

Deity: Dante is devoted to the god Grumbar, the Elemental Lord of Earth, without him they would not have the tall and powerful mountains that tower over the world. Without him, nothing would be able to exist, he is the foundation of all things and Dante is quick to remind others of that fact.

His belief has made him strong, physically and mentally, it has shown him that life can be beautiful, but unforgiving. He has learned to be calm and silent like a mountain, to be as unnoticeable as a rock in a rock pile, but ready to hit like an avalanche when the time calls for it. He believes that we all come from the earth, and that when we die, we should be joyful that we can once again become one with Grumbar.

His faith has made him hate those that would do great harm to the earth. If their aim is to strip mine, dig many tunnels that would weaken the structural integrity of the mountains, or destroy the landscape, simply for the fun it, will be met with swift justice and will have to answer to his god when they enter the realm of the dead.

Other Images:

Ceremonial dagger

This is what his dagger looks like, an obsidian dagger with a jawbone hilt made from his first ever kill, this blade is ceremoniously used, when an opponent is killed he will stab the dead with it. The obsidian is said to be a part of Grumbar itself, every adult in his tribe has one.

Clothing

Clothing designed to keep the body warm in cold weather, allows him freedom of movement and airs out the moisture that he produces. Underneath the clothing he wears light leather armour.

His book

This soft leather pocket book has the teachings of his leaders of Grumbar, tales of it's champions and contains words of prophecy within them.

The spellbook

This is the spellbook that he took from the wizard, his last kill. He is currently trying to study the book and learn the spells that are within it, but might need outside help in order to understand what needs to make them work.

 

Edited April 4 by The_Dark_Star (see edit history)

[The_Dark_Star]

Dante Lynx

Tabaxi Hermit Arcane Trickster

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Edited April 3 by The_Dark_Star (see edit history)