One-Eye Floatstone
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:33 pm
Of the seafaring clan Floatstone, Bearer of the Gold Coin, Map Keeper and Strategian of the Mindful Blade.
Appearance:
Race: Shield Dwarf
Age: 100
Height: 5 foot exactly
Weight: 170 lbs.
Eye: Green
Hair: none
Facial Hair Style: Stubble...but no beard.
One-Eye has a regular outfit of a tunic of copper cloth, trousers of worn-but-sturdy cotton weave, and a simple leather eye-patch. His features are pleasant to non-dwarves—an oddity it seems in racial relations. Immediately, what sits different from other dwarves in general, is his bald pate and non-beard. He wears a chain and medallion, which is a circular, gold coin.
One-Eye travels light, with a few pouches upon his belt. There is a pouch for coin, pouch for maps and scrolls, and a pouch from which many things come. Also upon his belt is a fine and jeweled dagger. His hand is often ready and at reach to it.
Personality Profile:
General Health: Good health. Physically adept, but strength augmented by magical means.
Deity: Vorgedain
Initial Alignment: Neutral
Profession: Seafarer, Lore Keeper-Map Maker, Negotiator in Commerce
Base Class & Proposed Development: Fighter/Rogue
Habits/Hobbies: Dwarven-life focused. Relates everything to being a stout. Has a keen interest in knowing anything when others play coy. Often found scheming to find wealth in lost treasure hoards.
Languages: Dwarf, Common, Orc, Elven, Thorass, Illuskan, others....
Weapon of Choice: Jeweled Dagger
Background:
A first son from clan Floatstone—a rare breed on Northern Coast dwarves known for their seafaring history...and their ability to swim! One-Eye goes by this alias...earned is a very real manner, though the story from which his eye was lost is ever changing. "I ain't be a growing' it till me gets me eye back! " is a typical response he gives to other dwarves that question his stubble-only face...a face, in fact, that is rather handsome...for a dwarf. His seriousness about regaining his eye is prominent in his personality.
Recent history is such: One-Eye was first-mate of the vessel Stone Bow, destroyed in 1321 by the dragon Old White Death. All of his clan aboard this vessel were killed, and he carries the burden of being possibly the last male Floatstone (this is his belief, but the truth is unknown). Since the devastation of the Stone Bow and his sworn oath as first-mate to protect the clan/crew, in order to recover a sense of self worthiness, One-Eye has traveled over the recent decades all the way south to The Shining Sea, to The Shaar, and back...collecting maps and working negotiations were his skill best suited any Captain of the Seas that would make use of it. His clan's Wanderer philosophy—one of two contrasting viewpoints of modern Shield Dwarves—supported his need to grow his knowledge and secure his future desires. As he reached his 100 year, this exact year...One-Eye settled upon the Sword Coast and Western Heartlands region of Baldur's Gate, where it has been rumored many adventurers and dwarves have taken residence.
Goals:
In this region, One-Eye looks to negotiate the acquisition of wealth, through commerce and adventuring, with any guild or clan that falls into his path.
Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
- One-Eye follows the dogma of Vergadain...but the ways of Abbathor has played a role in his past.
- One-Eye is the remaining son of the seafaring clan Floatstone, first-mate of the vessel Stone Bow, destroyed in 1321 by the dragon Old White Death. The Floatstone Clan supported the philosophy of the Wanderers, and commanded a small fleet of whaling and merchant vessels from Luskan to Neverwinter, and running goods all the way to Mirabar (where the Floatstone Clan was originally situated). With the destruction of the Stone Bow, and the possible loss of all the male kinsman of his clan, One-Eye must make a choice—one day—to join into another clan, or begin the process of continuing the lineage. The latter would most likely begin with a return to Mirabar, and an end to his adventuring life...but the concerns for wealth and knowledge pull against the oaths he bore to his clan. He thus lives his life torn between two futures.