May 25

May 25 Clairina Culjor (Barrister) & Uthyr Galahad (Guardian)

Header Art: Gnome Fighter by /u/NottNiles and NPC Codex (2012) by Paizo Publishing

Clairina Culjor - Barrister

Full of life and energy, Clairina is a champion of the downtrodden and forgotten. She is sought out by those that need her aid when they cannot afford expensive representation or council and helps almost everyone that does. She is constantly talking, usually loud and fast, and sometimes taken for a blowhard or fool, but they would be wrong. Clairina's words contain keen knowledge and understanding of whatever topic she is speaking about, and the eloquence with how she wields them has stymied greater minds than ours.

**Art Inspiration for Clairina;** Gnome Fighter by /u/NottNiles

Physical Description

Clairina has short golden brown hair and lively brown eyes. Clairina will give a wry smile to an individual before eviscerating them with her castigating retort. Short for even a gnome, Clairina wears platform boots to appear taller.

Backstory

Raised by two loving parents, Clairina was exposed to two very different worlds. Her empathy comes from her mother, who often organized her co-workers to partake in charitable events, which Clairina went to starting at a very young age. Here she witnessed the injustice people faced only because of their heritage or lack of social and economic status.

Her sharp tongue and fast-talking came from her father. A flawed man, Clairina watched him struggle with the drink, many times having to bring him home from the tavern at closing. Other times, she would stitch him up when his harsh words and loud mouth resulted in him being on the losing end of yet another drunken fight. This taught her that words had power, but only if you knew how to wield them correctly.

Clairina channeled her energies into her schoolwork, becoming one of the youngest barristers the land has seen in generations. Most of her cases involve those who cannot defend themselves, usually children. She has appeared before courts, councils, noblemen, and kings, coming to aid the oppressed or falsely accused. Her vast knowledge of the law, history, and racial customs, along with the articulate and brilliant use of language, has garnered the respect of many and the loathing of others.

Quick Reference Traits

Personality Traits. Quick with a laugh, she can cut down anyone with her words and wit.
Ideals. Always fight for those that cannot fight for themselves.
Bonds. With children, the elderly and the infirmed.
Flaws. Can be blinded by her anger when dealing with injustice.

Adventure Hooks

Clairina is representing the region's tieflings, who are being unjustly persecuted for a string of robberies. She hires the party to find the real culprits so she can bring them to justice.
Children around the city are being kidnapped. Find the kidnappers be any means necessary.
Clairina is being threatened by unknown forces. With so many different people and groups angry at her, Clairina needs the party to find out who wants her silenced, while also protecting her from harm.

Uthyr Galahad - Forest Guardian

Uthyr is a forest guardian, or ranger as some call it, of the forests outside of Lucia in the United Kingdom of Arjun. Within these forests, he hunts down evil creatures and those who seek to slaughter villagers, ransack homes, and burn down farmsteads. While he has no love for civilization itself, spending the majority of his time in the forest, he sees himself as a protector of good nature, nature that heals and restores.

**Art Inspiration for Uthyr;** *NPC Codex,* 2012 by Paizo Publishing

Physical Description

Uthyr stands at 6-feet, 3-inches though he is typically stooped over to help hide his large frame behind trees, bushes, and other natural cover in the forest. He wields a silvered shortsword and his leather is as mud-stained as his deeply tanned skin. His greasy black hair is left unkempt and haphazardly shorn to keep it out of his dark eyes.

Backstory

Uthyr was born in Lucia to a poor family that couldn't afford much to help him start his life, but that never mattered. Uthyr never really felt comfortable as a farmer, or when he did a brief stint training to be a tanner and leatherworker. Once he realized that his true calling was out in the forest, he packed what meager belongings he actually cared about and started earning his money acting as a sellsword of sorts to clear out the evil monsters in the forests. He isn't paid for his efforts, but when he asks for equipment or provisions, the people of Lucia do not turn him away, instead, they simply ask the mayor of the town to cover his costs.

Uthyr has taken on a variety of monsters in his nearly 15 years of tending the forests, from rabid wolves to even a lone hill giant that had wandered too far from its normal territories. He prefers fighting in melee with creatures and is uncomfortable with the bow, probably due to never having one when he was young and only getting a bow when he started protecting the forest. He has taken down manticores and even a peryton, though that required climbing trees and waiting for them to land before he could bring the fight to them.

Recently, he has been tracking a pack of werewolves in the forest. If he is to face them on his own, there is a chance he will be bitten and be cursed to join that evil pack.

Quick Reference Traits

Personality Traits. Uthyr remains calm and pragmatic, no matter what.
Ideals. Uthyr is always loyal to friends, but no other.
Bonds. Uthyr works to ensure that his forest is safe.
Flaws. Uthyr believes he has the best ideas for monster hunting, accepting little objection.

Adventure Hooks

Uthyr has begun hunting down a werewolf pack that has made its home in his forest. While he could easily take on two or three of them at a time, he isn't sure about taking on a whole pack by himself. He is looking for hardworking adventurers to take with him to help even the odds.
A recent ambush did not work as Uthyr had planned and now he has been bitten by a werewolf. He is hoping to find enough wolfbane to stop the transformation, but he isn't confident about what will happen to him in a month.
With the werewolves taken down, Uthyr is trying to figure out why they came to this forest and if they were running away from something. It's not long before he begins noticing the tracks of giants on the edges of his territory.

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