Sir Brylen the Hook

NAME: Sir Brylen the Hook

GENDER: Male

AGE: 36

SPECIES: Human werewolf

DESCRIPTION: Coarse black hair and stubble. Tough heavy build. Many scars. Quite tall.

PROFESSION: Soldier of fortune

WEALTH: Not comfortable

COMBAT ROLE: Brylen is a powerful fighter with swords, halberds, war-picks, and all kinds of melee weapons. He fights alone or on the front line.

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES: Brylen's WEAKNESSES are enclosed spaces and manoeuvrable enemies. His STRENGTHS are his size and skill at arms.

MAJOR MOTIVATIONS: Brylen became a knight in suspicious circumstances, a year after the empire was destroyed. He has always felt a gnawing insecurity in relation to 'real' knights. He hates those who lord their titles and exploits over him, and he envies their holdings and possessions. His thirst to prove himself the 'genuine article' makes him an ambitious fighter.

MAGIC: None, apart from some mage blood stains on his shield and surcoat.

BACKGROUND: Brylen grew up serving a noble house as a page and squire in the great capital city Pakellan. He was accepted as a favour to his father, who had been a faithful, longserving man at arms. He found no real acceptance but trained hard and was not far from being knighted when the Empire fell. He fled the city in fear, along with a few other householders and knights. A couple of years later, he emerged from obscurity as a notable fighter, though some said that his knighthood might have been self-granted. Since then he has bounced from liege to liege, more or less a sellsword in search of legitimacy but lacking the real quality for the role.