What is the character’s hometown? Sand point
How long has he lived there? 28 years
Does he like it or want to get away or already miss it? Garek has always loved to listen to stories of far away lands and is eager to see some of them for himself.
Has he traveled much? Since he was brought to sandpoint when he was four he has never left.
How old is your character? 32
What would somebody see at first glance (i.e. height, weight, skin color, eye color, hair color, physique, race, and visible equipment)? Garek is a tall man standing in at 6’3” but is not a large man. He is a strong but it’s a wiry strength rather then a broad muscular structure. His hair is kept in a close cut very close but not quite all the way to a buzz. He carries a large sword that is not the usual make and style of swords but fashioned after the swords of the far east. He wears a small medallion around his wrist with the image of an eagle on one side and a fleur de lie on the other.
Does your character have any personality quirks (i.e. antisocial, arrogant, optimistic, paranoid)? Minor naivitae and trusting. He has heard a few too many tales of heroes who travel the world and always win.
Are your parents still alive? No they died in a fire when I was ten years old. Bandits had attacked our forge and taken my mother they killed my mother and then locked my father in the forge and burned it down. I was taken in by Koya and raised by here after that. (my father is alive but ran away)
Do you have any siblings?Have any of them died? No.
Is your character married? no
What is your character’s moral code? He believes in an eye for and eye but is also a helpful person and likes to help those around him.
How did your character get started in their chosen class? Garek Vowed to never be helpless in the face of combat again and took up training with the sword.
Does your character have any significant personal items? A small medallion that my mother gave me for my tenth birthday that has an eagle’s head on one side and a fleur de lie on the other.
Has your character ever served in the military? He served with the town watch for several years and learned how to be a soldier from them .
• Story seeker – ever since he came into the care of Koya she has told him stories of faraway places and fantastical monsters that were slain by great hero’s. Now his greatest wish is to be a part of those stories, to go out on grand adventures and see the faraway places that he grew up hearing about.
• Honor bound – growing under the tutelage of Koya he always lived a strict code of conduct. Show proper respect to those deserving. Do not take insults lying down. Be kind to those in need. Do not question the integrity of others unless given proof of dishonesty.
• Hunter – since losing his parents too bandits he has devoted a significant part of his time to putting and end to the practice of banditry. He has never been able to stomach letting a bandit escape when caught in the act.
• Independent – Garek does not take easily to requiring aid from others. He prefers to work things out on his own accomplish tasks by his own skills and talents. He accepts that he cannot do everything himself but he will attempt everything himself before even considering aid.
• humble – Garek knows enough to know that he does not know everything. While he has studied maps and local customs with his Koya knows that there is always more just beyond the edge of the map.
• Inquisitive – the teachings and tales of Koya, while excelent in teaching what she knew, were limited to what she knew. Garek is eager to discover new ideas and new things.
• an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Goals
• I want to discover something that no one else has seen or understood before
• I want to help Koya fulfill her dreams of travelling the world
Secrets
• Known – I massacred the bandits who killed my parents
• Unknown – My father survived the fire the bandits set but ran away.
Compatriots
• Koya – Foster Mother since the age of ten. Confident in the matters of romance and information.
• Sandru – Foster brother/uncle. There is enough of an age gap that he would be doing things above me but he always treated me as a brother in our adventures when we were younger.
• Brentol Snow – A dwarf who came to sandpoint some years ago to help during a time of crisis. He became friends with garek and helped him to learn the weapons skills that he has now. It has always been a goal to one day be able to defeat Brentol in a dual but that has not happened yet.
• Devon trist – A member of the watch who dislikes me for having had a tryst with a former flame of his. He always tries to make Garek look bad in his duties of being a watchmen to discredit his reputation as an upstanding member of the watch.
Memories
• When I finally tracked down the bandit gang that had killed my mother and father I killed them all without mercy. It was then that I realized that revenge was meaningless. It didn’t help me at all. It didn’t bring them back and it didn’t make living without them any easier.
• When I was 19 I made the worst choice of my life and got horribly drunk one night. To this day, I still don’t know what exactly happened. The most anyone will tell me is vague rumors of seemingly impossible rumors of song and dance. To this day, I refuse to touch a drop of alcohol and avoid anything else that impair my faculties.
• After I lost my parents I was taken in by Koya and Sandru into their family. At first I thought they could never take the place of my parents, and to a degree I was right but I did come to accept them as family members. I learned that other people can become just as important to you as your first immediate family.
Primary Fear
I am afraid of a being helpless. When I was ten I was helpless to save my parents from the bandits. When I was 19 I was helpless control myself while I was drunk.
