About Johnny PortersJohny
Effect: If one of your allies should fall unconscious from hit point damage, you take a –2 penalty on attack rolls and skill checks as long as you are farther than 10 feet away from your fallen ally. Hero Lab® and the Hero Lab logo are Registered Trademarks of LWD Technology, Inc. Free download at http://www.wolflair.com
Living on the streets meant that Johnny became very adept at burglary, pickpocketing, and defending himself with anything he could find at hand. Johnny grew to become a small time criminal, but his notarity was grrowing as well. He became known not only for his skill at stealing but being able to dodge the guard who came for him. His life on the streets stole his childhood, but he never noticed it was gone. Johnny had a great sense of compassion for the other children that had no where else to live but the cold streets. He constantly bought food and clothing for the other children, or stole it if necessary. He became convinced that he would live and die in the slums of Port Ice, but he hoped to get others out even if he couldn't. Johnny met several people that supposedly wanted to help the street kids but they always seemed to be doing it for reasons Johnny didn't trust. There was one exception. A cleric that travelled to Port Ice from time to time named Garren. When he was in Port Ice he spent his time helping out the unfortunate street rats like Johnny, without wanting anything in return. When Garren was there he would help the street urchins like Johnny. He always talked about changing your lot in life, getting your compass to point north. Johnny always wanted to believe he could change but there were too many kids counting on him getting food and shelter for them. He knew if he wasn't ther they would not have a chance. Garren was always talking about leaving Port Ice and starting new somewhere else. He was famous with the kids for doing just that. He would get kids jobs working on a ship, ferry, guide, or farm hand. He always talked about taking control of your life like a ranger named Garion. According to Garren Garion was an orphen who now travelled helping people and guiding them from one place to another. It all seemed wonderful to Johnny but he knew it would never be something he could do. Garren would tell Johnny he knew a lot of people that could help him out and he even introduced him to one once. Garren introduced Johnny to his friend Salereon. Some noble from some family, Johnny could care less. Johnny secretly admired him, the guy didn’t really do anything wrong and he had money. He was all about protecting the people of Port Ice but he sometimes got in the way of some of the “jobs” that Johnny did to survive. It wasn't Salereon's fault of course, the man had no idea what Johnny had to do just to survive and help others to survive. At one point, Salereon almost caught Johnny dead-to-rights on a robbery job where some not so innocent people got hurt… but Johnny was wearing a mask and slipped out just as Salereon came on the scene. Johnny felt bad about that dodging Salereon, because all he wanted to do was try to protect the people of his community. But Johnny had to make money, and he had to make it fast. So he always avoided Salereon whenever Garren came to town. He could never let him know that sometimes when he was protecting Port Ice, he was protecting them from Johnny and aiding those that wanted to hurt those Johnny was protecting. Though Johnny would resist it everytime Garren never stopped pursuing Johnny. It was like a mission that Garren wouldn't let go. Garren was always telling Johnny that he could change himself. Make himself better. Johnny wanted to believe it but he believed that his lot was cast and nothing was going to change that. Or was it. On Garren's last visit he told Johnny of his new adventure that he had planned. It was a diplomatic mission to the south and Garren wouldn't be coming back for a long time. It all sounded very exciting to Johnny. It could be a fresh start it could be a change for the better. Johnny was getting a name for himself as a great burglar and sneak thief. Getting a name for yourself in normal circles would be a good thing but not in the underworld of crime. You either work for a boss or you are a boss and Johnny was no boss. Then it finally happened he got noticed once too often and was told in no uncertain terms that either he started paying his fair dues for his burglary or he would be stopped permanently. Johnny did not see why he should pay someone else for his work and had not desire to be stopped permanently. So he decided it was time to leave Port Ice. And he knew just the way to do it. Garren had told him just a few days ago about his diplomatic mission just before Johnny found out about the crime bosses demands. Johnny had two choices leave or stay and be a slave to the bosses. Johnny didn't want to be a slave to no man. Johnny decided that change was better and easier on his life. Johnny had saved some money from his days of doing business and bought everything he thought he would need and headed out to catchup with Gerran. Not too long after catching up to Gerran he finally got to meet the ranger Gerran was always talking about Garion. Gerran never told Johnny the ranger was an elf but I guess that didn't really matter. Johnny was very interested in seeing the rangers skills that he had heard so much about and was hoping that he could be accepted on this new chapter in his life. Gerran never asked why Johnny had all of a suddened changed his mind to venture out of Port Ice, but Johnny believed Gerran already knew. Gerran never gave a set of rules to abide by, but Johnny didn't want to disappoint him either. Johnny was trying to self himself on the right course after all this time, and it was funny to Johnny. Garren was always telling Johnny that he needed to work to change his ways by finding his true north on his personal compass. What made Johnny laugh so hard was to find his north he had to go south. But the cleric's mission was not something that Johnny could actually grab onto and he left the group after a few months and ventured back to large cities. He continued to move from city to city doing what he had grown to know, burglary. That was until he was caught and imprisoned, but it wasn't just any prison it run by the Order of Tears. He was told that if he did well and worked on being a better person the Order could find a place for him once his sentence was over. He did just that and studied while he was away learning many things like other languages. He took all this and made himself better and is now a part of the Order waiting to do what he can to help. Johnny is a people person even though he had to live for himself and keep other people's eyes off of him being a small time crook. He hates abuse of any kind and will go out of his way to stop it. In fact he spent most of the money he... well procured, on others to help them out. He wants a new life for himself where he can live without fear. And one day he would like to have a family and raise a son and treat him like he was never treated. Hero Lab® and the Hero Lab logo are Registered Trademarks of LWD Technology, Inc. Free download at http://www.wolflair.com
Abundance
Lady Regret
Idle Hands
|
