Hello everyone!
This is my character, which is presently a rough draft that I switched around about 5 or 6 times today. I will be double-checking him and cleaning up his statblock later, but he is pretty much done other than the backstory. Just getting the crunchy bits out of the way.
Gameplay-wise, he is focused on standing between enemies and his party members, hitting enemies hard, and doing several combat maneuvers to help cripple enemy options during combat.
Roleplay-wise, he was a street urchin in Absalom born to a harlot. He had the good fortune to pick the pocket of an Elven warrior, who took him on as an apprentice. During his time with her, he learned the arts of swordplay, was educated in many different fields of knowledge, and the code of honor practiced by his mentor. When she was killed later, he took her blade and vowed to continue her work helping people. He's a calm, stoic warrior who has a deep sense of compassion and justice but very little in the way of people skills. He has several traits which most people would consider eccentric and is immensely fond of chess. He only moves when necessary during battle, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake that he can exploit.