"Quill" Leewing's page

The kenku gives the approaching Erze the side-eye in suspicion as he approaches...but then, it was the ranger's choice to reveal himself to the others, so an introduction was inevitable.

His gaze briefly travels over the length of the knight's weapon, wariness plain on his avian features, but then the ranger holds out a taloned hand, to shake.

"That 'whatever happened to Chromia' matter is what brings me here, in fact," he states. His voice has an undercurrent of the croak that punctuates the speech of feral ravens.

He takes a smooth step backward and bows over his leg in a birdlike manner. The ranger's limbs are long and spindly.

"My name is Quill. Before my flock was lost, I was designated High Ranger to these forests. I have come to offer my assistance. As Ranger, it is my responsibility to aid those who are in need here. The spider was just one example of threats that I am tasked with handling." As he was speaking, he fishes a cloth insignia out of his pocket, by way of identification. The insignia shows a bird's head over a shield, with complex heraldry.

The ranger continues. "You have wounded and need shelter. I'm aware of a ruins not far from here where we could set up a camp for these survivors. If we gathered ourselves and left now, we could make it by nightfall."

The raven circles back in midair, coming to alight on the stranger's shoulder. He pulls back his hood to reveal avian features, showing himself to be a Kenku. They're fairly common as a race, though they usually keep to their own species.

He speaks. "Hail. I did not mean to interrupt your conversation with the spider, but I saw that the discussion might not have gone in your favor if I hadn't stepped in."

"You can call me Quill. I'm a ranger in these woods. Are you folks having some kind of difficulty here?"

And, a few character-defining questions :

What was you and your flock's goal before the catastrophe?
Did you get separated from your flock during the catastrophe, or afterwards?
What brought you in this direction? What is your goal now?

Before the catastrophe, my flock were nomads, wandering from place to place and largely living off the land's bounty. As a group, we had a tendency to hoard shiny and/or magical items, but it wasn't our primary concern. They mainly want to live and let live; my flock was like a big extended family.

I was away on a Long Range, aiding a city-slicker with an escort job, for the past several weeks. I was just returning home to my home forest when the Catastrophe struck.

Since then, I've just been wandering aimlessly, sort of in shock, trying to figure out what the hell happened. I happened upon the wizard entirely by chance.

As far as the custom racial move for Kenku rangers goes... Kenku are known for being excellent at mimicking sounds. Maybe I could have the ability to near-perfectly mimic any sound I've heard before? Open to your thoughts as well.

Quill was Lead Ranger of a private flock of Kenku that lived in the area that was devastated by the Catastrophe. His flock were forest guides that mainly lived off the land when they weren't doing trading goods and skills with the visiting city-folk that wandered out this way. He was trying to find out what caused the Catastrophe when he happened upon Rankev the wizard, being assaulted by a forest beast. Naturally, he intervenes! He knows well how dangerous these forest spiders can be.

From his hidden vantage point, he will take a Called Shot to the creature's head, attempting to stun or kill it. Roark the raven follows his master's arrow, harrying the spider with its buffeting wings and sharp talons.

2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 2 = 14
1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7