Arethor Gowek

==Appearance==
*Fantasy race: Catfolk
*Pronoun: he/they
*Age: adult
*Voice accent: unidentified British
*Height: 5’7”
*Weight: 150 lbs
*Hair color: calico fur
*Skin color: N/A (light pink under fur)
*Eye color: green
*Example clothing outfit worn: dark trousers, open-necked shirt, threadbare blazer rolled up at the elbows
== Personality ==
*Traits: intelligent, charismatic, ethically-driven? (ends justify the means)
*Goals: to give one perfect closing argument
*Flaws: hates water, overly-confident (talk their way out of anything)
*Biggest fear: leaving no legacy
*One item they want: a return of their bar card (can practice law again)
*Pop culture influences: Alan Shore (Boston Legal); Jeff Winger (community) ← less selfish than either
*Tics / mannerisms to help GMs portray them consistently: tends towards too much eye contact; commonly says “well then”; constantly buttoning and unbuttoning his blazer
== Social Connections ==
*Family members:
**Dama Gowek (mother)
*People they know:
**Raethe Hornbill (former law partner)
**Hop Cottonbottom (former fiancée & employee) - She left Arethor after assuming they had used their Voice on her to make her fall in love (she still believes though it isn't true). They hadn't seen each other since, until an awkward encounter in The Thirsty Tree Inn in Hush.
**Gatlock Griffith (retired lawyer) - These two have never officially met, but Arethor spent many hours watching him in court. 
**Faeleron Thistledown - last client (case where Arethor was disbarred)
**Guardian Gwendolyn - a leader of Vigilants in Silverwood Haven who gave him a mission in the episode A Collaborative Effort
**Champion Tarlash - a leader of Orc warriors that came to the aid of Silverwood Haven in the episode A Collaborative Effort
**Halcyon One - a robot and game-lover met briefly in the street in Hush in the episode A Collaborative Effort
**The Alchemist of Hush - a seemingly alcoholic elf and officer of the Vigilants in Hush who had Arethor, Qigiq, and Sadie protect her in the episode A Collaborative Effort
** Freida Frost: loaned Arethor the Tinfoil Hat of Retskcirt until the winter in The Party gets Real
** Hudson Steinhauser: hosted a party that Arethor attended (though they never officially met) in The Party Gets Real. Arethor has also agreed to assist Hop in handling a case for Hudson.
** Oliver Mason: Marty's boyfriend?, they attended a party together, and Oliver was part of a group (along with Hop, Raethe, and Marty) that tested Arethor's Voice abilities in The Party Gets Real
** Porschia Minamon: attended a party at the same time as Arethor, though they never interacted in The Party Gets Real
** Retskcirt Goblin God Of Trickery: creator of the Tinfoil Hat of Retskcirt.
** Rowan Budd: cousin to Marty and attendee of the party (though never met Arethor) in The Party Gets Real
** Bonaventura Halevy - Current owner of The Pepperton Estate, made a deal with Arethor to allow them to read an anciet book written in a primordial language that explains about The Voice in Drinking Your Feelings
** Tess Fleetfur - got seen trying to steal The Whispersong, a book owned by Bonaventura Helevy, sought out the help of the FBK, Arethor helped clear their name, and got her into the protection of Bonaventure Halevy in Drinking your Feelings.
** Leug Goldbeard - sister of Ailbh Goldbeard. Stole The Whispersong to make a love potion to use on the object of her desire, Alexander McJohn. We caught her, but she got away, though without the book in Drinking Your Feelings.
** Saxim Falwars - fungus seller who was mentioned in Drinking your Feelings.
** Ginny Barrelshoulder - owner of the Hasty Hands cleaning service, which Leug infiltrated to get access to the book. I charmed her a bit, but she's married to her husband Thorston in Drinking Your Feelings. Her employees named but not appearing in this episode are: Modeda Underheath, Helga Warknocker, and Elsie Brewer, all dwarven cleaning staff.
** Jilenn Copperspeech - Leug's neighbor and an employee of the Hasty Hands service. Leug took her place to get access to the Pepperton Estate.
** Seamus Silverkeeper - named in Drinking your Feelings, but did not appear. A dwarven cartographer of rare maps that may be helping Leug and/or Ailbh find The Copper Still. Lives in Niqamui.
*Social class: used to be wealthy, ran through their money, now they are working class
*Occupation: disbarred lawyer turned adventurer
*Combat class: Voice, speak a primordial root language (roughly) that connects directly to listener’s brains, issuing subliminal commands
*Where they sleep at night: they maintain a run-down apartment
== Background / Personal history: ==
*Attended Jishoap Law School with Raethe Hornbill
*Was becoming a successful attorney in Jishoap, co-founder of Hornbill & Gowek (now Hornbill & Associates)
*While working at Hornbill & Gowek, Arethor fell for their assistant, Hop Cottonbottom and they became engaged
*They seemed to spontaneously develop what they call The Voice, a strange ability to slip into a primordial language that communicates directly with the brains of listeners, making them do things
*Raethe Hornbill discovered this by going through Arethor's personal journal without Arethor's knowledge
*Arethor used this Voice to influence a few jurors in order to further justice in a murder case. Arethor was defending an elf named Faeleron Thistledown that was accused of killing his brother, carrying a sentence of life in prison (a very long time for an elf). He had no alibi, but there also wasn't much evidence against him either. Arethor used his Voice in private to assure himself of Faeleron's innocence, and then again during closing arguments to influence the jury. He had never told anyone, but wrote it in his journal.
*It was revealed by Raethe Hornbill, his law partner, that he used this to win a few cases and was disbarred, using Arethor's journal as evidence.
*Raethe also told Hop, who thought that he had used his Voice to manipulate her into love as they fell in love so quickly, but this wasn't the case. Arethor still loves Hop and hopes that she will come around. He hadn't seen Hop since he was disbarred (see below).
*Rumours circulated that Arethor was unfaithful to Hop. He is unsure how they started (GM can invent this).
*He left Jishoap to attempt to start again, turning to adventuring to master and discover the source of this Voice (unknown to him, their mother performed a ritual to grant him the Voice, something their family has not done in generations; she didn’t know it would work but wanted to ensure his success as a lawyer - when it backfired, she decided to never tell him)
*They figured that adventuring would provide the best chance to see more of the world, learn what they needed, and return to the courtroom for vindication
*Arethor met Hop in a very awkward encounter at The Thirsty Tree in Hush. He discovered that she has become a lawyer in her own right with a firm in Hush. It seems like there might be some opportunity to reconnect someday, though she is definitely still upset.
== Things I’d Like To Explore In Future Adventures ==
*Moral dilemmas where the goal seems just but the path to it isn’t; or vice versa
*The importance of empathy/sensitivity to others feelings and Arethor’s impact through their behaviour
*Arethor still loves Hop, and would like to reconnect. He does now know that she lives and practices law in Hush. They began to reconnect in The Party Gets Real.
== List of adventures: ==
* A Collaborative Effort - Met with Hop for the first time since we broke up (very awkward meeting). She's still upset, but was at least open to talk. I learned that she's become a lawyer herself and opened a practice called Hop & Associates in Hush, a village in Albien.
* The Party Gets Real - Attended a party with Hop, Raethe and others. The connection with Hop is potentially improving, now that she has possession of The Tinfoil Hat of Retskcirt and can begin to trust their interactions. Arethor will be helping Hop with a legal case involving Anne/Sadie on behalf of Hudson Steinhauser. Raethe has continued to be an absolute jerk to Arethor. He discovered his Voice does not work on magical creatures, at least not on Macrotus Elves or nature spirits.
* Drinking Your Feelings - Joined up with Ailbh and Rusty to help clear the name of Rusty's friend Tess. I met Bonaventura Helevy who has a dangerous, chained book about The Voice. He was also extremely charming. After helping him retrieve The Whispersong, I was allowed to read the dangerous book. I learned the primordial nature of my power, and have gained more mastery of it. I am still unclear on how I came to this power, but I think Bonaventura might have more answers for me.
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