Benson Bardock

Benson Bardock is a wizard and fortune teller of high renown in the Kingdom of Munio in Ocyria. He is the leader of the Retinue of the Hand and founder of the School of Hands, Fingers, and Words. 
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
=== Studying in the Capital ===
=== Life in Mutus ===
=== Fortune Telling Gone Wrong ===
Benson was visited by a wandering noble and asked for a palm reading. During this seemingly mundane process, a magical mishap occurred where the noble's life line was removed from him and sent to become one with a scarecrow in a nearby farm, animating it and giving it sentience. The body of the noble turned to ash in the process. The scarecrow was very much the same person as the noble, but seemed to be plagued with a sense of amnesia. As Benson had only just met the man and couldn't remember his name, they both had little idea who the man was before he became a scarecrow.
The noble's items remained. His high fashion set of clothing with colors that did not not seem to denote any kind of particular local fashion or allegiance, but the nature of the clothes did designate someone of wealth. He had the hilt from a broken sword with a jeweled silver and platinum design. The sword's broken blade left just over a foot and a half of length with a jagged point, which Shambles used as a short sword. According to Benson, lingering enchantments appeared to cling to the blade, but didn't seem to function properly.
There was also a vial of blood in a coin purse beneath a lot of coin. The vial seemed to be made of a reinforced crystal and the stopper is sealed with wax and copper bands. This item appeared to have a magical aura to it, but a raw aura. There was also a portion of a strange map of what appears to be a castle or temple or some subterranean structure. Lastly, there was a 1-inch cube made of bone that had been painted with a different color on each of its sides. According to Benson, this still seemed to have a magical aura and one that had been enchanted onto the item. Benson agreed to help Shambles figure out what had happened here and who he was before the incident.
=== Rescue at Fort Phalanx ===
=== The Dragon Barrow ===
=== The Town of Mortus ===
=== Lord of Ravens ===
=== Benson's Undaunted Discovery ===
=== Kalareth, the Fallen Heirophant ===
=== Purple Light ===
=== Prince of Thunder ===
=== Brawl at Berrod ===
=== Mount Rubyeye and the Phoenix Hazil ===
=== Mundi and Karamusan ===
=== Kalareth's Defeat ===
=== Contest at Benish ===
=== Conglomerate Remnants ===
=== First Contact with The Renegade ===
=== The Iron Road ===
=== Ashenae and the Shadow Wyrm ===
=== The Serpent's True Nature Revealed ===
=== The Darkflame Orcs ===
=== Blue Dragon Cultists ===
=== Clash at Black Fens and the Bastion of Broken Claws ===
=== To the Capital ===
=== Terminus ===
=== Aftermath ===
=== School of Hands, Fingers, and Words ===
=== The Shaded Syrix Stone ===
=== Current ===