Captain Rolon Keeven

Rolon Keeven is the current leader of the Flaming Fist mercenary company. It is unknown exactly when Keeven took the job leading the colossal force which defends a majority of the Sword Coast, but his grizzled demeanor and untrusting attiude hint that he has been in the position for some time.
Originally born into abject poverty on a farm outside the towering walls of Waterdeep, Keeven set out to change his life at the age of 12. Joining a local gang of street urchins, Keeven learned to steal what he needed to survive. It wasn't long before Keeven was leading the group himself, targeting local shops in the slummier districts of Waterdeep and burgling them for their wares. It was sometime around the age of 14 that Keeven fell in with a younger, more talented thief by the name of Neeve Keene. Keene wanted to take the gang in a riskier direction; she wanted to target the nobilty of Waterdeep and their magnificent estates. This tactic offered greater reward for the gang, but also the risk of being caught and spending their teenage years in the city dungeon.
Keeven reluctantly went with Keene's plan, but only because he was partly infatuated with the bright, young rogue. It was on one such risky burglary that Keeven was caught scaling the wall of a manor house, 30 feet up. Although Keene saw that her partner was in trouble, she abandoned him while Keeven watched. He was captured and brought to trial, where he was sentenced to three years banishment from the city of Waterdeep.
However, it was a new, young watch captain that came to Keeven's aid. He promised the boy saftey and food if he would consider trading his life of crime for a place among the Flaming Fist. Keeven, desperate, reluctantly accepted the offer. Keeven bloomed in his new postion, and before long he became the rising star of the company, outshining most all other recruits.
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