Norman D

Norman D is a Tiefling Bard and is part of the treasure hunting team known as Team 8. He is played by Adam.

*"I believe it is in me to influence this world to be a much better place"* Norman D (Prologue: Norman D)

## **Background**

Norman grew up on the Calm Cloud island under Master Matsumora, one of the last surviving monks of the Calm Cloud monastery. Norman D, instead of adopting the monk ways, decided to learn to build relationships by using the power of his words and beautiful voice. After leaving the Calm Cloud monastery with the goal to becoming the master of all, he believed finding a grand treasure will help him on his mission. Beginning the quest, Norman D believes that he is the son of the demon under lord due to the sigil on the amulet worn around his neck that he has had from before he can remember.

### **Appearance**

Norman D has a burnt-golden skin and is covered in teal coloured tattoos from the neck down.

### **Personality**

Norman D falls under the alignment of chaotic good. He has a larger than life personality and strives for the greater things in life.

## Prologue: Norman D

### Episode Synopsis

Norman D begins in a dream, wakes up in an ocean and is guided into Sanguine by some men on a merchant's boat. Exhausted after about a week at sea after leaving the Calm Cloud monastery, he looks around and can tell upon arriving on the Sanguine floating raft, it’s a very popular trading hub.

With his gold encrusted accordion, Norman D performs a wonderful song for the people of sanguine and gains 20 gold. One audience member sticks around, a confident lizard man approaches and gives 2 gold coins. He introduces himself as Krit, a grey skinned lizard man and offers to treat Norman D to a meal.

Krit leads Norman to a courtyard in the center of the raft city. There is a stone gazebo with a pool of water and a platform in the middle of the gazebo and 4 tritons with tridents on the platform. Krit instructs them to lower to level 1 and the platform submerges and they go into a water funnel and Norman is soon surrounded by sea water and ocean creatures.

When they reach level 1, they walk through a glass submarine city and there are pods coming off the center. Norman and Krit go into pod number 8 and a female triton gives them a menu and they order food and drink. Norman D informs Krit that he is aiming to find a grand treasure to Krit's surprise and delight. Krit suggests his next best bet is to head to Aurum and suggest going to join the Greeders guild. There is a sudden banging and Krit tells Norman to get under the bed.

Norman D uses disguise self to make his appearance the same as the serving triton woman. Krit opens the door to a Gang of 4 burly humans with black padded leather, 2 holding spears, 1 with a scimitar and a large man with a war hammer. Norman, disguised as the triton leaves, on the way out, warns the group of a storm incoming and casts thunder wave, hitting all the mercenaries and Krit. Krit, dumbfounded, seems unharmed by the hit same as the large man. When Norman's disguise wears off, the larger man states that he was who they were looking for. Norman uses prestidigitation to produce some sparks which does not seem to bother the 7 foot tall man who swings his war hammer down. Norman knows this is meaning impending doom but the blow is softened by a water wall that shoots up between him and the large mercenary cast by Krit.

Norman runs to the tritans, one of which is killed by a spear. The other tritan, furious with the death of his friend attacks the 3 mercenaries who were behind Norman. Norman casts thaumaturgy to open the pod doors in the submerged area. He looks over to see a family of four huddled and afraid. Norman, realizing his mistake, closes the doors with thaumaturgy again but not before the young tritan boy is scarred for life.

Norman draws his rapier and runs around the circular area and runs past room 8 and does not see Krit but he runs into the man with the scimitar. They clash but both miss multiple times until Norman kills him with his rapier. Going back to find Krit, Norman finds the large man dead and uses thaumaturgy to call out to Krit who comes out to find Norman. With all the Tritons and mercenaries dead, the two of them believe they are in the clear until they hear a loud thudding.

Krit, obviously scared, hands Norman a teleportation scroll and tells him to think of Aurum and the Greeders guild before Krit ran off towards the sound. Norman is teleported 30 feet off the ground and landed unharmed. He saw a large, tall stone wall on his right stretching long way in both directions. After using prestidigitation to clean himself off, Norman heads west and sees in the distance a very thick forest and sees thick smoke in the air where there is an encampment in front of a gate with many golden armoured guards. Norman approaches the guards and says "*I'm here for the Greeders guild*".

### **Quotations**

* Norman D: *"Following the path of many before me and I'm on my way to find the next great treasure"*
* Krit: "*Norman D, I think you can shake this world*"

### **Locations**

* Sanguine
* Aurum