Gesner

## Traits

He’s a jolly old man from a forgotten age, he’s kind and respectful but desperate to teach where he can and facilitate the needs of the people he surrounds himself with. He also craves a mote of solitude, appreciating the quietness of an empty library where thousands of years of knowledge rest silently. He has tea with one sugar. He will also refuse any offer to help him move about more limber saying that his body has limitations and “you’ll get it when you’re as old as i am”

## Goals & Motivation

* Build a triton library full of waterproof books.
* Teach the world the true power of the ocean.
* Discover something meaningful to last the ages

## Physical strength

Minimal strength out of water, using a walking stick to aid him in his travels. However, in water he is capable of moving large rocks with ease

## Speed & Agility

He is not agile in the slightest on land, his movements are slow and predictable. Adversely in water he can move with great velocities, knowing the currents like the back of his fin.

## Endurance and Stamina

Travelling on land takes its toll on Ges, he can’t go for many days on the road without a break, and sleeping rough on the floor is absolutely out of the question. In water, he exerts less energy to move a lot further, making it a lot easier to move long distances.

## Charisma & Intelligence

Gesner could at one point recite all the knowledge he had collected, but now it takes several minutes to remember key details about the events he studied. He has a resting smile that feels warm despite him living largely in a big pool of cold water.

## Combat ability

Gesner has little to no combat skill, during his travels he had the help of a bodyguard named Pavel but entering Oracle decided to release him from his service with a hefty tip as thanks. Now he has but a quarterstaff (walking stick) which he uses to fend off any would-be attackers.

## Skills

Fishing and a spot of underwater foraging. He is a talented scribe with many years of documenting under his belt, and even took a year off of exploring in his youth to learn construction work though that was some time ago now.

## Drawbacks/weaknesses

Has a habit of writing everything down as if it were history in the making. He is quick to despair at the premature end of life, choosing to believe that there's an order to life and to go against the natural flow of the world is to set the world askew from its intended direction

## Early Life

* Gesner was 12 travelling in the middle of the ocean between voyages. His triton parents were migrating back and forth between two of the larger triton cities. There was a terrible storm, and the water became so restless that Gesner was ripped from his mothers arms and thrown into a nearby coral, cutting his face. Beneath the coral was a phrase etched into a slab of marble, clearly a fragment of a lost kingdom. It read “Protectors of the Knowledge” and Gesner thought this to be a Divine purpose given to him.

## Recent life events

* Gesner (not so) recently received word of the fall of a great triton kingdom in Oracle. It came in the form of a dusty letter, the courier had been tailing him for many years now but since he never really stayed in one place had been unable to reach him. Gesner decided to return and came to document the lost kingdom for any surviving members, lest it be forgotten into the footprints of the past.

## Present life

* The fall of the triton cities in Oracle have shaken him a bit, and reminded him that his time on this land is limited in its duration. He thinks its finally time to settle down and store the knowledge he has been collecting for future generations.
* He’s old now, with dodgy knees and limited eyesight thanks to an old scar.