Lestrade Gallows

*“The thing is about great fears, for someone like me, they come seconds before great triumphs!”*

 Lestrade Gallows was a player character for The Last Will campaign. He is an old military veteran proficient in Arcane Magic however his real skills come from his tactical thinking and deftness with a blade.

Lestrade is the son of Cedric & Kaylabeth Gallows, also named after his godfather Gaius Lestrade.

## Physical Description

Lestrade is an older gentleman who often wears his Telmont Militia Commander Uniform, he carries a pistol and a rapier as his preferred weapons of choice. Lestrade also wears a black eyepatch over his scarred left eye.

His skin is wrinkled as the years catch up to him in his old age as his grey hair stubbornly continues to grow.

## Background

### Early life

Lestrade was born shortly after the events of Legends Of Tyrrus into a new recovering world. Being the child of one of the saviors lead to him growing up with a lot of pressure on his shoulders, with high expectations of his magical talent and eventual expectation to rule the growing town of Telmont.

From a young age, Lestrade showed little natural talent for magic, taking him months before he could conjure a simple mana-bolt. This along with his namesake meant he was scrutinized heavily by his peers when he began to train at the arcane colleges over in New Haven, after his first term he came home and locked himself away in his room.

Cedric, in spite of his flaws, knew when things were wrong. One day despite Lestrade's protests he blinked into his room to find his son packing to run away. the two sat on his bed and spoke about how he struggled with magic, Cedric didn’t pretend to relate to his son however gave him a few encouraging words before withdrawing him from the Academy and decided to take him on as his own student! Word spread fast and it wasn’t long before the Gallows school of Arcane Magic was founded teaching a more specialized, less rigid form of Arcane magic.

In this new environment, Lestrade flourished as a student! Able to Translocate and Counterspell with ease.

Into his adolescence Lestrade signed up to join the Telmont Militia as a Director, being the first Gallows to officially serve in the organization. Most of his colleagues while feeling bolstered by the support were also unsure of what to expect given Lestrade was yet to shine in the public eye.

His first few years of service were filled with honour and accomplishment, however, his true test would come in the fallout of the Hirokiri Invasion of New Haven.

### Military Service

*“Back in the demon wars…”*

 The Telmont Militia was not allowed to answer the call for aid sent out by New Haven. At this time the region of Silvershire was firmly under the control of Whytehold who would not allow support of anyone they saw as a threat to their complete domination of Tyrrus. Luckily New Haven pulled through and shattered the Demon army saving the great city while condemning the surrounding regions to an extra-dimensional threat.

He was only 12 when this battle concluded and most of his adolescence was spent hearing about the occasional demon raid. However, at the emboldened age of 27, Lestrade would be challenged by the greatest demon threat in 15 years… The Horde of Dralramar.

For 12 weeks Lestrade trained with his squad to combat demons, knowing the horde would come the city was evacuated leaving the militia to stand defiant.

New Haven owed them nothing and the bulk of Whythold forces were reinforcing areas deemed more important to protect, they would stand alone.

The horde was reported by scouts, at the turn of the 13th week The Battle of Lone Oak began, 3 days of hard-fought battle eventually ended with the demons again scattered, Telmont defended and Lestrade trading an eye for the head of Dralramar.

### Growing Old

Lestrade was forever changed by this experience. He had stepped up into a position of command both within the Militia and on the town council, as his father's health began to diminish Lestrade stepped up to fill the vacant role and was acting Barron in Cedric's absence until eventually taking the title at the age of 30.

Lestrade would be more rooted in Telmont than Cedric ever was and the city flourished because of it. He was diplomatic with neighbors and savvy at the diplomatic table, founding infrastructure that led to the production of the now revered Telmont Silver and Birch-oak.

Through all this, Lestrade raised a family with his childhood love, Lunella Joysong.

They had 3 sons together being Arthur, Ludwick, and Killian Gallows.

Lestrade would grow old content with his life, he continued to be a fit fighter late into his years eventually retiring as High Commander of the Telmont Militia.

After the Battle of Telmont Lestrade was in awe of everything Arthur accomplished in ending the conflict and gaining Telmont’s independence. Lestrade gave a speech explaining how proud he was to have served his people for his time however this would be the start of a new age and as such the next generation should take charge, Arthur became the new Barron of Telmont while Lestrade was ever-present to offer any nuggets of wisdom he could.

## Campaign History

### The Last Will

The Last Will campaign saw Lestrade attending the funeral of his dear cousin Osran Zaunus with Lunella. On the train to Varawyn they opened up their booth to 2 fellow attendees being Kestral Zaunus and Yoko Kagami Isshimura.

During the service, Lestrade gave a speech to mourn the passing and celebrate Osrans life and was well-received, at the conclusion of the service and with the announcement of a treasure hunt Lestrade felt a spark of youth return to him eager to take part in one last bit of fun between him and his cousin! He just needed a team...

Both eager to win, Lestrade would team up with Kestral and Yoko and set out into the city to uncover the treasures! Along the way, Lestrade would be very direct in solving problems and protecting his teammates from dangers.

At the end of the campaign, Lestrade would learn to be comfortable facing his own mortality as he recaptured some moments of his youth.