Dartan

Dartan in his winter form

> **How was *your* day?**
>
> Dartan's signature introduction in battle

**Dartan** is an eladrin wizard/bard and a member of the Flame Syndicate.

Dartan is an amnesiac, and has no memory of his past. He is slowly recovering it through hazy flashbacks.

## Introduction

*The season of winter is thought of as a lonely, desolate time; defined by sorrow and the struggles of civilisation. Dartan defies all expectations with his unique personality and way of life. An amnesiac eladrin with a strange talent for both song and sword, he’s a distinctive figure without a past to tie it to.*

## Description

### Appearance

Dartan's appearance changes with the seasons- literally. Being an eladrin, his season changes whenever he experiences a strong emotion. However, the basics still remain.

He usually appears as a pale-skinned humanoid with brown eyes and pointy ears. His hair (which is either brown, silver or golden) is tied up into a bun, with a few strands escaping. Dartan typically wears a coat with a white silk jabot, and a pale cream shirt underneath. Again, the colouring of his coat changes with the seasons. He has brown pants and black leather shoes.

When Dartan casts *mage armour*, the slightly transparent armour he gains is either blue, green, red or gold. The armour includes a chestplate, shoulder pads, leg armour, and vembraces.

## Biography

### Backstory

Dartan cannot remember anything before waking up in the carriage. He retained his ability to read, speak and write Common and Elvish, is able to recognise things he usually wouldn't be able to, and knows how to walk, cast spells, and fight. Most of it is muscle memory.

#### Flashbacks

Dartan will occasionally get flashbacks, triggered by familiar events.

* The memory of circus music and flashes of colour; a spotlight focused on him, the sounds of crowds cheering. *Triggered by:* A circus troupe in Jannikril.

### Scarlet Moon

Dartan is kidnapped and wakes up in a carriage alongside Iris, Enrico and Acktone.

He is given his name by the dragonborn bartender Quincy in Ashfall. When the group arrives in Jannikril, Dartan accompanies Enrico into the Golden District, and attempts to stop him from using Radiance of the New Dawn, but fails. He is stolen from by a kenku, and attempts to chase it down, but slips and falls into the canal, After boarding a boat and following on the river, Dartan apologises for Enrico's actions as the kenku dies, pays the shopkeeper for the weapon Enrico stole, and takes a rapier for himself. When the pair returns to the Aethenus, Dartan recruited Atiel to their cause. When they battle three members of the Cruxon, Dartan aims to incapacitate rather than kill, but Enrico's zombie kills the guard he was battling instead. He also dived in front of the school children when Enrico attempted to kill them, saving five of them from death. He also witnessed a child being taken from the streets, and followed it to the Sun Spire, where he discovered a few books in Elvish. He battled the cultists alongside Enrico, and when Atiel, Iris and Smort arrived, they defeated them together. Dartan attempted to defend the child from Enrico.

While the rest of the party bought horses, Dartan travelled on Smort, who had Wild Shaped into a horse. He discovered that Keldan's drinks were enchanted with a *sleep* spell, and tried to defend Acktone from Valour's suspicions.

## Class and Race Abilities

### Eladrin Features

* **Darkvision**
* **Fey Ancestry**
* **Fey Step**
	+ *Autumn*
	+ *Winter*
	+ *Spring*
	+ *Summer*
* **Trance**

### Wizard Features

* **Spellbook**
* **Tool Proficiency**
* **Bladesong**
* **Arcane Recovery**
* **Extra Attack**

## Quotes

* "There's no I in team, but there's several Is in 'I don't care how big the room is, I cast fireball!'"

## Trivia

* Dartan was given his name by a dragonborn bartender named Quincy.
* He is often called a clown.
* Dartan had the unfortunate reputation of falling into the canal while he was in Jannikril, rolling natural ones and falling into the water.