Roscoe

**Roscoe** is the bard and primary healer of the Cloud Knights.

## Appearance

Roscoe appears as a 3'0" halfling and is 18 years of age. He has green eyes and brownish hair, and always wears a large, flamboyant hat. Apart from his hat, Roscoe generally just wears traveler's clothes. On the ring finger of his left hand, Roscoe wears a iron ring engraved with the letters "D E T R O I T", while on the pinky finger of that same hand he wears an electrum ring with a blue phoenix with a fish in its mouth on it. He also carries a lute on his back.

## Personality

Roscoe is a jovial, naive young halfling. He lived his whole life in awe of tales of adventurers that entered his small village. He is fiercely competitive when it comes to most things, but tries to not hurt anybody's feelings. Roscoe makes enemies just as easily as he makes friends, and he is gullible.

## Abilities

Roscoe is a proficient musician and spellcaster through his bardic abilities. He also carries a bow and dagger that he rarely, if ever uses. His *ring of detroit* aids him during battle with its magical force, and he has the ability to summon an extreme version of the *dancing lights* spell that he calls "Jeff." **Jeff** has aided him extremely in the **Mercenary Arc** by scaring away several bandits on the road. Finally, as the **Cloud Knights'** primary healer, Roscoe's abilities allow him to heal his friends when they are in danger.

## Relationships

Roscoe has one sister, whose name is Bella. She is 2 years older than him (now 6 years older than him), and they have a very healthy relationship. She is one of the people who agreed that he should go out of Rif to seek adventure, and has always been one of his most ardent supporters. Since early childhood they have been good friends, and although she has never been quite as good as him at fishing, she's still really good at it.

Roscoe's father's name is Bartholomew and his mother's name is Charlotte. They are currently happily married and work as fishermen/women in the village of Rif.

## History

### Past: Pre-Adventurer

##### Life in Rif

Roscoe was born in the village Rif 22 years ago, to parents Charlotte and Bartholomew. From a young age, Roscoe was a very competitive and happy young soul. He enjoyed exploring the different areas of the village, and all of the other halflings of the village always greeted him warmly. But one day, Roscoe came across a thick book that captured his curiosity: the *Tome of Adventurer's Tales*. Roscoe did his best to read through the book, and was greatly inspired and fascinated by the stories of great heroes and villains that lay within the book's dusty pages. All he wished for was to either meet one of these famed adventurers... or to become one himself. Roscoe took to moping around the small village. Everything was boring. He had already looked all around the village, and he knew it like the back of his hand. He had nowhere to channel his motivation. His parents noticed this and were quite worried, as was to be expected, since halflings are normally quite jovial people and to see a sad one is a rare sight. After some lengthy talking between Bartholomew and his wife, Barth got permission to start Roscoe's fishing lessons early. It should be known that although Rif was quite a small village by normal standards, it was famous for one thing: the incredible skill of its pro fishers. It was very difficult to get good enough at fishing to be recognized as a "pro", but that was what most people there strived for. So the lessons began, from Bartholomew himself, who, at the time, was a Fishing International Master (#233/#21,901).

##### IFA Domination

At the age of seven, Roscoe's fishing lessons began. By ten, his father realized that his son was a fishing genius. By his eleventh birthday, Roscoe had become a Fishing International Master. Some of the various competitions and tournaments he participated in included the Barylonian Semi-Annual, the Vancel Annual, and, most notably, the Grand Gibsby Tournament. He routinely placed in the top five of each one, against people sometimes many times his age. Fishing has always been a love of Roscoe. At age 20, Roscoe temporarily retired his pro fishing career at #63 - a Fishing Grandmaster (Blue Phoenix League). But at the age of 20, something happened that made him decide to shift careers...

##### Training and Dreaming

For a while, Roscoe had enjoyed the cutthroat simplicity of fishing. But he still yearned for something more. And when one day a mysterious traveler limped into Rif with only one leg, Roscoe's curiosity was stoked. The other halflings let the traveler stay in Rif for a few weeks to heal, and during those weeks a few different things happened with Roscoe. First of all, he began talking to this man, who he soon learned was a mildly famous adventure named Renbi. Renbi was old and experienced, and had many stories of his old adventures and his different skills. Plus, he was a bard. Renbi and Roscoe soon grew to become friends, and Renbi told Roscoe stories every day. He also began to teach him how to play the lute. Renbi was the one who inspired Roscoe himself to become a bard (which he could not have done without the help of Renbi).