Adryn Kirwal

> **Adryn** is a firbolg paladin in the second campaign of the Chronicles of Caladan, Book of Fate. He is played by Lee.
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> Adryn was born the youngest child of the affluent Kirwal family in the settlement of Albion, located some days southwest of Euocade. In spite of his position as the youngest child, he was quickly swept up by his father as the heir of the family name. This heirship began with intensive grooming designed to make Adryn the ideal Caldanian citizen. He was prevented from partaking in any Firbolg rituals and kept away from the firbolg religious practices. Much of his childhood was spent away from the family with various tutors.
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> After failing to prove himself as a candidate for the Clergy, Adryn was sent off to the Monastery of Euocade to study to become a Paladin of The First King. Though it has ultimately never been investigated, his arrival at the Monastery came only weeks after it was announced a **new wing** would be built in his fathers name. He graduated in the bottom 10% of his class without ever having heard the word of Ionious directly.
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## Description

### Appearance

> As a firbolg, Adryn stands much taller than the rest of the party. Still, among firbolgs, he is known for being the shortest child of the Kirwal's with a natural height of only 7ft (213cm) tall. He carries a visibly youthful appearance***,*** and is the only child of the family to be born with the facial markings also carried by his mother.
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> Adryn has a pale blue skin tone with birthmarks of a lighter shade of blue. He has the signature Kirwal red hair that he wears at shoulder length with the traditional firbolg braids coming from behind each ear. Golden clamps gifted to him by his father hold the braids in place and are re-braided once a year by his mother.
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> He is often seen wearing his paladin armor, but will wear the more leisurely clothes adopted by the Caldanian nobility when in times of leisure.
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### Personality

> Adryn is often described as levelheaded and kindhearted, with a tendency to believe anyone who holds authority over him. Due to his upbringing, Adryn hesitates to formulate his own opinions or go against the current order. While a natural leader and willing to take control, he is extremely gullible and easily swayed against his own better judgement. Adryn has a strong sense of justice and moral compass, rooted in his training as a Paladin of the First King.
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## Biography

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## Relationships

#### Alshwin Kirwal

* Adryn was, to all accounts, raised by his father alone. He was isolated from his greater community--something previously unheard of in the firbolg community, as it was seen as the responsibility of the entire village to raise every child, especially those of their superiors--and spirited away the moment he was old enough to ween from his mother. He was sent to various trainings, lodgings, tutors, and eventually to the Monistary of Euocade after he failed to earn entry into the Imperial Academy. Alshwin has always seen Adryn as his ticket into the courts of Caladan, the blessing needed to secure the family, and all firbolgs by proxy, a place in high society. He is extremely critical of his youngest son and often very harsh with him. Adryn has lived in fear of his father for most of his life, doing everything in his power in a feeble attempt to earn the mans blessings.

#### Peyla Kirwal

* While Adryn is her youngest child and the baby of the family, he is the least close with his mother of all the children. Peyla was forced to take a hands-off approach to Adryn, unable to baptize him in the holy ways of their people or to engrain him in the church of Iallanis as she had done with the rest of her children, due to Alshwin's insistence on raising the boy with as little outside influence as possible. His inability to connect with nature has prevented her from feeling overly connected to him, feeling a sharp severance of ties between the two of them.

#### Merlyn Kirwal

* The eldest and most engrained in the ancestral ties of the Kirwal children, Merlyn has grown to hate Adryn for what he became. Merlyn strongly believes in Albion remaining isolated from the rest of the world, especially that of Caladan. He loathes his father for allowing Caladan to simply absorb them with no resistance, and thereby also believes that Adryn is going to directly cause the downfall of the Alban people on his own.

## Trivia

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> * During the campaign, the players were asked to creature rumors--2 good, 2 bad, and 1 lie. So far, the following rumors have been mentioned in the campaign for Swan:
> 	+ "Adryn frequently uses the money his father gives him to travel into the border towns struck with poverty and famish, and donates that money and buys them food, supplies, etc., to help spread the word of Yatil and the promise of the Caldanian Empire, offering to personally escort anyone into Caladan that would like to join their Holy Nation."Adryn withheld his healing abilities while watching a small party of firbolgs die (probably not Somainari? Or maybe they were?), even when witnesses begged him to try anything to save them from dying. It’s said that he stood without emotion, not even offering a prayer for the dead
> 	+ Adryn withheld his healing abilities while watching a small party of firbolgs die, even when witnesses begged him to try anything to save them from dying. It’s said that he stood without emotion, not even offering a prayer for the dead.
> 	+ Adryn stood up to Caldanian soldiers who were trying to take the dead body of a Sominari child/teen from the arms of the grieving mother.
> * Due to his father's hand in his upbringing, Adryn is the only firbolg native to Albion who does not possess any druidic abilities.
> * Ionious did not speak to Adryn directly until he called upon him in the fourth episode of the second season.
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