Gilliard

Character art by @Ashlelang

**Gilliard** is a player character played by Surefour and introduced in Aegis Recruits.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

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### **Personality**

Gilliard is a stoic and brave warrior who has an obsession with dragons.

### **Aegis Recruits**

When Gilliard was a young boy, he saw a Dragon fly over him. While most children would be frightened by the supersonic boom of the beast, Gilliard was instead deeply impressed. He decided that his singular goal in life would be to see dragons, speak to them, ride them, maybe even become a dragon himself. He didn't actually know anything about dragons, so he didn't know what was possible, but he wouldn't stop until he would get as close as possible to the magnificence he saw fly above.

As Gilliard grew up, he became a powerful warrior. He knew that the Aegis Order is known to hunt Dragons. Although he wasn't interested in killing dragons, he figured that the order would possess detailed information about them, information that he sorely needed. Therefore, Gilliard chose to join the Aegis Order leading to the beginning of *Aegis Recruits*. He grouped up with four other adventurers and headed for Fort Aegis on the Highsword island. His new companions turned out to be a chaotic bunch, seemingly sowing death and destruction wherever they went. In particular, Chuck Barry committed a murder in Eden at the very beginning of their journey, and the rest of the group became implicit in the cover-up. Although they managed to evade capture by sailing to Highsword, Hand of the Consulate Marsone developed an interest on the case due to its connection to the Aegis Order and the heretical magics used in the act, and decided to follow the perpetrators to Highsword. Gilliard never participated in the crimes of his associates, but he also didn't stop them or try to bring them to justice.

Despite being shipwrecked, Gilliard and his party would eventually reach Fort Aegis. They stayed there for some time, training and otherwise preparing for their tasks ahead. In particular, Gilliard gained much knowledge about dragons thanks to the forts librarian Ulrik. Eventually, they received their first assignment: clearing the tunnels beneath the fort. What at first seemed like a simple task of slaying some rats became much more complicated when a Solstice Society cult was discovered in the tunnels. Gilliard defeated the cultists, and they left behind a portal to The Void. During his visit to the Void, Gilliard gained some strange powers related to void magic.

At the end of their excursion into the tunnels, the party discovered a giant flesh pile used as a ritual. They had no idea what it was for, and Dick Klifford managed to convince everyone to just leave it be. However, after returning to the surface, Gilliard talked to Ulrik about what they had found. The librarian managed to deduce that the ritual was some kind of bomb about to destroy the entire fort. Ulrik tried to warn the captain of the fort, but Gilliard's party managed to manipulate him into doing nothing They believed they could loot the place after it was destroyed by the blast. In the meantime, Gilliard wen't to try and stop the ritual on his own. Flaherty Ashspreader, the least chaotic one of his companions, caught up with him and offered help. Together they went back into the tunnels to prevent the catastrophe. Unfortunately, Gilliard failed to defuse the ritual, and a horrific flesh meteor, the Nameless Horror, descended from the sky crushing the Aegis Fort and spewing out scores of monsters. The tunnels sheltered Gilliard and Flaherty from the impact leaving them merely bruised. However, Gilliard could no longer reconcile staying with his party, and decided to part ways with Flaherty.

After the destruction of Fort Aegis, Gilliard decided to head for the Consulate fort towards the shore. There he met Marsone, to whom he admitted everything that had happened in Eden and since. Marsone was impressed by his honesty, and decided to pardon Gilliard on the condition that he would agree to serve Marsone. Gilliard accepted, which would turn out to be an excellent decision. Through Marsone, Gilliard learned of another Hand of the Consulate, Vicaria of the bloodless Memory, whom actually rides a dragon.

While helping Marsone deal with the Nameless Horror, likely hoping to eventually become a squire for Vicaria, he received a telepathic message from Flaherty. She was asking Gilliard to help his old party stop the creation of additional flesh meteors. However, Gilliard had little love left for his old party, while the Consulate was offering him a clear path to all he desired. Therefore, Gilliard shared the message with Marsone, who headed for the meeting place forthwith. Although he had pardoned Gilliard, the rest of his party was too far gone to be forgiven. A short trial led to an escape attempt, which led to everyone except Dick Klifford being executed by Marsone.

With his actions Gilliard has proven his loyalty to the Consulate, and he has a better chance than ever to meet Vicaria and perhaps learn how to ride a dragon himself.

## Info

Deal 10 physical damage to an enemy who attempts to flee.(+1 per Muscle)

If the target is Marked, consume a Mark and apply 1 Weak

Use this when a target on their own turn:Moves away from you.Moves more than 2 tiles while remaining adjacent to you.