Thew Whitlock

Thew Whitlock is a travelling researcher from the village Stoneborworth in Aefon. Due to disappearence of visitors in the village, he left seeking information on the cult behind these events. His research and intel has led to the Rawell Isles, where he was knocked out by an Orc called Kilug in Ostrurg. he woke up chained to a wall in a cave with the original members of Group A. Through his research at the Rawell Isles, he has ended up becoming involved with a cult that use a series of black masks with a question mark on them.

Thew is a 5"10 human male paladin, he has brown shoulder length hair tied partly back with stripes of blond running throughout. he has green eyes with a scar on his left ear, like a chunk missing. With this he has stubbly beard and a pair of goggles on his forehead. He wears a long blue and white duster that goes down to his knees with plates or armour that cover his shoulders, chest, thighs and shins. Under the armour is a single off white tunic and a pair of black trousers, with a pair of leather boots. The boots are covered in simple plates that run from the top of the shin to the toes, covering the whole front. He carries with him a large warhammer and a shield with a hand axe as an extra weapon. With this is a legrodine infused cross amulet that hangs around his neck and a small leather notebook that contains his research.

## Lore Details

This section is to cover all interactions or information that seem to be connected to Thew Whitlock specifically.

The first set of lore pieces were in Session 1, including the challenge coin, the letter and the booming voice. The challenge coin was left on the ground by a hooded figure that Gulgran spotted in a corridor leading away from the room the group was being kept in. The challenge coin had writing inscribed in a language only used in Stoneborworth that wrote out the name of the village. The letter was from cultist that had entered the room and placed it in Thew's pocket. Alytrana took it off him with mage hand and found that it is was written in the language from the village. The letter reads: "Our history isn't to be remembered. Your lies aren't to be forgiven, this is our warning. Remember where your family lay". When the group goes to leave, they hear a booming voice form one of the corners of the room, but only Thew could understand what it said. It said: "With your lies and truths, your history is untold. Remember your roots, and how it unfolds".

The next event was in Session 3, when Alytrana found chunks of legrodine in her back. Thew tried to remove it but heard a voice in his ear, it said to him: "Why stop our fun, after all you are doomed to the same future she's been foretold. You will die a slow and horrible death unless you assist me, your choice." After this is he accepted to help the unknown and it responded: "Excellent."

After that, it was next in session 8 when the group were discussing their next plans in the Absent Woodpecker Inn, where a hooded figure appears out of nowhere with a purple pulsating amulet and approaches him saying: "Thew, the tensions are high in the political climate, muchly unstable. Too many eyes are on me, and I don't have long. Find your root, follow it. You know what to do and remember all the pain at home."