Diarmad

* Aasimar
* Halfling

Official image of Diarmad, drawn by @grace.pptx on Instagram

Diarmad is one of the player characters of Arc 3 and is played by Owen.

## Description

Diarmad is a 5'8" tall Aasimar, but he has only been an Aasimar for a very short time by the beginning of Arc 3 as he was reincarnated only two months prior during a ceremony in his enclave. Before that, he was an elderly Lightfoot Halfling man with silver-grey hair, a long beard, and a mild hunch. That is also the appearance with which the party originally got to know him.

As a Wildfire Druid, he is used to fire but still has to get used to the radiant light coming out from his eyes at all times, as well as his new height.

His usual clothing is warm, sunset-type colours, and he wears a kilt but no shoes, since being barefoot is a comfort for him. This outfit is consistent (although resized) across his different bodies. He carries a yew wand, at the top of which a little flame appears when he uses it to cast spells, and a shield.

The special magic item Haley gave Owen before Arc 3 is Snakespeare, a small magical snake that can produce a spellscroll a day if his wielder has seen the spell cast before. Usually, Snakespeare sits on Diarmads shoulder and Diarmad gives him little treats, sometimes even a bit of alcohol (the group would like to emphasize that one should only do this if the snake in question is magical).

## Backstory and Arc 3 Flashback

Diarmad grew up as a Brass Dragonborn in an enclave full of other Brass Dragonborn Wildfire Druids. At one point in his backstory, the two eldest druids of his enclave, named Lindsey and Genessa, learnt the reincarnate spell and decided that they could accelerate the Cycle of Rebirth, which is important to know for Wildfire Druids, by using it. Because of that, Diarmad has spent 80 years of his life as a Dragonborn, then about 130 as a Halfling, and at the start of Arc 3 two months as a Scourge Aasimar.

Diarmad left his old enclave about four years before the events of Arc 3, not too long before the events of the Arc 3 Flashback. Lathe Nightrym, who travelled the countryside in search for a team, introduced him to the other members of the Arc 3 party and also gave them their first job, for which they had to look into mysterious happenings in the town of Yelna.

Two years prior to the events of Arc 3, he was a part of the party from this exact arc and helped them save the world. During this time, he was an already elderly halfling man. After they split following their victory, he started establishing his own enclave. This enclave seems to be difficult to reach via post, but brews beer. Occupied with this, Diarmad did not reach out to the others from his party a lot.

Two months prior to the events of Arc 3, he had his Rebirth ceremony. His Halfling body did not die of old age, but got quite weak, so he reincarnated again. He invited his old party to this ceremony, getting their locations from Fey, and apart from Bombyx, who does not have a very good grasp of time, everyone else attended it.

## Character Development

During Arc 3, Diarmad officially gets established as a talented healer when he can heal the heavily wounded Princess Sybilla after an attack and even manages to regrow her arm. He also brought back to life Verum Moss and Jim, the fertilizer guy, after they had been killed by Tybyrone. To bring back Jim, he used the Infinite Garnet instead of a normal diamond, and it is yet unclear what effects that might have for Jim.

After Arc 3, Diarmad plans to return to his enclave and keep working on it, to try and get it going. He also plans on helping Ialius, who was a witness to the attempted opening of Hell, to process what he experienced, and support him should he decide to become an adventurer himself. Also, he wants to make it possible that the party meets on a more regular basis.

## Trivia

* In Arc 3 Episode 0, Owen did not act out Diarmads accent, but started doing so in Episode 1 and continued throughout the whole arc.
* Before the arc, Owen said that he was most excited for playing Diarmad as a "Back in my Day"-kind of guy.
* The free expertise Haley gave all players went into Perception for Diarmad, giving him a Passive Perception of 24.
	+ Owen decided between Perception and Nature for that.
* Technically, Diarmad hit 0 HP in Arc 3, Episode 3, but instead caused his wildfire spirit to drop to 0 and gained 50 HP.
* Diarmad's wildfire spirit appears in a burst of flame and has the form of a 6.5 foot tall dragonborn who is entirely made of fire.
* While Diarmad is a talented healer and can cast Regenerate, it looks absolutely awful: the flesh at the wound starts to bubble as it regrows.