Fenris Buckthorn

Fenris is a rabbitfolk monk in the Traversers campaign. He is a PC played by Tim.

## Biographical Information

### Current Status

Active

Fenris is the last survivor of his clan and friend of Xior of the Ironmane. He and his companions are investigating the strange mists plaguing the lands.

## Background

### Early Life

Like all Lapine (Rabbitfolk) children, Fenris was raised by the young females of the clan with his litter mates in a snug nursery deep within the burrows of Buckthorn Warren.

Fenris was selected for his speed and cunning to join the Order of the Swift Paw as an initiate on his sixth lifeday. The warrior monks of the Swift Paw were the sworn protectors of Buckthorn Warren. For the next nine years, Fenris underwent vigorous physical and mental training. He learned the arts of survival, combat, stealth, and speed.

### War with the Ratmen

In Fenris’s fifteenth year, not long after he officially entered adulthood and attained full member status within the order of the Swift Paw, a war broke out with a clan of ratmen. The Rabbitfolk fought valiantly, but were eventually overrun. Buckthorn Warren was completely destroyed and Fenris, injured in the fighting, was left for dead. The few survivors were taken as slaves, but Fenris was too weak to follow and by the time he was fit to travel, the trail had gone cold.

Fenris took his failure to fulfill his sworn oath to protect his people hard, and vowed to atone. He wandered far and wide for four long years in search of his missing burrowmates. He found no sign of them.

### A New Friend

While searching for the trail of the ratmen, Fenris tripped the snare of a band of poachers and was trapped. When the poachers returned they began to argue loudly about whether they could get a better price for Fenris as a curiosity or as a pelt. Suddenly a Leonine warrior appeared and fell upon the poachers, besting them. The figure freed Fenris and introduced himself as Xior of the Ironmane. Fenris swore to repay the life debt he owed. The two have traveled together since, with Fenris ever ready and willing to fulfil his vow to Xior, determined not to fail again.

### The Wagon Train

Fenris and Xior found themselves as part of a large caravan of individuals fleeing the city of Arkos ahead of the strange mists that seemed to be brining fear and destruction. There he met his future companions, Grimmin Grudgefist, the Wyrd sisters (Madara, Rosaline and Byrony) and Andakos Lokemir, as well as his future employer, Lord Ferguson MacIntosh.

During the journey the wagon of the noble Anders family was attacked by bullywugs and the two children, Mia and Oscar, were kidnapped for ransom. Fenris and his new companions agreed to form a posse (which would later be called The Wyrd Menagerie) to rescue the children. The group tracked the creatures to a cave and engaged them, slaying them and rescuing the children.

### Time in Polis

Fenris and his companions agreed to stick together and look for work in Polis and temporarily accepted the hospitality of Lord Eutrscus Anders, the uncle of Mia and Oscar, as a reward for their efforts in rescuing the children.

While in Polis, Lord Ferguson MacIntosh, impressed with the display of Fenris and his other companions during the rescue, hired them to investigate the mists as it’s approach was impacting his lands and interests. Fenris and the others agreed and soon departed for Constance to make their way to D’anner, the last major settlement so far untouched by the mist.

### Journey to D’anner

The group’s time in Constance was brief and before long they found themselves in D’anner. However it was not long before they found themselves targeted by a small cult that had sprung up claiming to want to return a shadowy figure known only as Strahd, back to life. Evidently Fenris and his companions had been marked as sacrifices.

After capturing a cult member and interrogating him, the group decided to confront the cult in their headquarters in the sewers. This led to a large battle, in which Fenris and his friends proved victorious.

With their business in D’anner complete, they soon acquired supplies and headed north to confront the mists.

### Into the Mists

Fenris and his companions made their way up the D’anner River, passing through the hamlets there. Soon enough while camping in an abandoned hamlet one night the mists surrounded the group and they found themselves in a strange region near a village called Barovia.

#### In Barovia

Fenris and his companions soon found themselves embroiled in events in Barovia and were recruited by Ismark Kolyanavich to accompany his younger sister Ireena to Vallaki to try to keep her safe from Strahd.