Drew

Bear Family

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Drew is a male human-goliath hybrid barbarian/druid who travels with The Heroes of Akrenar in their quest to slay evil and make money.

## Biography

Born to a Goliath barbarian father and a Human druid mother, a young Drew was left abandoned in the woods after his parents died. Mistaken for a cub, Drew was taken in by a litter of bears.

### Lost Mines of Phandelver

After returning from a hunt one day, Drew returned home to discover his bear family under attack by the horseman War and the necromancer Sasha. In the ensuing fight, Drew engaged War, and led him away from his family, and accidentally happened upon the band of adventurers. The party helped him drive off the horseman, and Drew decided to stay with the party, in his quest to become the apex predator and to track and kill the Four Horsemen.

Venturing into Tressendar Manor in an attempt to kill Glasstaff, it was here that Drew showed off his more bestial nature. As Dax the War Chemist was on the brink of death, Drew's Werebear form was unleashed, and he ripped the remaining bandits apart. Later on, Drew met and befriended the goblin Droop, who Drew referred to as Tiny Drew.

In the wizard's chambers, Drew confronted Glasstaff, and fought bravely against the lord of fire.Whether it was in retaliation for the death of Moostachio, or just out of blind rage and bloodlust, Drew randomly decided to take a dried tongue he had received earlier, and rectally infuse it with Glasstaff. After some time had passed, Drew delivered the killing blow to Glasstaff, crushing his head into the stone floor.

After departing Phandalin, the group finally arrived at Cragmaw castle. Battling the guards out front, Drew was injured by the orc captain, which damaged his pride, but strengthened his resolve to become apex predator. Once inside, the group confronted King Grol, who collapsed the floor, sending Drew and the group into a dungeon under the castle. Using his strength, Drew managed to escape the prison, and ascended the castle towards the throne room. Arriving in Grol's chambers, the group confronted the Cragmaw king. Entering a duel with him, Drew would again be overcome by his battle lust, unleashing his bear form against Grol's angelic armor he had materialized. Finally, after a long and grueling battle, Drew bested Grol, and recieved his hammer, along with Grol's blessing, as Drew had goven him a worthy death. After returning to town, Drew had finally come face to face with the one responsible for Phandelver's troubles: The Black Spider himself, Nezznar.

The next day, Drew and the group traveled to Wave Echo Cave, in an attempt to kill the Black Spider. Before going into the cave, however, Drew and the other heroes met with Anzu one last time, though for Drew and Dax this was their first time. Drew mentioned he had never hunted Kenku before, but Anzu was unfazed, welcoming Drew to try, earning Drew's respect. At the end of the caves, The Four found Nezznar, who was admiring the Forge of Spells. In the ensuing fight, the heroes very nearly lost their lives, but after what seemed like hours, Drew rushed down Nezznar, swinging into him with a flurry of blows, as Dax took his blunderbuss and shot into Nezznar's face, wounding him enough to try and sap more power from the forge, resulting in Nezznar's death.

Afterwards, Drew and Dax traveled to Neverwinter woods, Dax meeting Drew's bear family, and Drew saying his goodbyes, as he left to travel with the rest of the group.

### Song of the Nightingale

Two years after the battle against the black spider, Drew still roamed Phandelver, improving himself to become the apex predator, when eventually he was attacked by an assassin sent by the Dark Royalty Cult. Defeating the assassin, Drew made his way to Neverwinter, and met up with his teammates. Boarding the Wolf's Howl galleon, they set off for Estros, to track and destroy the cult. Aboard the ship, they met the half Elf bard, Nightingale. Drew took a liking to Nightingale, and he went on to join the group. When they arrived in Estros, they traveled to the capital city of Estrosia, intent on discover

### The Tale of Two Wolves

Four months after the fall of The Underking, Drew and the other heroes were sent on a mission to Crow's Keep to wipe out the remaining cultists. While fighting in the ruins, the heroes found a strange red gem, and left the ruins. Upon leaving, they encountered a mysterious dark knight, and engaged in combat with him. Much to the party's surprise, the knight was extremely skilled and devastatingly strong, and although Drew's strength proved formidable for the knight, even in his werebear form, the knight still won, killing Roy, Drew, and Noah, and taking the gem from Noah's body. As he died, Drew told Dax to kill the knight, and died happy, having finally found a worthy opponent.

## Personality

While high in wisdom, Drew possesses a rather low intelligence, and prefers to speak in shorter sentences. As sort of a battle cry, Drew loves to shout his own name. Drew prefers to let his strength do the talking, and is more likely to intimidate people than ask. He does have a soft spot however, in particular for his teammate Dax, and the goblin Droop.

## Abilities and Equipment

Despite his druidic training, Drew is a barbarian at heart, and prefers his axe to magic. Due to a druidic curse he received some time ago, Drew also possessed a condition called Ursathropy, causing him to transform into a powerful werebear, seemingly at random. In this form, Drew maintains limited control over his body, as a battle rage overtakes his mind he tears anything apart that happens to be nearby.

After besting King Grol in a match, Drew took his hammer, Stoneshaper, and continued to use it in his battle's against the Black Spider.

## Appearance

In his human form, Drew is much taller than a human, but slightly shorter than an average Goliath, standing at 7'2. As a werebear, Drew grows black fur all over his body, absorbs his armor as a natural layer of defense, and grows to around 12' tall.

Favoring heavy armor, Drew covers his face in a steel, horned helmet, and wears a green tunic for armor, draped in a large fur cloak.