Rincewynd the Ugly

## Signature Item

Mindful Helm of Horns

Rincewynd the Ugly is an arctic dwarf barbarian from a small tribe in eastern Ineuberon. He's not all too bright, and he has a penchant for eating anything he sees that seems edible and urinating whenever the urge hits him.

## Character History

### Early History

Rincewynd grew up fairly humbly in his tribe, learning to make due with what he could find, which usually consisted of a blunt or sharp object and the nearest animal. His family wasn't much smarter than he was, and one by one his brothers were arrested for various crimes only to die in the Whitewall Arena's Gauntlet event.

Shortly after Rincewynd reached adulthood, he came across a dying elderly man. Ready to put the man out of his misery, Rincewynd was surprised when the man started chanting something in a language he didn't understand. The man's spirit left his body and moved quickly toward Rincewynd. Not understand what was happening, Rincewynd tried to headbutt the spirit with his helm of horns, resulting in the spirit bonding with the helm. Since then, the spirit has communicated with Rincewynd through the helm, granting him flashes of wisdom and intelligence.

Years later, Rincewynd would be arrested for slaughtering the livestock on a royal farm, a crime which he did not commit. When offered the chance to enter the 1895 Dawnbright Gauntlet to earn his freedom and a share of ten thousand gold, Rincewynd jumped at the opportunity, probably not fully understanding what he was doing.

### During the Gauntlet

As part of the process of bringing prisoners to the Gauntlet, Rincewynd was put to sleep and brought to a cell in the underground level of the Whitewall Arena. When he woke up inside the cell, he immediately panicked and tried to escape. He was eventually talked down and reminded why he was there. He formed easy friendships with most of his fellow prisoners, especially The Jord, who took a fatherly role over Rincewynd.

Along with the other prisoners, Rincewynd realized they were all wrongly convicted and that the Gauntlet rounds were more difficult than they were supposed to be. Their guard, O'Dell, figured this out and became protective over them, getting himself arrested defending them when Pacal was killed by an over-powered Armanite during round six of the Gauntlet.

After winning the Gauntlet, the prisoners found out they were going to be killed before they were let go. They decided to escape before that could happen, humiliating the Queen - who they thought was the architect behind their situation - in the process. Specifically, Rincewynd peed on her as they were flying out of the Arena.

### Post-Gauntlet

After leaving the Gauntlet, Rincewynd and his friends became the target of the Black Blades, the hired swords of whoever orchestrated their arrests and convictions. They decided to flee and sought out a way to disappear. They found out about a man named Clifford of Stollington who could help them disappear. They had second thoughts when they realized that meant being transported to another world, but Clifford sent them there anywhere.

### Diskos

Once transported by Clifford to the world of Diskos, Rincewynd and his friends met Finneas Overburden, the host for those sent to Diskos by Clifford. Unfortunately, the Black Blades followed them to Diskos. And while the group was able to avoid deaths from the Blades' attack, Finneas decided they needed to be banished to the western edge of the world. Excited at the prospect of meeting the western world tarrasque, the group left with their escort to the edge. Before they could get to the tarrasque, however, they were transported back out of the world by Clifford, all except for Rincewynd.

Rincewynd and Finneas worked to find a way to get Rincewynd and the lone surviving Black Blade out of Diskos so the world could go back to peace, but the spell went wrong. Diskos was flung out of the crystal sphere and sent into orbit around Acala's star system, and Finneas and Rincewynd were dropped onto Acala.

### Return to Acala and Death

Rincewynd returned to Whitewall and reunited with his friends. They continued to fight against the corrupt government that wrongly imprisoned them, but Rincewynd was killed by Dark Lord Thaal during the group's second fight against Arwijn Earthtrodder.

### Defeating Thaal

Rincewynd's spirit returned briefly during the fight against Thaal's army of warforged and Black Blades, before finally moving on to the afterlife.