Alexander Thunderpouch

Twice cursed blood of thunder and flame!

Antontio Springhaven - *Father* (Deadbeat/MIA)

**Other Thunderpouch Septuplets**

Alexstrasza Thunderpouch

**Alexander Thunderpouch**

Alastair Thunderpouch

Alexia Thunderpouch

Iskander Thunderpouch

Lexi Thunderpouch

**Other Family**

Melissa Ragewind - *Aunt*

Griggor Ragewind - *Uncle*

Rebecca Ragewind - *Cousin*

Samuel Ragewind - *Cousin*

Lee Ragewind - *Cousin*

Thor Ragewind - *Cousin*

Casey Ragewind - *Cousin*

Sentimentality

Apache

Patch Job

**Alexander Thunderpouch** (ael·ehg·zaen·der thuhn·dr pawch) is a current active member of the Brigade and the second oldest of the Thunderpouch Septuplets. He joined after competing in the Seaquence Festival fishing competition that occurred during Hook, Line, & Sinker, though his technical "first appearance" was through his sister Alexandra in the Kaiken oneshot, Foxtrot. He is a true blue member and shining representative of the boisterous, largely infamous Lightning Tribe.

## Personality

Thunderpouch is loud, boisterous, self-confident, eager to help, and very, very Lightning Tribe.

## Appearance

Now I have so much art, please just look at the art. :)

## Pre-Campaign Activity

He has wandered most of the world, originally because he became more and more lost after failing to find a lost camel. He spent a lot of his time helping people, flexing, and spouting his heroism and arcane prowess. In the end, he did help a lot of people as he wandered, and his arcane power grew. One night, he had a dream where a sword he couldn't quite see made him swear a pact to continue to help people, which he naturally agreed to immediately before letting the Hexblade finish explaining the terms. After this he trained to wear armor as he fought and to wield a blade.

## During Campaign Activity

Alexander helped some eco-terrorists with their terrorism, did a really great job catching a bunch of fish, and winning a fishing contest. He looked into the reason behind his sword and became a Paladin of Tephra while undergoing ritual trials.

When Rusty reported that bear had swarmed Anderson, he and a group from the brigade went to investigate.

After saving the world from the mirror dimension opening or something, Alexander went on a quest to visit Tangerine's father and collect a tincture to help patch up Tangerine's crippled wing.

## Relationships

Alexader has many siblings, and he gets along with most people of the Lightning Tribe. He's recently begun to feel a friendship growing with Bitterblue, a Kingfisher Aarakocra. He is also becoming good friends with a human warrior named Aster Dewlight. He is also best friends with Sliver. And many of the other Brigade members; all of them, even the ones he hasn't met. He has spent so much time wandering that he rarely built strong relationships, but he has a lot of people that he's helped and hopefully they remember him favorably. He's also friends with Baz now, through his sister Alexstrasza.

Ephriam taught Alexander about Tephra and led him into worship. Aster taught him about Paradoxie and completed the duality of Alexander's faith.

## Quotes

"By my twice cursed blood of thunder and flame, I call upon the raging inferno!"

"It's OK if you aren't Lightning Tribe, you can still flex, blow stuff up, a be a hero!"

"Build me a shop! Though, once you're done, I'll remember I don't want one, so give it to the frog."

"It looks like the four of you combined are about as strong as me!"

"I'm strong now!!"

## Backstory Questions

### Mandatory Questions

**What about you is heroic (or anti-heroic)?**

Alexander is eager to be helpful, charitable, and desires to save people and save the world, even at great risk.

**What about you is social? What do you like about people?**

Alexander loves being social and making friends. Alexander believes that, unless proven evil, most people are good and will do good deeds if all of their needs are met first.

**Of what benefit could you be to the current group?**

Alexander has a big, holy sword, and powerful storm magic. Plus he’s very charming when it comes to talking to people.

**Why would you choose to join the current group?**

The Brigade is trying to save the world and that's what I want to do.

**Invent an adventure/plot that your character would actively undertake (as opposed to just tagging along)?**

Rescuing someone! Anyone!

### Personal Questions

**What is your real, birth name? What name do you use? Do you have any other aliases?**

Alexander Dominik Ricardo Víðarr de Lacy Thunderpouch. He goes by either Alexander or Thunderpouch. Alexander is also known as The Second of Seven Great Storms, Mage of the Storm, The Twice-Cursed of Flame and Thunder, and, by some of his childhood friends, Adder Volt (spelled ADRVLT).

**Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?**

The Second of Seven Great Storms has been shortened to Second of Seven by some of his tribe. This name came about because he was the second born of the Thunderpouch Septuplets. Some childhood friends call him Adder Volt, originally to make fun of his long name, but he leaned into it hard enough that it became a cool name his friends called him.

**How do you "dress up?"**

Alexander considers himself always “dressed up” unless it is to something exceedingly fancy, in which case, he likes to wear a white pleated dress with off-white flames sewn into the bottom and his fancy white fingerless gloves.

**Do you wear any jewelry?**

Not usually, but he does now wear a magic amulet under his shirt.

**In your opinion, what is your best feature?**

His face; his striking eyes, eager, honest grin, clean teeth, strong jaw, and handsome ears.

**What’s your real birth date?**

6th N-EQ 882 ME

**Where do you live? Describe it: Is it messy, neat, avant-garde, sparse, etc.? Does anyone live with you (roommates, family, significant other)?**

Alexander’s bedroom has very little in it, not enough to be messy, but all of his stuff is just placed in a random location within his room without any attempts to organize it; he’s never owned enough stuff to need to learn to organize things. He lives in the Zenith, so he has a lot of roommates!

**How do you get around? (Car, Horse, Public Transit, Walking)?**

Walking, usually, unless he’s going a long distance with people who supply a cart.

**Do you consider yourself to be part of any race, nationality, religion, or subculture? Is this important to your identity?**

Alexander is a very proud member of the Lightning Tribe and very proud to be the son of Sasha Thunderpouch, and the sibling to the other Thunderpouch Septuplets. He recently became a worshipper of Tephra and Paradoxie, but he doesn’t know enough to talk about them much, though he does mention them sometimes.

**Do you have a particular diet? (overeater, vegetarian, food allergies, etc)**

Alexander is a scavenger and eats whatever he can get for free as long as it isn’t spoiled. Leftovers, feasts (leftovers he took from a feast), wild game, wild forage… he doesn’t like to buy food if he can help it.

**Have you ever committed a crime? If so what did you do and were you caught and/or punished?**

Alexander burned down a barn once by accident. He turned himself in and worked to help rebuild the barn. Thankfully the barn had been mostly empty because it was spring, but he stayed for a month to help around the farm as penance. Technically he wasn’t “caught” or “punished” because of how quickly he took responsibility and offered his help to make things right.

He also accidentally burned down a multifaith temple, but he isn’t aware of that and he hasn’t been caught.

A few times he has also stolen food to feed hungry kids, himself included.

In his late teens, he committed a lot of petty crimes while under peer pressure with some bad friends, though nothing worth noting.

**Are you responsible, financially or otherwise, for anyone other than yourself?**

No, Alexander is not, and should never be, responsible for other people; he can barely take care of himself.

### Familial Questions

**What is your immediate family like (Parents: alive or dead, Number of Siblings, Any Children, etc)?**

His mother is a well respected member of the Lightning Tribe, and his father is a mysterious half-elf who vanished in the middle of the night some time during his mother’s pregnancy. Alexander has 6 siblings, the fellow members of the Thunderpouch Septuplets.

**Who was your father, and what was he like?**

His father was Antonio Springhaven. That’s all Alexander knows about him; the man disappeared when Sasha was 4 months pregnant.

**Who was your mother, and what was she like?**

Sasha Thunderpouch is a strong, beautiful woman that is entirely self sufficient. She used to be a powerful mercenary until she came home to settle down after a near death experience that took her months to recover from.

### Childhood Questions

**What was your favorite toy?**

A really big stick he used to fight evil trees.

**What is your worst childhood memory?**

When the Thunderpouch Septuplets came of age, the youngest, Lexi, was discovered to have no arcane or divine talents, and was slated for exile. After all Thunderpouches and Ragewinds (his mother’s sister’s family) protested, they were allowed to stay until they were 12, and which point in time the Septuplets left together.

### Adolescent Questions

How old were you when you went on your first date?

13. It ended with a night of stargazing, and sharing a bedroll; nothing untoward happened. The next day the other boy said he wasn't interested, so they never went on a second date.

**It is common for one's view of authority to develop in their adolescent years. What is your view of authority? What event or events most affected it?**

Alexander’s relationship with authority was complex; he loved and obeyed his mother, and the other adults in his family, and most of his tribe, but he hated the leader of his tribe, Bronte. After leaving home, Alexander had no innate respect for authority, but respect was easily earned.

**Who was your idol when you were growing up? Who did you first fantasize about in your life?**

Alexander wants to grow up to be just like his mother, and many other well known heroes of the Lightning Tribe.

### Occupational Questions

**Do you have a job? What is it? Do you like it? If no job, where does your money come from?**

Alexander is a hero who works for the Brigade. He loves his job, though they don’t actually pay him anything; instead he makes his money by accepting missions and finding loot.

**What is something you had to learn that you hated?**

Sometimes the world is grey, and sticking to his naive virtues is impossible. He has had to make difficult choices, and looking back at his past decisions, he has to wonder if he did the right thing or acted with a foolish naivete.

### Likes & Dislikes Questions

**What hobbies do you have?**

Calligraphy, Sparing, any art (painting, drawing, wood carving) even though he is a novice at most forms of art.

**What time of day is your favorite?**

Daybreak, when the sky is full of color and your body goes from chilly to warm as the sun’s rays start to crawl across your body.

**What kind of weather is your favorite?**

Alexander really enjoys warm spring days when the rain is short and early in the morning so the world smells nice. He also enjoys lazy rainy days where he can practice calligraphy and sleep a lot.

**What kind of things embarrass you? Why?**

Discussions about sex, intimacy, and public displays of affection (including other people being overly affectionate) makes Alexander uncomfortable, but private displays of affection and intimacy itself do not. He’s not interested in or opposed to sex. Dancing while sober makes him nervous. Other than that, Alexander is pretty shameless.

### Sex & Intimacy Questions

**Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else?**

Alexander doesn’t think about it much. He is asexual, though he isn’t opposed to sex, he just interested in it. He does enjoy it when it happens, but someone else has to initiate and seduce him. He doesn't particularly favor any sex or gender over any other. He is also polyamorous and doesn’t believe in committing himself to anyone until he gets married.

**Do you currently have a lover? What is their name, and what is your relationship like? What are they like? Why are you attracted to them?**

No, he doesn’t. He's open to the idea.

**Have you ever had a same-sex experience? Who with, what was it like, and how did it go?**

Alexander has a few times. These relationships were no different than any other.

**What was the wildest thing you've ever done, sexually? Who was it with and when did it happen?**

His first girlfriend liked to use Shocking Hands and Cure Wounds on his chest during sex. This was also his first sexual experience when he was 15.

**Is there any sexual activity that you enjoy and/or practice regularly that can be considered non-standard? (Bondage, Fantasy Play, etc.) Why do you like it?**

Despite what people might assume based on his personality, Thunderpouch enjoys soft submission.

**Do you ever want to get married and have children? When do you see this happening?**

Alexander wants to get married and have children, but he doesn’t know when, and he can’t imagine actually having children; he just knows he wants to eventually.

**What is more important - sex or intimacy? Why?**

Intimacy is much more important. Holding someone who is upset, and being held when upset is critical. The warmth of someone else’s body in the night, talking about your day with someone, listening to someone’s day, feeling like they need you, and never having to eat alone are immeasurably more important to Alexander than anything else you can get out of a relationship, especially something as recreational as sex.

### Drug & Alcohol Questions

**Do you drink? If so, do you drink on any kind of regular basis?**

Alexander drinks socially but never alone.

**Do you smoke tobacco (via cigarettes, pipe, hooka, etc)? If so, do you smoke on any kind of regular basis?**

Alexander has smoked, but he doesn’t like it, so he doesn’t anymore unless pressured into it.

**Do you take any other recreational drugs? If so, do you take them on any kind of regular basis?**

Alexander doesn’t typically do any other drugs, though he is a victim of peer pressure.

**Do you take any medically necessary drugs for a chronic condition?**

No, he doesn’t.

**How old were you when you first got drunk/stoned? What was the experience like? Did anything good come out of it? Did anything bad come out of it?**

The first time Alexander was drunk was at 15. He ended up not getting sick, and he did end up making good friends with some people, one of which eventually became his first girlfriend and lover. The worst thing that came out of it was that he fell into a bad group for a while who encouraged him to do crime and drugs.

### Morality & Religion Questions

**Are you at all spiritual or religious? If so, what religion or spiritual path do you follow? How devout are you?**

Alexander isn’t very religious, but he’s trying to be more aware of religion. He worships Tephra and Paradoxie because he values passion and compassion both equally and both of them value freedom.

**What one act in your past are you most ashamed of? What one act in your past are you most proud of?**

Being in a gang between the age of 15-17 is what he is the most ashamed of. Standing alone to defend a village from bandits is what he is most proud of, except in more recent history after he joined the Brigade he’s done a lot of things that he is very proud of.

**What trait do you find most admirable, and how often do you find it?**

Passion; Alexander finds passion to be incredibly important and he finds that nearly half of all people have a strong passion if you look hard enough. Even very meek people have hidden passions.

**Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?**

As long as there are good people trying to keep the world good, the world will be good.

**What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?**

The worst thing you can do to someone is take away their passion or freedom. Without passion, you are not truly alive.

**Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?**

It’s OK to cry. Thunderpouch cries when the time calls for it. The last time he cried was the last time he felt overwhelmed. (He cried at the end of Apache when he had to kill Grug.)

### Miscellaneous Questions

**What is your current long term goal?**

Save the world! Become a hero! Make my family proud of me.

**If you were a normal person (not an adventurer/without special powers), what would you do with your life? What occupation would you want, and how would you spend all your time?**

Run an orphanage.

**What would you wish for if you found a genie?**

More power.

## Warmup Questions

**How do you test your abilities, if at all:**

* Thunderpouch hurls fireballs at the sky to see how powerful his spells are. He also spares to test his swordplay.

**What is a skill your character would like to master:**

* Calligraphy.

**If your character opened a shop, what would they sell:**

* Fireworks, glass art, and trinkets he just found but didn't actually want after all.

**What's your character's favorite food and why:**

* Whatever someone else cooks, but especially meaty and savory food, and extra especially food made specifically for him! Why? Because cooking is hard!

**What's your character's favorite sweet:**

* Pistachio Cake with Raspberry filling and Blood Orange Ganache

**What does your character do to pass the time on long trips?**

* If there are people to talk to, he will talk to them and show off his magic. If there are no people to talk to, he will practice his calligraphy.

**What is one memory you have of the ocean?**

* What really stands out to him is when he was hurled out into the ocean, nearly 500ft out, and told to swim back. It was a crazy 6th birthday.

**What is your character's ideal place to live?**

* Where I currently live (The Zenith); with all my friends, and all my stuff, and I can go on adventures.

## Trivia

* The name Alexander Thunderpouch was actually given to him by Christian because of the real world Alexander's specially designed bag of dice that could hold 10 unique sets of dice without mixing them up.

## Gallery

The first illustration of Alexander Thunderpouch, created for the Brigade Roster. CrabmaliqueThunderpouch's armor/cape/hand magic as illustrated by his player. CamelopardalisrexThunderpouch's gloves after he establishes himself as a worshiper of both Paradoxie and Tephra. CamelopardalisrexA doodle of Thunderpouch drawn during the events of MOTHER OF GOD. LilgreenfoxCommissioned artwork of Thunderpouch done by Wintercoco on Fiverr.comAlexander supporting local business by commissioning an obsidian statue of himself posing dramatically.Thunderpouch trying to convince a giant flaming snake to leave him alone so he can pick flowers in peace.The climatic scene of Patch Job wherein the party prepares to fight a giant fire snake.