Tix Birchmanson

***Played by Dare***

Tix Birchmanson is the gnome Cleric/Paladin of the Chafing Armor group. Brave and somewhat grumpy, he is dedicated to keeping his team safe. He uses his deep connection to Garl Glittlergold and his deadly, sentient axe, Destiny Seeker, to defeat the player's foes. He has discovered his magical axe may be evil, and knows not what that may mean. He also has taken the path of the Paladin, giving him more powers yet more restrictions in his path.

Items:

**Destiny Seeker**: Sentient, magical sword that became an axe after he defeated Drow Paladin, Tazas.

**Enchanted bolts**: Tix has six magical crossbow bolts from his girlfriend, the dwarven shipowner, Duncan. Once per day they can do additional elemental damage of fire, ice or electricity.

**Divine Backpack**: Tix's backpack functions as a normal backpack, but with an effort of will he can reveal a second pocket dimension where his ward is kept, a young, black obsidian rock elemental named Felsic.

Rope of Climbing

His backstory is below:

Tix Birchmanson is the youngest son of his woodcarver craftsman father Valxim, and his mother Ninyana in the mountain community of Sunrise. Tix did not want to go into the family business, so when the opportunity and his god (the gnome god Garl Glittergold) called, he took up an adventurer’s life as a cleric and healer (podcast episodes 28 and 29).

He enjoys the life of a journeyman hero, which has introduced him to his lady love, Duncan Pebblebeard, owner of the Pisswhistle. Being a burly female dwarf with dwarven muttonchops on her cheeks has only endeared her to Tix all the more. Tix believes their romance will be legendary from their adventures and their love of elven ale. He plans on wooing her to be his wife when the quest given to him by Garl Glittergold has come to an end.

He has a good attitude of caring for his companions and wanting to keep them out of trouble, even when they seem to be the ones that stumble headlong into the thick of it for the sake of the quest. He views it as part of his commission by Glittergold to protect those in the group, who may be taller than he is, but tend to act more like children in his opinion, other than Penton, of whom he has great respect (except for his habit of turning down gold). He views Morezi and Athora as his erstwhile little sisters whom he needs to watch over, and Osokai as accident prone curiosity that drives Tix to his wits end like a large child that doesn’t know when to keep its hand off the stove.

Tix Birchmanson is a 3 foot 7 inch tall gnome cleric, that weighs all of 47lbs in the buff. He is 28 years old with dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. He wears studded leather armor, a helmet, and carries a buckler shield that is large for him but would be the size of a large dinner plate on a human. He wears a priest's golden stole with the runes of his god on it. He carries a large silver coin with a gold nugget in the center of it, that is the symbol of his god, also. On his back he has a heavy duty leather backpack that is enchanted to hold heavier than normal items and keep certain treasures hidden from prying eyes. His weapon of choice is a sentient rune covered axe named Destiny Seeker.