Dave Sal-trock

## **History**

Grew up in Stewton. As a child, he ran around in the mountains nearby. One day he saw a Firbolg in the mountains, or more like the Firbolg found him. Dave was asked to leave, but Dave insisted on learning how the Firbolg took care of nature. The Firbolg, seeing that someone else wanted to learn how to care for nature, was willing to show Dave a little bit. As Dave grew up, he started working as part of the militia, just for a few years as a young adult. He spent much of his free time in the woods and practiced what he learned from the Firbolg, but never saw the Firbolg again. The militia used his knowledge of the land and made him a guard for traveling merchants. He was pared with Den Well as a guard and they became good friends. About eighteen years ago the lord took his job away, so Dave used his connections with merchants to join as a guard and extra hand on a ship. He was employed as a sailor until he found other jobs in other towns, which usually involved guiding people from place to place. When no one was traveling on land he'd find a ship's crew that needed help and join them. Eventually, he became welcome on most ships whether they needed help or not, as long as he brought his own food and pulled his own weight. His knowledge of the lands near the coast grew and a few people started to request his help as a personal guard for a trip if he was in town. This eventually led him to being the princess's guard for a journey to the Stewton Midsomer Faire.

## **Person**

### **Beliefs**

Follower of Torm, people are not worthy to use or be able to use magic but it does exist in nature sometimes and is not inherently wrong.

Helping people is a great way to feel better, especially if you are getting paid.

### **Values**

Solving conflicts peacefully to the point where he will jump into a fight just to break it up, taking care of nature, sailing, teaching people how to care for nature and use nature respectfully. Exceptions to peace include anyone who is a bad person. Regarding magic, it can be used to take care of nature (as seen by the elf) but humans should not be trusted with that power. Most people who can use magic are guilty until proven innocent.

### **Personality**

Usually cheerful, grumpy when forced to wait, politely selfish

### **Flaws**

Is easily agitated when things take too long, or when he doesn't get enough sleep

## **Goals**

Used to be about enjoying life and helping people. Now it is just to save his soul, get paid, buy a boat, set sail, and not really come back.

## Sessions

### Session 1

Dave had strolled into his home town to get food in preparation for more hiking trips in the area when a golden sheep was uncovered in the middle of the square. Dave, not really desiring anything, especially since the guards were involved, ignored the situation until the kid with the sheep started to attack a guard. Dave started to move over to stop the fighting, but in the blink of an eye someone stole the sheep and someone else had stolen the child. Dave went to rescue the child along with a few other people. Turns out the kidnapper was not that bad of a guy. Dave went to the kid's house to make sure the kidnapper wouldn't try anything again. Dave took a brief moment to reminisce about his youth, running around in the nearby mountains and seeing a magical creature, specifically a Firbolg) then went off to escort princess Charity Grace Eleanor Hatfield to a cabin for a few hours, then went back to a general store. There, Malrakus, the kidnapper, followed him in. Dave bought a weeks worth of rations and 2 beers, and shared a beer with Malrakus. Together, they realized that Gavin basically has 4 adults who are going to teach him about fighting, sneaking around, surviving in nature, and protecting friends. Together, they helped a servant with a gold hand carry letters, and learned that this gold infection was transferred from living thing to living thing. Then they went back to the place everyone else was camping out at to watch over the herbalist. Dave was caught up on what Gavin had been learning, and promptly tried to interrupt his sword fighting training to try and teach him something else.

### Session 2

Dave was rudely awakened by a small person (most people are small to Dave). Apparently there was a chase that ended in about 3 seconds, with Gavin falling on his face and Dave gracefully jumping over the fallen child so he and the person helping him up wouldn't get hurt. After a really long interrogation of learning nothing, this random child was let go and Dave went back to bed. In the morning, a new group of people showed up with a skeleton of a guy named Herman and a stone man. Dave, having missed his guard duty last night, was in a rush to get back and almost kicked down the door to the herbalist's house once Gavin started telling the entire story from yesterday for a second time. The hebalist really didn't know anything about how to save Gavin's dad. Dave grumpily went back to the group and shared the news. The stone man still freaks him out a little bit. Some of the group went to "heal Gavin's dad" which shouldn't be possible since this gold thing is obviously caused by magic. Dave wanted to go with them to see what would happen, but instead he went into town to return to guarding Princess Charity Grace Eleanor Hatfield.

### SESSION 3, 4, 5, AND 6 (or "Lecalfs island")

On his way to the princess, Dave decided that she'd probably be safe with the bard playing as decoy. He informed her that he would be going out for a few days yo help a family in town, seeing as they needed him more than she at the moment. He saw Dru and Calan use some form of magic to try to cure the golden father, which is fine since they are using magic for good, with his "6th sense". Dru pulled out some amulet that screamed and cried and bled (I think) when Calan broke it in order to stop the gold curse. No cool. After that, Calan, Malrakus, Dru, Gavin, and Dave went off to see a snake friend of Dru, because wtf snake guy, was that supposed to happen? Dave and Malrakus started teaching Gavin to be sneaky. The last thing that happened was the snake told us to go see Lecalf on am island. He could help. Upon returning to the lake house to get my things, Sampson said something stupid about the bard/princess, and basically almost let everyone know that the real princess was under cover.

The group, on their way out to the shore to get to the island, decided they needed a boat. Dave, knowing at least one person in every town, went to an old captain of his and asked for a boat out to the island. "Why? That's a suicide voyage!" said Captain Rogers. "If you have to, the only one crazy enough to do that would be Poggy. He lives over there." The group went to ask Poggy, a kind man who was concerned for his daughter. Under the pretext of looking for a cure, we all agreed to set sail for the island. Dave, ecstatic about sailing, almost missed Gavin falling into off the port side of the boat's hull. Gavin was confused because he had never seen a boat before, but also crushing on Poggy's daughter, Isa. They set sail, fought a giant shark squid crab thing, and paddled with exhaustion for 1 mile on the wreckage of their ship. Only Dave wasn't tired and decided to, after everyone needed to spend the night in Lecalf's home, stay up late and read/look at pictures in a medical journal about snakes. Dave really does not like snakes now. But Lecalf, he seems ok. He's the doctor on the island, and it's nice of him to offer us food and shelter, AND the cure for Gavin's golden dad!

Now, with all sorts of exhaustion, the group of tired bois go out to look for some glow root, with Poggy and Isa staying behind to catch fish. Tired bois found the glow root, destroyed some... a good chunk of it. But they got some! Dave picked some heads of the plant in hopes to plant some back home. There was an incident with some bee things, Calan being stung on his neck, and we needed to take the helmet off to heal it. Upon the face reveal, Gavin was in shock and couldn't treat the bee sting, so Dave treated it. It seems that the only normal people in the group are Dave and Gavin, which makes Dave a little isolated, but nothing unusual for him. He's just in charge of keeping these people safe, like this is his job. Dave snacked on some berries when they got back, but wait! A bat broke in an Isa was kidnapped!

The next day we searched for Isa. We met a guy named "Ray" who was part bat... weird. But we couldn't find Isa. The cave Lecalf told us to go to was a bust. On the way back, we angered a giant turtle who Calan basically looked at in disappointment while Dru scared it off with her face. But on the bright side Lecalf's cat seems to be getting along with Dru nicely. Those berries Dave finds are REALLY good.

FUCK! GAVINS MISSING! And Lecalf is missing too! He gave us a boat, but we can't leave without Gavin! Dave, using his 6th sense, found a magic mirror the cat had been traveling through, and also a whole bunch of painful magic COVERING Lecalf's home. After breaking into all of his rooms, Tired bois followed the trauma radiating from the walls down to the basement, where Lecalf had stiched Isa's head to a monster's body, and was currently doing the same to Gavin! Dave held Isa down until everyone could stop Lecalf, then dragged Poggy away from his "daughter". We killed and revived Lecalf, bound him, and waited. Dru set Isa free, and Poggy followed her. We rescued Gavin, got on the boat Lecalf gave us, and set sail after Dru and Malrakus interrogated Lecalf. They got to the boat in a rush, so we took off. Everyone is traumatized, Isa is dead, Poggy is probably dead, Lecalf is probably dead too. And this boat is too fuckin small! But we got home and rested. Dave gave the boat to Capt. Roggers, which was covered in hinges, weird, because Dave didn't need it. We rested, Dave ate a LOT of berries.

We got back to Stewton, Gavin went with Dru while Malrakus, Dave, and Calan went to help Gavin's family. Apparently, the whole town is shut down because there were murderers. On top of this, none of us know where Dru lives so we just lost Gavin again! The only good thing in our lives is that Gavin's dad is cured and these berries Dave keeps finding. Where in the abyss is Gavin and Dru?

### "To Winderchest"

We found them, and also learned that there was a riot in Stewton and the lord died and the murderers kidnapped May and the Duke's baby! We will find May and bring her back home, so we are off to Winderchest to find them! The group encountered some peaceful monks who were happy to welcome a paladin of Torm, a magic mirror shard which made us kill a puppy, an old man living peacefully, and our favorite bushman Talon. We could not go with him because Dru was tracking D, Gavin was getting frustrated, few of us were happy. When we got to Winderchest, Dave got someone to send a letter back to Stewton asking for help in capturing the murderers, since they had found them. But they were in the castle? D had been using magic to "rob" people so Dave was willing to sell him out. Unfortunately, someone had used magic in a very bad way and all of Dave's group was arrested. Dave had a fun time tracking D and nearly catching him, but D's connections got him out and landed Dave in jail with lots of enemies. He almost made a friend in May, but accidentally betrayed her and was nearly forced to stay in jail for ever. He realized his specialty with tracking was magical, but not really being sure how to use it and deciding to not use it for evil he doesn't mind. Fortunately, Calan rescued him because Calan believes in second chances. Together, Calan, Dave, and Talon went on their way to save some orphans.

### "The Orphans"

The orphans were all dead. Souls taken by the Jawed god. But they didn't know that. A witcher had apparently "secured" the orphanage by locking the children inside with a devil. It's ok the children were already dead and possessed. Well, the one small girl was, but they didn't know that. There was just a flower in her ear. After killing the lesser devil, Talon nearly dying in the process, the small girl had an exorcism done and died from it. Dave was holding the girl. Being unable to save anyone... again... the group lef-wait why is there another barrier?!

### "Devil boys"

Apparently a kid obsessed with dragons told the witcher what they did and the witcher redid his spell. Everyone was stuck, in no shape to fight, but given no other option. Until a devil offered to have them trade 100 souls each for their freedom. Talon secretly accepted, thinking he would go get the witcher to let them out. Dave did likewise, for the same reason and because the souls were to be taken from "the jawed god's followers" and they were clearly evil. Calan was furious. Talon ran off into the woods to save his soul (being held as collateral) while Dave rejoined Calan to fight the lesser demon to set her free. The demon laid down while they pep talked and then Calan and Dave absolutely destroyed it by grappling while it laid down and beating the crap out of it with holy smites and interdimensional shield bashes. After being freed, they found Talon's bag, and in it a ring belonging to a "Tibalt", an old friend of Calan's. Dave and Calan went off to find him and learn what he did and why he ran, and then to kill the Devil who made the deal in order to save 200 evil people.

### "Dark paladins"

They found him, nearly dead again running from a paladin who wanted to kill all of the devil worshipers, including Dave because he and Talon had some nice brandings on their forehead to tell the world who they followed. Calan tried to negotiate to no avail, and while the 3 were being chased (poor horse) Calan and Talon realized they were actually lovers a while ago, looking for each other. The dark paladin was not as amused as Dave. Calan also shared that she let a baby go through a portal to save it from this dark paladin, and this was discussed to be a bad move. The three beat up the paladin, but left her alive, and went on their way to save Camilla and Tibalt's home towns? Why not save our souls first? Why not the baby? Oh, Laterdale has many people who follow the Jawed god? And they are causing problems in the city? AND Tibalt is already willing to do some selfish murder to help Dave and himself? That's 3 birds with 1 stone. Except they have no plan.

### "Batman and Malvolio"

The three went to Beacon first go get help from another old friend Dave doesn't know. Drama started, Dave was almost arrested again, but school saved the day! Bear Grylls, Joan of Arc, Robin Hood, and Milo Thatch all went along to Laterdale and met Stephen Stephenson IV, who, after being informed of Tibalt's being alive, took them in and agreed to help them save Crenbrooke and Laterdale. Stephen and Malvolio tried to find some more flowers to study while Calan tried to talk to a chef, then Dave talked to him, then Tibalt did and got the information they needed to track down the leaders of a rebellion against magic in the city. Dave then left to try and follow a man said to be sneaking out of the castle late at night and nearly completely failed.