Lucan Sunguard

**Lucan Sunguard,** usually known just as **Lucan**, is a Paladin of Hoar and one of the longest lived members of the Harpy's Claw group along with Quintus Acilius Sympronian and Polikos. He swore an oath of vengeance to avenge his family after his village was slaughtered by halflings, who he has been known to murder in cold blood on occasion.

## Description

### Appearance

Lucan is a black dragonborn, equipped with the Bane of Medusa he received from Stone's Maw and a shield. He is also equipped with a magic javelin that always returns to his hand after being thrown, and rides a horse named Roach.

### Personality

Lucan is generally more reserved than other members of Harpy's Claw and likes to focus on the mission at hand. Although a follower of Hoar, the god of revenge, he is not as emphatic as Quintus is about spreading his faith. Lucan is not afraid to dive deep into battle and get his hands dirty, which has almost cost him his life several times. He enjoys planning battle strategies with Quintus; figuring out ways to combine their powers to destroy those who oppose them.

## Biography

### Background

Lucan grew up in a dragonborn village in Scootland. When he was a child his village was raided, and his clan was killed by the halflings. Lucan was the only one to survive the slaughter by hiding in a nearby lake. This drew him to make an Oath of Vengeance under the god Hoar. He spent most of his life dedicating himself to his training. At one point, he trained with an infernal in order to hone his skills. He joined Harpy's Claw in the hopes that the party will help him get his revenge.

## Character Information

### Quests

Lucan's primary motivation for becoming a paladin is his resentment of halflings after they attacked and killed everyone in his village. His first encounter with a halfling after that day was with Nakasomi, a halfling blacksmith. Lucan secretly killed him, but was cursed before Nakasomi died. The curse was only broken after he revealed the murder to Quintus and the pistol Nakasomi gave Ventus exploded in his face. Lucan is attempting to exercise some self control around halflings after Hoar voiced his disagreement of the incident.

### Notable Items

* The Bane of Medusa
* Magic Javelin
* Orc Necklace
* Various letters from the Carbonari and a letter with a senatorial seal
* Several bottles of holy water

## Controversy

Lucan's Oath of Vengeance has caused some controversy through his actions. The most notable of this would be killing Nakasomi. In his defense, he has declared halflings as his sworn enemy, and according to the tenants of vengeance in his oath, "Ordinary foes might win my mercy, but my sworn enemies do not" and "My qualms can’t get in the way of exterminating my foes."[1]

Several other players argue that paladins are required to be lawful good alignment. Besides the fact that alignment only acts as a general framework for morality[2], lawful good paladins are boring and can make games boring (Lawful Stupid)[3]. In addition, paladins are not required to be lawful good in DnD 5e[4][5][6].

## Trivia

* Lucan's love of the water comes from when he survived the halfling attack on his village by hiding in a lake.
* Although not much is known about the infernal Lucan trained with, it is known that Lucan learned the infernal language from him.
* As a child, Lucan tricked his dragonborn friends that he could grow wings.
* Lucan's strongest attack was against a giant leaf monster in a Neptune worshiper's dungeon, smiting it with 63 damage in one turn.