Freth

**Freth**, known professionally as **Agent Pigeon**, is a prominent field agent of the Interplanar Containment Authority. He, along with Bollo Burbage, provides the 'muscle' of the team, with Freth forming one half of the Smash Bros duo.

Within the team, Freth is renowned for his strength and close relationship with Bollo, though while he may be adept at smashing down walls, his paperwork does somewhat leave something to be desired.

## Biography

### Early Life

Freth grew up as the adopted son of Daddy Maw and Daddy Sophie, two preachers of Lathander living in the small village of Urin in rural Plostri. By all accounts, Freth was all that was 'left behind' after an orc raid decimated the village's population. Many of the villagers wanted Freth to either be executed or left to die in the woods, but two Daddies from the Church of Lathander intervened and decided to raise him as their own. As a child, Freth was bullied and occasionally beaten by the other boys, but this came to an end on his twelfth birthday, when he brutally murdered two army deserters in the local tavern after they began harassing Daddy Sophie. Freth was left more or less alone by the other children at this point.

Though they originally treated him with scorn and terror, the village grew to rely on Freth as the strong arm of Urin, as few of the remaining inhabitants of Urin were fighters. As he grew, Freth became the caretaker of the local church of Lathander, as well as a free mercenary and labourer for the inhabitants of Urin. After the incident with the two deserters, Freth repeatedly found himself in situations that resulted in the death or dismemberment of any who opposed the Daddies of Urin, or otherwise defied the Church's doctrine. Freth's adoptive parents were convinced that Freth's penchant for violence was an embodiment of Lathander's teaching of the cycle of life and re-birth. Over time, more and more evidence of Lathander's direct involvement in Freth's life became evident and after Freth slew a wildbug bear with what witnesses agreed to be a spear of pure light, Freth was widely considered to be a Paladin of Lathander.

Soon after being discovered as a Paladin in Urin, Freth was sent off to Axis to begin his journey to be ordained as a Daddy himself in the central Church of Lathander. Arriving at Axis, Freth happened upon the Church's Daddy Nolan being attacked by a drunken man with a knife who ranted loudly that Nolan was a charlatan. Freth swiftly intervened by crushing the man's head with a loose cobblestone. Nolan, appalled by the scene (especially when Freth declared his intention to become a Daddy himself), marched him to the Church Council to be tried for his transgression.

However, at the council trial, Freth ended up impressing the council with his forthrightness and sincerity. Nolan, enraged at Freth for the insolence of speaking directly to the council, struck him, only for a brilliant white light to shine from Freth which broke Nolan's hand. The council immediately initiated Freth as a child of Lathander and placed him under Nolan as the caretaker of his church.

### Life in the Church

Freth quickly became the source of a great deal of rumour and intrigue within the Church's circles and despite Nolan's best efforts, continued to impress with his strength and obvious blessing from Lathander. He was a favourite among the other children of Lathander for his story-telling and humble tales of violent heroism. Arthur Faislig was Freth's closest companion in the Church of Lathander, and though Arthur progressed through their training far slower than Freth, the two maintained a close friendship.

### The Fey Court

Nolan eventually decided to have Freth serve directly under him and he made him his underling by granting him the position of Youth of Lathander. He began swamping Freth with praise and would often grant him permission to go on dangerous quests to find holy relics. The freedom these missions gave Freth allowed him to embark on some of his own adventures, including a run-in with the Fey Court, which resulted in Freth vaporising the head of a house of vampires with his fist, powered by his holy symbol.

Nolan began sending Freth to more distant and dangerous locations, much to Freth's joy. When Freth continued to return victorious from his missions, each time with impressive speed, Nolan began to send Freth on quests with increasingly vague goals. Eventually, Freth was ordered to wander around Broadford looking for the 'Pentacle of Shiboreth' an item Freth quickly began to doubt the very existence of. It was there that he ran into what remained of Bluebird's team after the recent death of Kran, and was unwittingly drawn into the affairs of the ICA.

### Joining the ICA

Freth aided the team in their relief efforts for the refugees of Broadford and accompanied them to the town of Cowling, after which he was officially inducted into the organisation and became known as Agent Pigeon.

### Hiding from the ICA

After speaking with Caroline, the agents decided to lay low and go off the grid with Bingham's bomb. They decided to return to Brunhilde's floating castle in Daimeremos and after Lacey and Bollo made arrangements to be lead there by the Court of Life Vampires, Freth set off with the team to find it.

However, upon arrival, the agents found Brunhilde had locked the castle down and she arrived shortly thereafter. After a brief battle, Freth and Bollo obliterated Brunhilde, leaving the castle undefended. However, to the rogue agents' surprise, it turned out the castle was overseen by an entity known as Njal, who established them as the rightful owners in light of Brunhilde's death. Aubrey, a knowledge spirit bound to the island, served as a guide to the new rulers and offered Freth dominion over any part of the castle stronghold he desired.

Freth instated himself as the Dawnlord of the castle's chapel and voiced his intentions to Daddy Nolan. Nolan refused, although Freth was granted permission once he went directly to the Council of Dawnmasters. Nolan admonished Freth for going over his head, and swore revenge over the insult. Freth, however, seemed unconcerned by Nolan's swearing vengeance. Freth then offered Arthur a position as the retainer for his new Church.

## Personality

Freth is unflinchingly honest and forthright, but has a strong temper and an inability to see things as morally nuanced. This has at least been tested by his experiences with Bluebird's team. He has found himself saying things which are only partially true and not knowing who the right person to bludgeon to death is (though this has only so far only occurred twice). He finds himself evermore desperate to make direct contact with Lathander.

## Abilities

Freth is self-described as "one hench Daddy". His brute strength is challenged only by his devotion to Lathander. When powered by Lathander, Freth's fists are capable of entirely vaporising a being such as a powerful vampire.

Freth appears to have a particularly strong connection with Lathander, with his summoning a spear of light being accepted as proof of his status as a paladin. He also appears to be under the deity's protection, as evidenced by the flash of light that broke Nolan's hand. Though a paladin, Freth has never been able to directly contact Lathander and does not know his purpose as the god's champion, and sometimes questions if he is indeed a true Paladin of Lathander.

Through Lathander, Freth has the ability to smell what he considers to be evil (whether that be nefarious intent or dark magic) and in particular can sense necrotic magic, which is seen by followers of Lathander as a grave abomination in defiance of the circle of life.

## Relationships

* Daddy Sophie - Foster Mother

Allies* Church of Lathander
	+ Arthur Faislig - Friend and Former Fellow Pupil
* Rodkeith - Former Travelling Companion and Friend
* Lily - Potential Love Interest
* ICA
	+ Test Engineer 14 - Recruiter
	+ Caroline Tobin - Colleague and Acquaintance
	+ Arthur Parsons † - Former Colleague and Rescue Mission Target
	+ Bluebird's Team
		- Agent Bluebird - Superior
		- Honey Smith - Colleague and Friend
		- Lacey Stain - Colleague and Friend
		- Silk Greengallow - Colleague and Friend
		- Eldon Flambard † - Former Colleague and Friend
		- Eleanor Darling - Colleague and Friend
		- Bollo Burbage - Colleague and Friend
* Le Blaireau - Informant
* Verrospex the Terrible - Contact and Ally
* Babs - Occasional Professional Ally
* Edward Bingham - Professional Ally
* Old Bessie - Occasional Informant
* Acolytes of Lathander
	+ Lenthis † - Former Ward
	+ Varnish † - Former Ward
	+ Sam - Former Ward
	+ Brick - Former Ward
	+ Luger † - Former Ward
	+ Bertie † - Former Ward
* Aubrey - Informant
* The Silver Hand
	+ Agent Albatross - Professional Adversary
	+ Lithe Woman - Professional Adversary
	+ Well-Built But Ugly Man - Professional Adversary
* Baphomet - Professional Adversary
* King Agathon IV † - Assassination Target
* Honey Rammstein Messerschmidt Ribbentrop Von Sackville-Bagg † - Sacrifice to the Court of Life Vampires
* Court of Life Vampires - Professional Allies and Personal Adversaries
* Brunhilde von Berger † - Adversary and Murder Victim

## Trivia

* Freth famously cannot hold his liquor, and two ales is the most he has been able to drink without passing out or being sick.
* He is not sure if his divine smell distinguishes good from evil, or if he suffers from a gastronomical issue.