Urwin Mondegreen

*Urwin: Oh, am I going to have to kill you in Pelor's name?*

## General

The goliath Head of Security at Watchguard Management and Solutions, he is a Paladin under Pelor's Light and can be often be found either relaxing in the Skyline Bar or scouring the depths of the Marta Facility securing escaped threats to the world at large. Urwin is a large man with a larger personality and is often heard before he is seen, shouting out his catchphrase, "EXCELSIOR". Urwin is the Branch Head that standard WM&S employees are most likely to encounter in their day-to-day activities, as Urwin constantly moves about the building overseeing necessary security tasks.

Urwin is kindly and good natured, and he demonstrates a unilaterally friendly and pleasant demeanor in spite of his rigid air of competence and authority. The only moments where Urwin is taciturn and serious is in the presence of dangerous or evil beings. In such situations Urwin proves his mettle as Watchguard's Head of Security by attempting to either secure or eliminate the threat as efficiently and safely as possible.

Aiding Urwin in all administrative activities is his second in command and right hand woman, Gaz.

## Description

Urwin Mondegreen is a giant of a man, both in height and in build: he towers well over 7' tall and sports a muscled frame. His voice carries far, as he is prone to speaking loudly and unrestrained at all times. As a goliath, bears little (if any) head hair, and he carries the telltale body markings of his heritage which can be seen beneath the thick plates of armor he always dons. And as a paladin, Urwin always wears his necklace with Pelor's symbol in it.

## Biography

### Arc 1

*See: Arc 1: Goodhaven*

Though his interactions with Angelica Fairchild's Proto Strike Team were brief, they proved pivotal. It was Urwin who was dispatched by Watchguard to slay the Countess, Zara Nichols; his assassination of the visiting noble was pinned on the Proto Strike Team in order to get them arrested and transferred to Goodhaven State Penitentary, that they might perform their investigations.

### Arc 2

*See: Arc 2: Cormanthor*

Following the Strike Team's departure for Cormanthor, Coriander's experiments with the Six Hundredth and Twice-Fortieth began to go awry: Smithy, the research assistant who led Coriander's work in his stead, was overcome by the aboleth's will and enthralled; soon after, Igor (Kroa'Goa's artificing assistant) was likewise enthralled and the two former assistants began a strange conflict in earnest, within the confines of R-23. When these conflicts reached their zenith and Dufresne called in a security request, Urwin assisted in the matter. And though Igor was ultimately slain in the struggle, Urwin was able to capture Smithy for later interrogation.

## Powers/Abilities

As a goliath and a paladin of Pelor, Urwin Mondegreen is a force to be reckoned with in a fight. He wields unnatural strength (enough to run through walls unimpeded) and combat prowess, and his holy boons give him the power to match and overpower every supernatural evil he faces. He is particularly skilled at slaying and turning undead of all kinds, though he too maintains the uncanny ability to sense the presence of fiends - a useful tool which Watchguard has relied on multiple times in Urwin's career.

Urwin's abilities do not all lie in brute force, however. He is a skilled tactician and leader, relying on the unique synergy of his and Gaz's abilities to devastating effect; judging character well enough to send staff where they are most needed and best suited (as when he delegated the prospective hires Kroa'Goa and Skralgt't to dealing with R-23's mimic hazards, despite only knowing these agents briefly). And the high morale he inspires in his colleagues is no small feat, either.

## Trivia

* He teaches weekly yoga classes which are held in meeting halls in the residential floors of the Marta Watchguard headquarters.
* He seems to possess a disdain for Father John Farmer, the head of research in Watchguard Department of Applied Religiosity.