Brother James

James doing his patented "kick".

**Brother James** is a Human Monk and member of D.W.A. He was the second PC created by Hatrik Elias for the campaign, after Dundin Rarchibald Creamus.

## Description

### Appearance

James is the largest member of D.W.A. He is also the only one with facial hair, sporting a full beard. He is almost always seen with his hood up, but underneath he has the longest hair in the party. He is a very athletic specimen, working out the most to go along with his massive build.

His hand is calloused from repeated stab wounds that are almost always self inflicted. He also possesses a mutant toenail, which is stronger than steel. Though Henry was able to chew through it to remove it and use as a lock-pick.

### Personality

While having a tendency to jump into combat without thinking, James is a fairly mild mannered person. He is impulsive and sometimes foolish, but has a good heart and tries to do the right thing. He cares about his comrades, and most of the innocent people they encounter.

Very progressive thinking, and aware of social issues, even if sometimes he has a tendency to be socially awkward.

## Biography

### Background

Trained at the Monastery to the south, James was raised to be a disciplined warrior. He studied under Zhou Ro-Gan and learned everything he could before setting out with Thelmand. He mentions many monks from the Monastery as there were several specialists that he was either taught by, or worked with.

### Campaign 1

#### Part 2:

Brother James made his appearance alongside his travelling companion, Thelmand, at the defence of Lantagos. He was separated from Thelmand after the battle when he was captured along with Delver and Donovan. They teamed up with Henry and formed the longest running iteration of D.W.A. James was pivotal in their escape, using his gnarly big toenail as a lock-pick to get him and Henry out of the cages to free the others.

When the party arrived at Durnhold to warn them of the Duergar attacks, they met with High Admiral Stonesail. He and James immediately hit it off, and formed a close friendship and trust. James also discovered Stonesail's tendency to cross-dress, which he kept a secret, but formed an unspoken understanding with Stonesail about.

It was in Durnhold where he met Talice, who he immediately fell for. During their trip to the Underdark, he attempted to make conversation with her, though couldn't form his thoughts into words, which was often an issue for him when speaking to Talice. He was a major driving force in agreeing to help Talice find her missing mother and brother.

James delivered the killing blow to the Dragon they battled outside of Markkud. He also played a pivotal role in the rescue of Aldrem.

When the party returned to Lantagos to scout it out, he was captured by Windomir Creamus' guards with the rest of them. They Markus Greycastle in the dungeon, who joined the group, adding a true spellcaster to their team. He helped Delver gain Windomir's trust, by allowing Delver to start conflicts with him while Windomir was watching.

During their escape, the party encountered Neris and the companion that had gotten away from them before. James killed the companion, only to regret it and give him a proper burial. Once they had arrived in Remsdale and encountered Levin Ramsay, James was the only one to show distrust towards this stranger. This proved to be correct when Levin revealed himself to be a dragon. After defeating him, Henry left the party and James lost one of his closest friends, who was often seen being carried on his shoulders.

In Gallehil, they met Elandorr Revara, who agreed to teleport the party back to Durnhold and set up a meeting between him and Stonesail. James helped convince Stonesail that this was the right move. James was also a driving force in heading on the pirate adventure, as this is something he and Delver had wanted to do since before they agreed to scout Lantagos.

James knocked Gifford Hamilton unconscious and forced the party into speeding up their work in Fleeport. After their non-lethal and overwhelmingly successful fight with Gormack Bluewater's crew, they came to an agreement with the leader, and decided to move on to Burnsley, in search of more allies for the war.

#### Part 3:

Once the party was finished in Burnsley, they travelled back to Durnhold to come up with the next stage of their plan. After fighting off an attack from Creamus' troops, James is given a ring to hold spells by Stonesail. James spends the evening with Talice, and almost makes the decision to stay with her. He is convinced by Delver that he is needed to stop Windomir.

The party sneaks back into Lantagos to assassinate Windomir, just as the armies leave towards Durnhold. There, James and Delver come up with a plan to bake pulverized glass and lamp oil into Markus' baked goods and feed them to Windomir and his guards. This works and kills the guards, enabling D.W.A. to take on Windomir by himself. After the battle, they rushed to escape the circling Rythis to get to Gallehil, hoping to teleport to Durnhold and warn them of the incoming invasion.

James took part in the defence of Durnhold against Rythis and his forces. Aldrem recommends the party track Rythis down while he is injured. Talice offers to let James come live with her now that the Duergar threat is no more, but James declines so he can see the mission through.

In Varenbourg, James helped in the exorcism of Markus, and the following fight with the demon. Afterwards, the party found Rythis' lair and battled him for the last time. The injured Rythis was killed by a punch from James.

During the celebration in Durnhold, James got together with Talice and agreed to live with her.

### Campaign 2

James has not appeared in campaign 2, but the sport called Driftball, which he and Delver invented, is mentioned frequently.

## Relationships

### Talice

Talice is James' love interest. Their relationship was the first romantic one of the entire campaign. James is quite awkward around her, but she sees the good in him, and overlooks his bumbling approach around her. He was prepared to leave D.W.A. to join her in the Underdark, but was convinced otherwise by Delver, as well as the Duergar threat that had forced the Drow to move above ground. They had agreed to live together during the celebration after the defeat of Rythis.

### Delver Fudgeson

Delver and James had a connection that was formed as soon as James arrived. They had a synergy in combat that worked extremely well for them, and was very difficult for their enemies to match. Both of them like to use an overwhelming number of attacks to decimate single targets. They both have a similar desire to be polymorphed into a giant ape when possible.

While they worked well in combat, they got the most enjoyment out of working together during downtime. They staged wrestling shows and attempted many daring stunts together.

More than any other duo in the party, they would push each other's ideas. No scheme or plan was too crazy for one to convince the other to try. This led to every time they would wear costumes and attempt to deceive their targets, such as pretending to be chefs to poison Windomir's guards, or dressing as pirates to investigate the blacksmith.

In campaign two, it is known that the two of them invented a sport known as Driftball, and played on the Durnhold team.

## Character Details

### Role

James' role in the party is to output melee damage. He is the fastest member of D.W.A. and is often the first one into the fight. He primarily fights unarmed, but used daggers and throwing weapons at various points.

Outside of combat, James was often used as a scout, due to his speed, stealth and climbing ability. He would run across trees or buildings and come back. He often found himself as the instigator of the fights, as he was usually the first one to reach the encounter. Along with Delver, James came up with a lot of the party's plans and schemes.

## Trivia

* James was the second character made by Hatrik Elias, after he retired Creamus.
* Besides Delver and Donovan, who appeared in every session, James was in the third most episodes at 58.