Romar Montecute

*"The International Adventurers' Guild is nothing more than a branch of the Ivory Kings military, used to commit atrocities they wouldn't want associated with their official state agenda. There needs to be a guild free from state interests, freely able to help those that actually need it, unimpeded by corrupt noble interests." - Romar on the necessity of another guild for adventurers*

## Romar Montecute

### Occupation

Founder of The Seekers Of VeshenAdventurer

Soldier (Formerly)

## Physical description

### Biography

Romar Montecute is a founder of the Seekers of Veshen, along with his wife Rita Montecute. He serves as a quest giver to those interested in working with the Seekers Of Veshen, and also acts as the curator for what quests the group accepts, carefully looking out for any potential harm to innocents.

### History

Romar was born to a lesser noble family in the Ivory Kings in 4076, being the heir to the family. Growing up, Romar was trained in statecraft and swordsmanship, in the hope that he may catch the attention of a greater noble and serve in their house, providing a possible step in the harsh social ladder of the Ivory Kings. Romar would succeed in this, becoming a ward of a councilmember of the Ivory Kings, and even earning the honor to travel to the arena and witnessing The Arena's Eyes from a seat in the Ivory Kings arena.

Once old enough, Romar would complete in a great tournament in the Ivory Kings arena, where he would place 8th out of 250 contestants. His impressive display of martial prowess earned him a prosperous offer to join the International Adventurer's Guild at an advanced rank, along with a hefty sign on bonus. Romar accepted the offer, becoming highly respected among other Ivory Kings nobles. He was also secured a marriage proposal from the daughter of a high ranking councilmember, set for 4100, if he remained in high regard upon reaching the age of 24.

Romar would climb the ranks of the International Adventurers's Guild. reaching the rank of Captain in 4099.

Romar's first assignment as Captain in the International Adventurers' Guild was to join up with a group of 1000 mercenaries, hired by the Ivory Kings, and lead a contingent of warriors east to destroy a tiefling settlement on Ivory Kings' land in Verax.

Romar met with the host of 1000 mercenaries and marched to the teifling settlement in 4100, having just turned 24. Upon reaching the tiefling settlement, Romar attacked with the mercenaries, murdering the tieflings, and chasing them deeper into the forests of the Eldertree Enclave. Romar pursued and was knocked unconscious by a tiefling ambush, killing the mercenaries that joined him in the pursuit.

When Romar awoke he was alone amongst the bodies of his fallen comrades, and 1 unconscious tiefling woman. Romar went to slay the tiefling before he happened to see that she was not holding any weapon or even wearing armor. Upon further inspection, Romar discovered that none of the tieflings had proper weapons, with the most the defended themselves being branches and rocks. Feeling guity about his part in the slaughter, he bandaged the tiefling and buried the all the dead while she slept. When she awoke she tried to kill Romar, who did not fight back against her.

After struggling to communicate what happened, the tiefling revealed her name as "Rita" and explained that her people were not the invaders, having lived in the region for millennia, and that the humans had been encroaching their ancestorial land for decades. Realizing his part in the slaughter of innocents, Romar returned to the Ivory Kings, confronting the counsel over their vicious attacks on the Verax peoples. His confrontation was seen as an insulting outburst that saw him stripped of his noble rights and banished from Ivory Kings society, with the threat of execution for both him and Rita if he were to show his face in the capital again.

Romar would go on to take up freelancer contracts to provide for himself and Rita upon learning he was removed from the International Adventurer's Guild for speaking out against the counsel. Rita, having nowhere to return to, stayed at Romar's side, learning common and helping him complete contracts to provide for each other. Despite their horrible introduction, Romar and Rita married in 4110 and formed the Seekers Of Veshen in 4112 after being contacted by a benefactor interested in funding a new adventurers' guild in Veshen.

### *Tales Of Ye Old Interest*

Romar hoped to establish a guild headquarters in Hushire, with the help of the party. Eventually he was able to secure a plot of land after helping defend the party from Osmorn Reaver.

Romar would discover he had been fooled by Aryonia, who had been using the Seekers Of Veshen to create power vacuums in Veshen to facilitate their eventual rise. Romar attempted to stop this with Rita, but Rita was killed while trying to buy him enough time to escape. He eventually contacted the party in a Maloc camp, where he explained what had happened and Aryonia's true intentions. It was then that the party discovered Romar was a Veshling himself, even if he had no memory outside of being Romar.

After the Aryonia Empire had formed, Romar still tried to form the Seekers Of Veshen, hoping they could still be a viable option for those uniterested in joining the International Adventurers' League. He would secure a small building for the guild outside of Vheninggrave to serve as a new base of operations. Elfi was offered a position to be a leader in the Seekers, but she declined the offer.

### Secrets

*Only read the expanded section if you are okey with potential spoilers. **This is your warning!'''***

Romar is secretly a Veshling who took on the persona of Romar after he died in the battle with the tieflings in the east. What he says about his time before traveling with Rita is unreliable, as he only knows what he can easily learn about Romar's life before the battle. He has no memory of his personality as a tiefling and has fully embraced living out his life as Romar, becoming very distressed if he is forced out of his Romar form.