Garyn Hillbridge

> *"They don’t know how hopeless we are at this! Tell them they’re surrounded!"*
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**Garyn Hillbridge** is a founding member of the Wanderers. She has been an instrumental member in many of the party's adventures, although she was temporarily sent to the Shattered City during the group's exploits in Selse, their return to Wander, and their investigation at Madbrook.

## Known Backstory

* Former member of Iron Hearts
* Was hired by the Iron Hearts after killing Noctus Caivan's kid in a fighting ring

 Time with the Wanderers

Garyn was one of the founding members of the Wanderers when the group first convened in Wander, receiving a job from Cole Harl to investigate some local goblin attacks and recover an heirloom belonging to Lady Evanna Trysh. During this time she attempted to hide her identity with a fake beard, although the majority of the party saw clocked it as a disguise almost immediately.

Garyn remained with the party when Jothomir Joros requested their help in Refuge. Throughout the events of the Time Loop, Garyn focused most of her time investigating the town mines, at one point exploding after debating with Kelta Amastacia what the least explosive letter was. In another loop, she forged a letter purportedly from Sheriff Isaak, helping the group convince the town's depute Roswell to let the group explore more freely.

After defeating Drev and his Blood Zealots, Garyn traveled with the Wanderers to Illeyre. Here the party met new allies in Jayson Dayson, Kaedra Wilshorn, and Toven Bryar, Garyn assisted in the investigation of the ogre attacks in Illeyre and partook in the fight against Therrin Marival. After capturing Therrin and participating in the Wild's Grandeur Festival, Garyn was called out onto the balcony of the Catnap by Kaedra. The two both discussed spending time in the city of Selse, before breaching the topic of the Iron Hearts. At this point, 'Kaedra' revealed herself to be a Rakshasa impersonating Garyn's new ally, and stabbed her in an assassination attempt. The other Wanderers awoke from the noise made in the attack and helped fight off the creature.

In the aftermath of the attempt on Garyn's life, Eldrin Talendsyr penned a letter to his superiors in the Shattered City and arranged for Garyn to be sent to the capital's Temple of Tyr, where she would be safe while the rest of the party travelled to Selse to help fake her death. Garyn entrusted her two gauntlets to Eldrin and Jothomir, demanding that they be returned safely once the group concluded their work in Selse. Garyn successfully traveled to the Shattered City without incident and began working at the temple. However, she quickly grew frustrated with the environment, being forced to perform chores for the temple and being restricted from certain habits such as cursing. When the Wanderers arrived in the Shattered City, Garyn expressed intense relief, breaking the broom she was holding immediately.

Due to her volatile ties with the Caivan family, Garyn elected not to take the witness stand during the Trial of Serris Caivan, instead watching the trial as a spectator. Following the trial, Garyn chose to visit the Unyielding Stockades to speak with the former lord. There, she coincidentally met with Eldrin and Toven, who had decided to do the same. At the request of Arcanist Vraeis Rayne, Garyn departed with the other Wanderers to investigate the Ironspine Conclave.

Garyn participated in scouting out the Conclave with Jothomir and Clover Noel, meeting Inarel and helping the party plan their rescue of Koti Lemeda. After rescuing Koti, the group learned of Kyvrin's plan to attack Northlight. During the planning stages of the Suicide Mission, Garyn chose to confront Kyvrin with the rest of the Wanderers while their allies attacked the chambers powering his lair.

Garyn attacked Kyvrin from a distance during the group's confrontation, missing most of her shots. However, in the final stage of the fight, Garyn managed to find purchase with one of her arrows, delivering what would end up being the killing blow to the dragon. Garyn grew incredibly proud of this fact, and thereafter began to brag about her dragonslaying ability regularly. Among Kyvrin's hoard of treasures, Garyn was given the Manual of Quickness.

Garyn returned with the Wanderers to the Shattered City, and shortly thereafter teleported to Esselvar in order to travel to Northlight and investigate the disappearance of Dalee the druid. At this point she bade a temporary farewell to Eldrin, who departed to patch things up with his family. Eldrin's departure saddened Garyn considerably, although she was reluctant to admit so and only half-admitted to missing him when coaxed by Toven.

Garyn arrived with the rest of the party in Northlight, having made a new ally in Ernelis, and shortly thereafter departed into the Feywild in search of Dalee and the missing Northlight child Ascher. The party proceeded through the town of Iadray and, while tracking Ascher's and Dalee's tracks, the group unwittingly entered a basilisk nest. During the ensuing battle with the resident basilisks, Garyn was petrified. Iadray resident Donavan appeared after this battle, offering to grant the Wanderers an antidote to save Garyn if they paid for it. The party reluctantly agreed, under the condition that he also provide enough antidote to save several of the other basilisk victims in the area. The antidote was successful, and Garyn emerged from her petrification unharmed.

After learning the tale of the Weeping Rowan from Gwyn and Hollaeti, Garyn traveled with the rest of the Wanderers towards the Verdant Grove in hopes of finding Ascher and Dalee. Upon the group's arrival in the Grove, the Weeping Rowan brought each of the Wanderers into a dreamlike space, offering each of them a deal to give up some of the memories and emotions. Garyn rejected the deal and, in the ensuing fight, focused on destroying the nodes of power that boosted the Rowan's defenses.

The party successfully defeated the Rowan and departed with Ascher, Dalee, and other former Thralls Kaz Swain and Toross, heading back towards the portal in the Wandering Woods. With a last minute warning from Toven about the portal back into the Material Plane, Garyn entered the portal and emerged with all memories of her time in the Feywild erased. Though the Wanderers debated whether or not to fix her memories, they ultimately requested that Council member Korold Freylian help restore them. Garyn and the other Wanderers were debriefed by the Council of Northlight and were shortly released without punishment.

Upon the Wanderers' return to their temporary lodgings, they found that Aggie, shaken by their decision to erase their own memories and their role in fighting against the rest of the party, had departed, taking Nightblood with them. Garyn stayed in the lodgings to help look for any additional clues to where they had headed while others departed to try and track them down. The party then reconvened and set out together to find Aggie. Garyn's worry about Aggie's safety manifested as anger and frustration during the process.

After coming close to catching up with Aggie but then losing them again, the Wanderers managed to Send and receive several messages from them that lessened their worries. Aggie agreed to leave Nightblood buried by a nearby pond, and Ernelis, Warrior, and Kelta shortly retrieved the sword. The group then returned to Northlight, more at ease with the idea of letting Aggie spend some time alone so long as they checked in on a daily basis through Sent messages. After spending a short time gathering their bearings, the group parted ways with Ernelis and departed once more towards Esselvar in the hopes of meeting back up with Eldrin, who had also Sent a message informing the party that he was headed their way. They reconvened with him after several days on the trail, and the party continued towards Esselvar. However, the Wanderers then encountered Roxterra, a town that none of them had seen on the journey to Northlight. Garyn followed the rest of the Wanderers as they chose to investigate further. The Wanderers proceeded to enter Miraid's Inn and Tavern, meeting server and singer Nessa. Garyn lightly questioned Nessa while trying to figure out what precisely was wrong with the town, and followed the rest of the party to camp just outside the town for the night.

## Personality

* Racist to tieflings
* Sarcastic
* Reluctant to share her emotions

## Combat Strategy

* Rogue stuff y'know
* Often used as a projectile