Akmenos Shoeman

Art by Mason

### Class

Ranger 7 (Beast Master Conclave) (The Emptiness Campaign)Ranger 12 (Beast Master Conclave)/Fighter 5 (Battlemaster) (Longest Night oneshot)

## Relationships

### Family

Ebros Enzo Shoeman (adopted son)Ebros Shoeman (father)Unnamed motherRasputin (pet)

## Meta Information

### Appears In

The Emptiness CampaignLongest Night oneshot

### Player

Eryn

Meno Shoeman is a PC featured in The Emptiness Campaign. He is a tiefling ranger and fighter. He was formally worshiped as a god by the church of Alache, but after being found out was tortured until he escaped.

As a PC he is played by Eryn.

## Background

Meno was raised in the wasteland by his father, Ebros Shoeman, his mother having died in childbirth. The two of them as the world's only tieflings lived relatively solitary lives.

One day, they were approached by a group of cultists that believed Meno to be their god, Alache due to a striking resemblance to what was described in their sacred texts. Eager to have a life of luxury, Meno went along with this delusion and allowed himself to worshiped by the fanatics.

Years went on with Meno being treated as a god, receiving offerings of food, drink, and sex. The longer this went on though, the more the cultists grew desperate for Meno to preform miracles for them. The high priest, an elven man named Palladio wanted to receive miracles from Meno, but Meno always put off the miracles for another day, unwilling to break the facade. Finally, out of desperation Palladio offered the ultimatum: either Meno's father would die or a miracle would be preformed.

Meno's father, Ebros was brought before Meno. Meno pleaded with his followers to spare Ebros, but he was ultimately killed by Palladio. When no miracle saved Ebros, Meno was forced to admit that he was no god. In a fit of rage, the congregation turned on him for all the false promises, lies, and time they had wasted on him.

The congregation tortured him for months, Palladio in particular broke Meno's horn off and drove it through his hand. In his pain, Meno errupted in flames, badly burning Palladio. While the high priest was stunned from this, Meno escaped into the wastelands, and began wandering aimlessly.

In his travels, Meno rescued a fox which he named Rasputin, who served as his only friend for several years.

## Personality

Initially, Meno was grumpy and pessimistic, wanting nothing to do with the other party members. He was self-centered and only looked out for himself and Rasputin. He notably would sleep as far from the rest of the party as he could just to avoid them as much as possible.

Gradually though, Meno began to grow closer to the party, particularly to Ebros and Octavia. In this, he was able to open up a bit and grew fiercely protective of the people that he cares about.

Meno is now a deeply dedicated father who worries constantly that he is not good enough for the people in his life. He goes out of his way to serve his friends and family.

## Appearance

Meno is tiefling with grey skin, solid yellow eyes, black hair and curving horns. He has especially long canine teeth. He has a large scar on his hand where his horn was driven through it.

In The Emptiness Campaign, Meno was slender with one broken horn. He wore a scooping v-necked white shirt, black pants, and a red scarf tied around his waist. He initially had a long green overcoat, but it was taken by Ebros Shoeman and was never returned.

In the Longest Night oneshot and since adopting Ebros, Meno has gained a decent amount of weight, now having a "dad bod". He has grown a beard and a mustache. He wears far more simple clothes, most of which he makes himself. He now has his other horn.

## Relationships

### Ebros

Initially Meno wanted nothing to with Ebros, and was willing to abandon the annoyance in the wastelands. Ebros insisted that they were friends, and followed Meno around.

This onesided relationship lasted until the disaster at Mariness, where Ebros broke his normally cheerful character to cry in Meno's arms. Meno attempted to comfort him, and gradually became more and more protective of Ebros.

Gradually, Meno began to take on the role of a father and even officially adopted Ebros in his epilogue. He parented Ebros until Ebros began traveling with the troupe part time.

### Octavia

Octavia and Meno began their friendship after they left the party after Ebros got kidnapped. They made their way to Downham at both of their lowest points. Once they reached the town, they realized how much their actions had been weighting on them and just how much guilt was associated for what had happened in the previous days. When the rest of the party eventually found them, with each other's help they were able to admit their shortcomings.

Meno and Octavia have since developed a friendly rivalry and deep bond, going as far as living next to each other. They turn everything into a competition especially drinking and combat. Meno strongly believes ranged weapons are better for getting the job done, but Octavia is convinced that melee is the only option. Despite Meno's misgivings about melee combat, Octavia has successfully trained him to be a fighter.

It is worth noting that Meno and Octavia actively lose all of their braincells when they are together.

### Naiion

Meno and Naiion are currently in a romantic relationship. Naiion is deeply in love with Meno, but afraid to commit to anything long term due to Meno's status as a parent.

### Palladio

Palladio was obsessed with Meno, and considered him not just his god but also his lover. They slept together often, but Meno never really cared much for Palladio.

Palladio was not just crushed that Meno wasn't Alache, but that the love of his life didn't love him back.

### Rasputin

Meno loves Rasputin as much as he loves his son. Meno has been willing to do things as extreme as abandon Mariness in order to protect Rasputin.

## Trivia

* Meno's favorite color is orange, because it reminds him of the color of Rasputin.