Stanley Stine

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Stanley Stine is a gardener at the Ferrenport Gardens. A highly strung and deeply nervous human, he found himself too scared to go into the gardens he worked at because of the bugs. While mocked, his fears turned out to be accurate as 3 gardeners died in the following fighting.

## Stanley Stine

### Personality

Timid and easily frightened, Stanley took the job at the gardens in order to be within nature "without fear of being eaten by a predator." They enjoy the calmer side of life, and have an appreciation for nature and for the environment in general. They take pride in their work, and are quite knowledgeable if given the chance.

### Appearance:

This human is pale-skinned from all the time they spend in the greenhouse. They have neat brown hair, and wear the same uniform as all of the other gardeners do in the Ferrenport Gardens: an olive green undershirt and a pale yellow jacket with brown gloves for weeding and getting dirty.

### History:

#### Attack of the Yeetles:

Stanley met the party outside the Gardens. He confessed that he was not actually there to get the party to help them with gardening, but rather to help kill a number of dangerous bugs without fear of him being mocked. While the party defeated some of them, the bugs declared war on the adventurers, and in the ensuing chaos 3 gardeners were murdered after being thrown a great distance. After defeating them, the party interrogated the last bug, and with Stanley's knowledge of the plant hospital where they determined that the base of the insects may be, found the stronghold of the insects and forced the other bugs to surrender. The party took 3 of them as prisoner, and Stanley thanked the party for their help.

#### The Rats and Ladybugs have Teamed Up:

The party, having already been heading to the Ferrenport Gardens to rescue Tilton, Dimm and Timon, found Stanley tied up with all of the other gardeners, being held captive by the Ladybulk and their ladybugs. After being saved, despite being terrified of Rarc, they offered monetary rewards to the party for their help.

#### Moustache Moment:

The party found Stanley in Ferrenport town guard custody, traumatised and shaken. Professor Aurora explained to the party that Stanley had been found having returned from an island known as Tohou Island Nature Reserve. Tohou was recently quarantined as a result of crystal dinosaurs roaming the island, having seemingly escaped from the Neon Plane. The party, after calming Stanley down, successfully convinced Stanley to tell the party of what had happened: the Gardeners of Ferrenport Gardens had gone out to the island in Stanley's boat to collect rare flowers, only to encounter a terrifying 50ft+ tall creature known only as "The Father". Stanley made a deal with it despite the communication barrier for the group to return their with adventurers for an unknown purpose, or risk the Father coming back to Ferrenport themselves. The party left them behind to recover while they went to the Island themselves.

#### Thunder And Lightning Are Very, Very Frightening

Stanley was one of the people kidnapped by The Storm, and was subsequently shot in the head by Krommek under the control of The Night during the interrogation. They were later revived.