Daniel Bennett

Daniel Bennett is a human thief, rogue, and spy for a kingdom built by his brother. He keeps an eye out on things that go on all around the lands, tracking suspicious behavior, acquiring resources and other random objects, and of course, taking out dangerous individuals. He also received an artifact of the gods, to accomplish this, but when he retired, he passed it down to his descendants, and was largely forgotten by people aside from his family, though in time, even his descendants forgot its importance and simply treated it as a family heirloom that remained locked up and kept out of the public eye.

## Personal Backstory

While William was a more duty-bound and upstanding individual, Daniel always had a more jaded view of things. He trusted far less than his brother, always expected the worst, and in his mind, was far less disappointed and shocked. He was more concerned about getting away and safeguarding himself and his brother, than rescuing and protecting the refugees the two had been staying near. He was not as clear on how his brother could read a book that had such foreign writing in it, but when magical weapons appeared, he had no qualms with picking one up to use to defend himself at least.

Over the years of undead problems and demonic incursions, he put more trust in his brother at least. Whatever he seemed to be hiding, he at least knew how to use these magical weapons and divine blessings. In the end, Wiliam gave these boons up when the time came, but Daniel was not about ready to give away things that had saved his life. In fact, he did not wish to relinquish them when he felt his family might need its power as well. Which was why, when he was on his deathbed, he gave the sword to his son and made him promise to keep it in the family and always bestow it to the next generation so that they would all always have its protection.

### How the Story Continues...

Daniel came about strictly for the purposes of a story I was writing in 2011, completely seperate from any role-play whatsoever. It was, in fact, not my intent to ever RP him. However, in video games, I had the urge to bring him in, and re-write his story for that continuity. I have not brought him into any D&D, but I would not mind giving it a try, though it would be a bit complicated to re-write his story in a new continuity, as there is so little of it to begin with.

## Continuity

I was nearly 30 when I made Daniel, and while I could have given it much more thought, I only thought of Daniel as a background character. A figure in some past events of the story I was writing, that could possibly be expanded upon another time, when I felt a need to add some heroic incident or other important event in the history of the world I was writing about. That moment never really came.

#### NaNoWriMo

As stated above, and on William's page, I took a stab at a 50,000 words in a month writing challenge, and came up with the character Daniel to function as the younger Bennett brother, when I converted William into the elder, when I adapted that old AOL RP incident into an aspect of this world and its history. I was never imagining making much of him, he was to be a forgotten member of the world's history that only gets reminded of as the story mounted. Still, while his memory would be reminded of and poked at in the latter portions of the story, I was still never planning for there to be much about him. His brother was the more influential character, and Daniel would never have wanted to change that.

#### Video Game Renditions

As stated on William's page, I adapted the brothers again in World of Warcraft. While William was made as a Worgen in Cataclysm, Daniel was a human rogue since vanilla days. It wasn't until the Gilnean history was expanded upon in Cataclysm that I ventured deeper into identifying them both as Gilnean. And it was insanely fun writing out a Gilnean accent in RP. I enjoyed playing Daniel as a member of SI:7 who functioned more like a CIA/FBI Agent in that world, performing the secretive acts of a government hitman/spy.

#### New/Recent D&D

I have not taken Daniel into a D&D setting, but given that I am in love with playing rogues in D&D, I could definitely see playing Daniel as a Mastermind or Inquisitive Rogue. How his story would differ in D&D though is a mystery. I do not know much about Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Greyhawk, or any other D&D setting, so it would rely heavily on discussion with the DM about how he fits into this world and how much of his and William's story survives in the adaptation.

## Appearance

Name: Daniel Bennett

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 185 lbs

Age: Again, he's technically dead in the core story, but both brothers would be somewhere in their 30s-40s, when played, given the experience they had in the backstory.

Known Aliases: Given the kind of Rogue he is, if his aliases are known, he's not doing his job right.

Build: While there's bound to be some muscle definition there, given his active efforts in stealth, manueverability, and having to deal with surprises as easily as he can, he is still nevertheless a more subtle, swift, and agile kind of person.

Scars: I don't think I've mapped them out, but I'm sure he's sustained a lot of injury in his efforts to escape capture or notice.

Tattoos: None

Piercings: None

I also have no artwork for what he looks like, and just imagine him as a dark hair, scruffy, and relatively unkempt looking individual.

## Family

Same as is on William's page, there are not really any noted family members in the history for the core story he originates from. There is William of course, Elizabeth, and then a descendant named Edward in the story several hundred years after Daniel's life. While I did succeed in writing 50,000 words back in 2011, I still haven't technically finished that story, so I do not have anything in depth about Edward's life or his endeavors, aside from the fact that he is the first of the Bennett line to really make use of Daniel's sword in hundreds of years.