Thorn

Art By: @ChocoboDraws

> "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
>
> Thorn

**Thorn** is a player character in MagiRPG - Rock n' Roleplay played by Andrew W.

## Description

### Appearance

Thorn has golden-brown hair, blue eyes, and pointy elven ears. He wears a leather chest piece and loose, green outwear with living vines interwoven throughout. He is always wearing a crown of leaves on his head. He is always seen wearing this and prefers this natural look to any other. This is what makes him feel comfortable in his own skin and reminds him of the peace he first felt when becoming a druid.

He has a slight frame and often appears smaller than he is due to his personality and tendency to hang in the back of the group. He always has a warm smile on his face and his eyes are often darting around scanning his surroundings/the people around him.

### Personality

Thorn is kind and doesn’t want to take anything away from anybody. He doesn't want to steal the spotlight or take the shine off anyone. He wants to do things the right way even when it’s hard. He believes everyone has good in them and always hopes for the best. He is incredibly smart and often plays dumb when confronted in a mean way to come off as positive and try to steer the conversation to a lighter side of things. He feels like people take things too seriously and need to stop and smell the/his flowers.

He knows he can be taken advantage of but is a huge people pleaser and wants to make everyone happy anyway. He is quick to forget and forgive. He doesn’t care much for money or vanity. He only sees gaining fame, popularity and any ensuing wealth as a means to help others and be a positive influence on people. His confidence is only high when playing in a show and playing well. In all other times, he has a mentality of “I’m doing my best, and I hope that’s enough.”

### Weapons / Gear

Thorn's homemade guitar "Ivy" doubles as his staff/spellcasting focus. Ivy uses living vines as guitar strings and looks like it was built out of a tree stump. Thorn also carries a Scimitar, but very rarely uses it with his slight frame making it an ineffective weapon for him.

## Biography

### Early Life

Idril Harrowind was born in Daggerford to his parents, Isla and Casen Harrowind. His parents were far from wealthy and felt stuck in Daggerford. He had an older brother (by 5 years) named Iden. Growing up, Idril was always in Iden’s shadow no matter how hard he tried to get out of it. His parents favored Iden, and Idril was constantly trying to win his parents and their friends affection and approval. Idril was extremely kind hearted, eager to please and as smart as they come, but most of all, he was shy.

Iden was a very gifted guitarist and singer, and his parents thought he was their ticket out of there to a better and more prestigious life. Idril was a fantastic guitarist in his own right, but he lacked the showmanship and confidence of his older brother. He didn’t have the same personality that drew an audience wherever he went like his older brother. At the same time, Idril worshiped his brother and followed him around, trying to learn from him and ultimately be more like him. They would play together often, much to Iden’s annoyance. Iden resented his brother following him around and taking even a fraction of attention away from him. He started calling Idril Thorn because he was constantly a thorn in his side following him around. Everyone in Daggerford began to call him Thorn, and Idril adopted it almost out of necessity.

Just after Thorn’s 13th birthday, Iden and Thorn were playing at the Lizard Gizzard’s Inn inside Daggerford proper. Iden blew up on Thorn after their performance when some of the audience went to congratulate and tip Thorn instead of himself. How dare these people think Thorn was worthy of praise and attention over him!? Soon after, Thorn found himself shipped off to Waterdeep by his parents to the New Olamn Primary Bardic School for young and aspiring bards. Iden needed to flourish on his own after all.

Thorn felt entirely at fault for being taken away from his family. If only he hadn’t stolen the spotlight from his brother. If only he had let his brother shine. If only he had been a nicer brother and a better son. If only he could make his family proud. Thorn dedicated himself to honing his skills and proving to his family he belonged. He alienated himself from others and worked as hard as he could.

### Adult Life

Seven years later, Thorn (now 20) felt like he had the skills to go home to his family and make them happy. Perhaps he could even gain enough fame to bring his parents to Waterdeep. He didn’t find a warm welcome. His parents seemed disinterested and only wanted to talk about Iden’s growing fame as a frontman for the band Enigma. They didn’t care to hear about Thorn’s growing skills as a musician. He felt discarded. All of that hard work and dedication to make his family proud and they could hardly look at him.

From that point, Thorn decided he would do everything for himself instead of his family. He decided that all of those looked down on or less fortunate deserve to have a voice. Everyone deserve attention, praise and love. He made it his mission to be someone the little guy can look up to as a good example. You don’t have to get revenge on those you feel slighted you, you just need to work hard and make the world a better place despite those who made you stumble along the way.

Thorn is looking to prove to himself that he can make it, and he can do it the right way. He wants to be a beacon of hope in a world full of haves and have-nots. He wants everyone to have a happy ending no matter what they’ve done or been through. Maybe there is a part of him that does want to show his family he can do it…

## Relationships

### Harmony Horndark

Thorn looks up to Harmony and sees her as the strong and independent person he could never be. He admires her fierce spirit and is a big reason why he has the courage to even get on a stage. Ever since first hearing her beautiful voice float through the air in that tavern, he knew he had to be near her. That fateful night, Thorn's life changed in the best possible way he could imagine. He had purpose in life, to lift up the unfortunate, and he had a gorgeous someone who would fight in the trenches with him.

He would do anything for her or to protect her. He has a huge soft spot for her and is easily convinced by her to do virtually anything, especially Chromatic Dragon. He doesn't realize how deep his feeling for Harmony are and has easily brushes off her myriad "encounters" throughout the years. Her relationship with Jaden on the other hand...

### Col Giorgio

Thorn sees Col as a cool cat and wishes nothing more than to be his best bud. Col's laid back yet up tight demeanor is a bit mystifying to him, and he can't quite get a read on Col. What Thorn does know is Col is a kind person at heart. Thorn knows there are many secrets laying underneath that slick backed demeanor, but he is ready to roll with Col to the end.

### Doro

Mommy... Sorry... Mommy... Doro is someone Thorn admires greatly and even though she is the newest member of Displacer, Thorn would lay his life on the line for this massive teddy bear of a friend. There are a lot of similar perspectives shared among the two, and how they both got to those perspectives are entirely different. For that reason, Thorn respects Doro and wants to do right by her.

### Iden

Some brother's fight, some brother's do everything they can to drive the other into the ground. Iden falls into the latter category. Thorn wants basically nothing to do with Iden and tries his best to be cordial around him. He knows nothing positive will likely ever come out of an interaction with Iden, but Thorn has hope he will one day grow up and can be brother's again. Thorn just wants to play with his brother again in the small taverns of Daggerford and see his brother happy and full of life and hope again.

### Jaden Margaster

Jaden broke Harmony's heart and that may be the one thing Thorn will never forgive. Thorn has no respect for Jaden and sees him as a self-serving taker. Thorn actively works to prevent Harmony from encountering Jaden and reopening the deep would on her heart.

### Briar Dusk

Thorn sees Briar as a silly distraction, but he knows Briar has kindness in his heart and wouldn't purposefully hurt Harmony or the band. He puts up with Briar's annoyance's because it makes Harmony happy in the short term, and they won't ever have a deep emotional connection capable of scarring her. Strangely, Briar does bring the kid out of Thorn at times, bringing his guard down a bit.

## Character Stats & Abilities

STATS
 -2

### Abilities

* Thorn often uses Ivy to cast entangle, hold person or thorn whip, turning his guitar into an effective CC weapon
* Thorn focuses on buffing, healing and supporting allies. He only uses shapeshift for noncombat reasons

## Trivia

* Thorn is not his real name, and only a few people know his true name, Idril Harrowind.
* The nickname Thorn was given to Idril by his brother Iden for being a "thorn" in his proverbial side.
* Andrew got the name Thorn from the guitarist in the Hex Girls from Scooby Doo.
* Andrew got the name Idril from the game The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. Idrial was a female, overpowered, elf mage.