Tiger Goldhammer

## Backstory

Tiger was born on March 20th, 201 to Gareth and Gerti Goldhammer on their pumpkin farm in the northern region of the Kingdom of Marand, near the border to Estersnow. The preceding winter had been the harshest winter that Marand had ever seen, and the same day of Tiger's birth marked the long awaited beginning of spring.

Tiger's father, Gareth, was a world-famous paladin that went on many missions with his adventuring group, Gold Team. He and his wife had decided that he would retire when they started a family, but shortly after Tiger was born, Gareth had to go away on one final mission. During this mission, one of the members of Gold Team died. Gareth does not talk about what happened.

Tiger lived a relatively quiet life on the farm. Many of his father's former adventuring pals would visit frequently. Two members of Gold Team in particular became like family to Tiger. Onew and Luna Silvermist, the ranger and rogue of the group, respectively, became Uncle O and Aunty Lu.

During his youth, Tiger and his family were invited to Geavron Accord to celebrate Princess Shadynasty of Marand's 10th birthday. Tiger and Shadynasty became fast friends during the celebration and remained in contact throughout the rest of their childhood and teenage years.

At age 14, Tiger entered paladin school, something he had been planning to do his whole life. He intended to follow in his father's footsteps and take the Oath of Devotion upon graduation. At paladin school, he met his best friend, Willem, his first girlfriend, Corrina, and his beloved gumga, Agatha.

During their time in paladin school, Willem and Tiger began to develop ideas that the Oath of Devotion might not be the best fit for them. They had ideals that everyone could walk the path of light and good if given the chance and with proper guidance.

During an exercise when his group had to apprehend a band of murderers, Tiger and Willem had a disagreement with Dariel, another member of Tiger's paladin school training group. Dariel killed the murderers himself, without offering them the chance at redemption, and challenged Willem to an illegal duel later. Willem accepted.

Willem and Dariel's duel resulted in Willem's death. Dariel had become an Oathbreaker and was expelled. Witnessing his best friend's death changed Tiger as a person. He changed his oath to the Oath of Redemption, broke up with his girlfriend, and then dedicated himself to training for his final year of paladin school.

At graduation, Tiger officially took the Oath of Redemption, swearing to guide those who walk the path of darkness to the light, to use violence only as a last resort, and to show patience and work everyday to help people find the good within them. He met up with Agatha shortly after graduation and the two set out on adventures together. They were joined by Keiran, Roger, and Walter and became known as TCG, The Cool Guys, and were given a task to save the world!

## About

### Appearance

Tiger is a fresh 18-year-old gangly boy. He has light brown hair and light blue eyes. His skin is a tan color and he cares a lot about skin care. He also likes to make sure his hair is styled nicely. He often wears a light green tunic with a yellow cape and khaki pants, but sometimes he shakes it up with more summer-y clothes.

### Personality

Tiger is usually very optimistic. He has big dreams and ideals of saving the world, and saving all evil beings from themselves. He believes everyone has the potential for good deep inside. He is usually pretty bubbly and happy, but also goes through bouts of severe depression and feelings of worthlessness when he is unable to do anything in a situation.

It hits him especially hard when he feels that he was unable to save someone. He has these ideas that he should be saving everyone, but after a long talk with Runch Randa he is starting to get better at accepting defeats and realizing the good things that he has done. He also realized that Alfie, one of the children he thought he failed, is actually happy and does not hate him.

## Personal Life

Tiger is a big fan of the rappers Runch Randa and Lil Meow Meow.

He has only ever dated one person, Corrina, while he was in paladin school. They broke up near the end of their junior year, but Tiger still has very fond memories from the time they spent together.

He considers Princess Shadynasty to be his best friend, and he writes to her frequently. He has no idea about her feelings for him.

He has a crush on someone... and it's RJ!

### Relationships

TCG in general: He likes his team a lot, but sometimes gets weary of their... rash decisions.

Mamnum: He has a lot of respect for Mamnum. He kind of sees him as a second dad.

Runch Randa: His hero, his idol. They were becoming really good friends and Runch even watches Cheese for him while he's away. He wants Runch to be happy, but he can't help but feel a little hurt when looking at him right now.

Cheese: His pet rat that he loves. He makes him little clothes. Sometimes he calls him Cheesey Weesey. (Has never been named Charles or anything other than Cheese. It has always been Cheese).

RJ: They were decent friends, but after seeing what he saw things are probably going to be rough for a bit.

Jay: He THOUGHT they were decent friends, but now that he knows Jay only asked him to the Ciphim carnival to get closer to Keiran, he feels a little used and hurt.

Alfie: He really wants to have a big brother-little brother relationship with Alfie, but he doesn't know if they are close enough yet.

## Items

* Shortsword
* Shield
* Holy symbol
* Longsword
* Dagger from Aunty Lu
* A waterskin
* Jailer's keys
* Torrent jar
* Raven figurine
* Chime of opening (used 2/10)
* Weird toy dinosaur
* Jupiter wine
* Comb with a switch that turns it into a dagger
* Stuffed fish with a big head and tiny body
* A real snake named Lancelot
* Pet rat named JUST Cheese
* A orb of water with a clockwork fish inside
* A medal that says #1 Pie Eater
* Tadpole mummy- a mummified tadpole that wriggles when undead are within 30 feet. I gave it to Keiran
* Umbra Goggles- iron goggles that allow a creature with sunlight sensitivity to see normally. I wear them as a cool fashion statement. I look like a 10.
* Lamia Fang- Fang on a necklace that repels ordinary nonmagical snakes. Looks cool with my goggles. I gave it to Runch Randa. but i might take it back later.
* Saturn's ring- bronze ring makes an attuned creatures hand glow golden when they attack
* Deck of Illusions

## Trivia

He got into an argument with Queen Lustavo once and he feels kind of weird about it, but he stands by his point. Mamnum disciplined him for it later with a light wrist slap.

Rats are one of his favorite animals. He has a pet rat named CHEESE.

He enjoys knitting, sewing, painting, and playing games in his free time.

His favorite colors are yellow, blue, purple, and green.

His favorite food is his mom's famous pumpkin soup.

He and Willem got their ears pierced as a dare while in paladin school, but he doesn't wear earrings while adventuring (he doesn't want to lose them).

Hates squash. It's the only food he hates.

He likes comic books, especially Marvelous Comics (Steel Man, Captain Faywald, and The Mighty Tempus are his favorites).

He's allergic to bees, but he thinks they are cool. He respects them from afar.

He's a fanboy of the rappers Runch Randa and Lil Meow Meow. He gets especially excited when they collab.

He wears contacts and sometimes forgets to bring them on missions.

He was born on March 20, 201 at 7:02 AM, making him a pisces.

He is a Lil Lisp anti.

He was the pie eating champion at the Ciphim Carnival.

He likes Anime. Big weeb