Tharlin
Tharlin is a Dwarven Air Mage played by Conal. His first adventure was Blood, Sweat and Beers in the Autumn of 818wk. As a young Dwarf, growing up in the Superstition Mountains, he never really felt that he belonged; that he was different from everybody else. Getting older, he realized he loved being outside far more than underground. Being up in the mountains, he felt so free, and it was the first place ever for him that just felt right. All he wanted to do was get to the sky, touch the clouds, untethered to the cage that was the underground. His traditional family wasn't as keen for him to go wandering off chasing the clouds, so he aimed to fit in and be more of a "real" dwarf by fighting, smithing, drinking, and brewing, but ultimately, they fell through (well, maybe not the fighting).
Tharlin had heard about the Guild of adventurers and the magics they could display, so he sought it out, hoping to one day touch the clouds. Through the guild, he discovered Bromli and Cronose's Brewery and began working there for money and a place to live. While it didn't happen straight away, Tharlin became an Air Mage and set out on an adventure, hoping to earn the experience and money to learn to fly. Then finally, after his second adventure, Novadom Road North he learned to fly, free to reach the sky. He now continues to work at the guild and Bromli and Cronose's Brewery, developing his college and skills so he can be the best Air Mage he can, as it's the only thing that makes him feel free. And the more he learns, the less tethered he is to the world below, preferring things like sleeping on a cloud rather than his bed at the brewery. Now he fights to balance his more youthful, impulsive, "stormy" side with a more measured and calm approach.
Adventures
Die Wiederkehr der Königskleinodien - GM: Chris C Summer 826 WK
Autumn 818wk Blood, Sweat and Beers - GM: Nick Martin
Autumn 820wk Novadom Road North - GM: Stephen Martin
Autumn 822wk Covert Fox - GM: Stephen Martin
Winter 822wk Newtonian Goblins - GM: Stephen Martin
Autumn 823wk If you can't be bad, be bad at it - GM: Dean
Spring 823wk Gnome Way Home - GM: Martin
Summer 825wk Uncertainty Principle - GM: Martin
Un-bear-able
Over the years, Tharlin has become increasingly associated with bears. It all started on his first adventure in Autumn 818wk: Blood, Sweat and Beers. Tharlin and his party, made up of Hayden, Haedric, Cob, and Sprockett, wandered upon the old forest spirit Ursok the bear in a very sacred grove. Ursok was a very magical bear who seemed to have an almost instant connection to Tharlin. Ursok later passed on, along with his sacred grove, leaving a staff for Tharlin to keep and remember him by. This staff was a part of the big tree in the centre of Ursok's grove. It gives Tharlin and only Tharlin the strength and endurance of a mighty bear while the staff is in his hand/s. In a more recent adventure, Covert Fox (Autumn 822wk), part of the reward was a dose of Refined Chaos. When Tharlin took a dose of this mixed with a special blend of essences, it turned him into a shapeshifter bear. He could then choose to change into a bear or werebear at any time.
Description
Tharlin is a 4'9" 127lbs Dwarven male, a long brown beard braided at the ends that reaches just below his pecs, brown eyes with flecks of gold in them, bushy brown hair that goes down to his shoulders and vaguely scaly-looking flesh. He has average looks (PB 14 naturally) and a shiny amulet around his neck (Greater Amulet of Nabas +2 PB).
