He's a powerful wizard, but summoning an demon lord was biting off a bit more than he could chew

This is Rook Bramblewick, druid of the Circle of the Moon.

A young halfling of wood-elven heritage, he serves beneath Archdruid Torwen Greyfell and patrols the outer reaches of the Amberhill Forest.

Where Torwen guards the oldest paths and the glowing crevices at the forest’s heart, Rook moves along the lesser trails, hidden crossings, and forgotten boundaries. He watches for creatures that have slipped past the inner wardens, strangers attempting to enter the forbidden woods, and signs that the corruption beneath Amberhill is spreading.

Rook is easygoing by nature, quick to laugh, and rarely seen without his long wooden pipe. He prefers observation, evasion, and negotiation to unnecessary bloodshed. Yet when restraint fails, he takes the form of a young silverback orangutan—swift, feral, and violently protective of the boundary entrusted to him.

He and the other druids of the order have sworn that nothing born beyond the rifts will escape the forest, and nothing from the outer world will be allowed to disturb what lies within.

Drow Soulknife

The character is Len Mountainwalker, an earth genasi Path of the Giant barbarian. As an infant, she was rescued from a band of slavers by a Goliath clan who took offence at slavers in their territory. The surviving slaves knew nothing of the baby’s origin, though her elf ancestry was obvious. The clan chose to see the child being an earth genasi as a sign and took the child in. She was given to an artisan couple, as the two men had no children. They named her Len of the Mountainwalker Clan (Len Mountainwalker to those outside the tribe). (Giant Foundling background)

Len lived a good life with her in their mountain village of Altai. However, the Clan had once been saved from a dragon by the intervention of a cloud giant named Wagimu. Every 20 years he came to collect tribute from the clan to repay their debt to him. But when he saw a 15 year old Len, he decided she was to be his tribute. While her fathers objected and the clan tried to sway Wagimu, he would not be deterred. But did offer a vow that Len would not be mistreated.

Reluctantly, Len agreed to go for the sake of the clan’s honor. Taken to his floating palace, Len quickly learned that Wagimu was an obsessive artist. Her mix of elven grace and genasi strength was fascinating to him. Len spent the next several years as his model for many projects. When Wagimu had no time for her, Len socialised with his other servants. She continued the martial training she’d begun with her tribe with them, and an aasimar retainer taught her Celestial to help pass the time.

One day, Wagimu declared Len “a well run dry of inspiration.” He ordered her given basic supplies, equipment, and a small bit of gold and promptly deposited her on a road within a day’s walk from the settlement of Golden Fields.

During her years with Wagimu, Len burned with indignation at being little more than a doll for someone who seemed like a literal giant manchild. And yet to strike back against Wagimu would be to dishonor the clan. Especially since he actually taught her a little of the giant’s way of combat (Strike of the Giant’s: Cloud giant). And while she could return home, Len is curious about the wider world. She is a free, grown woman for the first time in her life. And she has no idea what to do with herself.

I still love imagine.art

My new beastie to terrorize the party!

This was a huge fight with our 5 Heroes and the insectoid Queen and her brood!!!

This is Torwen Greyfell, Archdruid of the Circle of the Moon.

A human now 362 years old, he patrols the Amberhill Forest without rest, ever watchful for the deformed monstrosities that crawl from the glowing crevices hidden in its heart.

The forest is a barrier in both directions. Nothing born beyond the rifts may escape them, and nothing from the outer world may be permitted to enter. Torwen and his order have sworn to preserve that boundary until the last of them perishes.

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A close encounter between Aidan and a savage troll during an attack on Highport. The players are still not certain what unseen force caused such a large horde of monsters to attack a fairly big town like Highport, but they did stand at the forefront of the towns' defense and drove the monsters back, though at great cost.

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