Reese Drumlin
"I am the wild hunt!"
—Reese(intoxicated)
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Description
Reese is a decidedly mundane human specimen. He stands at 5'11" and weighs an unremarkable 155 lbs. His face is gaunt and weathered, bearing swollen eye orbits and other early signs of aging. An unkempt beard covers his collection of facial scars. He wears clothes typical of a Meryndan commoner, i.e., a loose fitting shirt, breaches, mud-caked boots, and a warm, woolen cloak for travelling. Two rune-encrusted hand axes flank his hips, hanging from a belt.
Personality
Reese speaks with a gruff bellow and only raises his voice when he's fighting or loosened by a few tankards. He is often paranoid and distrustful, opting to watch his back when exploring new places and meeting new people. Those that he perceives as trying to control him, are treated with indignant hostility. This used to include those who pried into his past, however Reese has since let his guard down on that matter.
Biography
Years before Reese was born, his mother, Bridget, sailed to Meryndan from a distant land. She soon fell in love with a low-born commoner, Marcas, and together they started a new life in the Meryndan countryside, just south of Nestwood. They were so enamored with each other, they decided to forgo their heritage and mutually adopt the title "Drumlin", named after the land on which they built their home. Bridget soon bore two sons.
Early Life
For a time, Reese's childhood was calm, often idyllic. Around the age he was old enough to help his father in the wheat fields, his baby brother Cullen was born. By what could only be described as The Mother's loving grace, their crop harvests were never struck with blight, rot, or pests and they prospered by selling grain to nearby Nestwood. The Drumlins did so well, they were able to afford a sturdy, reliable horse to assist in plowing the fields. Occasionally, Marcas would let Reese ride the horse around the community.
Reese was sixteen when his brother was ten. Reese often took him on 'adventures' where they would wander around the countryside and explore their small world. One day the two happened upon an ominous crypt. Despite Cullen's protestations, they went inside. Tragedy struck. In his panic to escape, not even Reese fully recalls what happened in that crypt. Needless to say, Cullen fell victim to vengeful undead assailants. A despondent Marcas led the village's efforts to search for Cullen, however Reese could not remember the crypt's location and broke down crying. After two straight days of searching, they finally gave up the ghost. Reese stood outside the cottage listening to his father's shouts and his mother's sobs. Unable to handle the possibility of retribution, Reese decided to flee his home and never return.
Isolation
Relationships
Cyrida
Moro
Azu
Urgnak
Morlum
Elodea
Fonia
Trivia
- Reese never learned his parents' original surnames
- Habitually sleeps very little
- Ambushed and killed three dozen orc scouts by the time he reunited with the Hunt
