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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thermopylaen" data-source="post: 3605253" data-attributes="member: 53087">Dannesk – Traveling ChampionFor the man wealthy enough to afford him, Dannesk is a lifesaver and a brutal force of law.  Dannesk makes his living traveling the land and offering his services as a champion to those who find themselves in legal trouble.  In a brutal land of cruel justice, trial by battle is often used to settle most legal disputes (I’m taking this from my own knowledge of dark age and early medieval northern European history.  I hope that jives with your implied campaign setting).  In trial by battle, the two opposing sides of a legal dispute battle to the death with the assumption that the gods will favor the just side of the dispute.  But for those who are old, feeble or cowardly, the scales of justice are tipped against them.  For a small sack of gold or a few casks of ale, Dannesk, a skilled practitioner of hand-to-hand combat, can stand in as your champion and settle most disputes.  He is the dark age equivalent of a high-powered attorney.Such a lifestyle has suited him well so far.  In most parts he has a modest reputation for his trade.  He wears large bearskins and fine light colored leather as well a number gold rings and chains; all of these accouterments are signs of his affluence.  They also add to his overall intimidating countenance.  His face is shaped in such a way that it casts shadows over his eyes and cheeks and the sharp stare of his blue eyes from under the shadow of his brow can curdle the stomach of even the most seasoned local warrior.  After years of defending the highest bidder, he has become a little jaded in a slightly annoying way.  He is prone to wry humor and is usually apathetic to the suffering of others.  This personality has more to do with his poor appraisal of himself than with humanity or the world.  Deep down he is disgusted with what he does, not because of the suffering or injustice it brings to others, but because it holds no glory or honor.  He constantly says to himself, “I need a change.  I can do more with these hands than defend cattle-thieves and support blood-feuds.”  The prospect of adventure, combat with superhuman monsters and rendering service to a great king appeal to him inasmuch as they are ways to gain honor and renown.  I am thinking of making an Executioner, Weapons Master or Man-at-Arms who specializes in unarmed combat and grappling.</blockquote>

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