Moric Oddtree
Human Sorcerer
Oddtree is an adventurer who happens to be a sorcerer, not a sorcerer who goes adventuring.
Happy to get stuck in to some melee, not a cower at the back type spellcaster. (I'll take some spells to make this reasonable and not a pain in the arse.)
Trained with and fights with the same weapons as all boys of his village, the Spear and Longbow. Only he can't afford a bow of his own yet. The family longbow needs to stay with the family, his Eldest Brother being the man who carries it currently.
A human from the small farming community of Upage, grew up as a farmer and discovered his magical powers as he turned 16. At the age of 18 he has decided to go adventuring, to use his magical powers to improve his village.
The plan is to find a party of like-minded folks, slay some monsters and send a good cut of the loot back home. Upage could do with a new well, some magical street lighting and maybe a pair of teleportation circles with Permanency to and from the nearest city.
Somewhere in the gene-pool is a bit of Illithid, on his Father's side and as a result the whole family are "a bit strange". Not "Burn The Witch" strange, but unconventional in dress, speech and manner.
It could be that an Illithid with a partially failed Ceremorphosis, bred with a Human many generations ago and the aberrant bloodline has been passed down ever since.
Only three of the known family, Kerah, Moric and Mian, are affected seriously enough to be Sorcerers, while only two of them, Moric and Mian, still live in the Upage area.
Family and Friends
15 NPCs, mostly family that can be used as handy plot hooks. Linking the character into the game world.
Daik (60) & Sawail Oddtree (62)
Grandfather & Grandmother, on Father's side. Moved away to the sea so Father could take over running the farm.
They visit from time to time, Sawail is the eldest known carrier of the "Dunlake" aberrant bloodline.
Momund (59) & Rowine Buckleigh (54)
Grandfather & Grandmother, on Mother's side. Still living in Upage, running the bakery. They supply bread to the neighbouring villages too.
Sterik (38) & Miil Oddtree (37)
Father & Mother, owners of a small farm near the tiny village of Upage. Both from long standing local families who run a sheep farm on the hills overlooking the village.
Sterik is quite the eccentric, Miil is a much calmer soul who brings him down to earth.
Kerah Longgrove (36 - 42)
The only other known Sorcerer of the bloodline is Mad Aunt Kerah Longgrove, Sterik's sister, but he doesn't talk about her much so we don't know much about her. She used to live in the village but left when she was 18 to go adventuring.
She was married and took his surname, but we don't know anything at all about the husband.
Gan Buckleigh (30)
Uncle Gan, Mother's Brother. He drives the cart that delivers bread to neighbouring villages. On the road every day.
Not a bad man, but not the sharpest tool either. Could be a soft target for bandits.
Faldal Oddtree (20)
The Eldest Brother, Faldal, is a Village Guard. This is mostly a Ranger (Expert) type role with guarding the farms from Wolves and other predators a more pressing concern than guarding against raiders or stopping fighting in the Inn.
Faldal is an excellent archer, well known and well liked in town.
Mian Oddtree (16)
Eldest of the girls, Mian is Moric's younger sister. By trade a Shepherdess on the family farm, Mian has just started to show the family's sorcerous trait.
Maybe one day she will want to leave Upage and go adventuring too.
Mirstag Oddtree (14)
The youngest Brother, Mirstag, aka Staggy, works on the family farm as a Shepherd.
Aveine Oddtree (10)
The youngest sibling is sister Aveine. Even at the young age of ten she is already helping around the farm.
Gridur Redcia (19)
He is a childhood friend, works at the Noble Thief (the only Inn), loves the job, loves chatting to people and has no interest in leaving the village.
Lureine Dunmers (17)
Lureine is another childhood friend, she works as Barmaid in the Noble Thief. Her family own the Inn and rumour is her Father Maln (65) was an adventurer once upon a time and the Inn is named for his old trade.
Darvid Evensnake (25)
Village Sheriff, so Faldal's Boss. A bit of a strutting peacock, likes to think he could take on anything but hasn't really ever been tested.
Maybe he'd be the Hero of the hour and come to the rescue, maybe he'd be the one who needs rescuing.
Upage
The home village of Moric, half a day's ride from the kind of cities where adventuring plots begin.
Upage is a farming community, with sheep, cows, grain and veg all to be found on the hills surrounding the settlement.
Major landmarks would be the Windmill, owned by the Buckleigh family and the Noble Thief Inn run by the Dunmers.
Population of 100 or so, not really big enough to have any guilds but the farmers guild. Everyone knows everyone else really.
No major ongoing threats to the area, other than Wolves and other predators to the livestock. Upage could gather maybe 3-5 proper Guards, plus the Sheriff, plus a horde of angry farmers should they need to defend themselves.
There are several other likewise small villages nearby that Upage trades with. Exports would be Beef, Mutton, Milk, Wool, Grain and Bread. Imports would be everything else to meet the needs of farmers.
The gene-pool is rotated by people marrying into and out of the village. There is enough free land around Upage that folks can move to the area and build themselves a house without upsetting anything.
Typical building construction is heavy log type wood builds. Most buildings would be two floors plus a cellar. Minimal stonework in town, of note the base of the Windmill is stone.
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