Nov 14, 2010 May 29, 2011 12:44 AM NPC Islands of War Shadow of the Ruin 37 October 3 Brown Brown, Wavy, Medium Dark Tan Right 76 in 159 lb 0 Male Human 4 Shadow of the Ruin was once a more typical Druid, worshipping life in all it's aspects. Ten years ago, a terrible blight came upon his homeland, transforming it into a desert. He saw so many of the animals and plants waste away, but was helplessly unable to save them. The villages became a collection of ghost towns as the wells dried up. For several years, he was heart-broken, feeling as though the land itself betrayed him. Eventually, he realized that death is as much part of the cycle of life as birth. He now reverences death as he once reverenced life and seeks to maintain the cycle of life and death. He now celebrates the change of his homeland to a nearly lifeless waste, as it opened his mind to new ways of thinking. With this change of thinking, he took a new name: Shadow of Ruin. This reminds him of what he once was and what he's become. He still cares about nature and seeks to protect it, but he now reverences the entire cycle of life. He would protect a desert from destruction the same as a forest, but he won't intervene to prevent a forest from becoming a desert or vice-versa, so long as it's natural. This has brought him into conflict with many of his Druid brethren, often leaving him with bitter feelings toward them for their "closed-mindedness." 0 0 -160 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 true true true Advantages Reduced Consumption Physical 2 2 Cast-Iron Stomach -50 total B80 Food Only -50 total B80 Water Only -50 total B80 B80 Advantage Disadvantages One Eye Physical -15 B147 Disadvantage Wealth (Dead Broke) Social -25 B25 Disadvantage Quirks Horrible Hangovers Physical -1 B165 Quirk Unnatural Features (Has an Astral Cord, as Though Astrally Projected) Physical 1 -1 B22 Disadvantage disguise -1 shadowing -1 Armor 4 0 1 Leather Cap 1 4 32 B284 Headgear skull 1 1 Leather Jacket 1 - 50 4 lb B283 Body Armor torso 1 arms 1 1 Leather Pants 1 - 40 3 lb B283 Limb Armor groin 1 legs 1 1 Leather Shoes 2 - 25 1 lb 1 Ghostly Scythe +3 1 4 27015 5 lb B274 sw+5 cut 11‡ Swung 1 0U No DX -2 Skill Two-Handed Axe/Mace 3 Skill Axe/Mace 0 Skill Polearm -1 Skill Two-Handed Flail -1 sw+3 imp 11‡ Thrust 1 0U No DX -2 Skill Two-Handed Axe/Mace 3 Skill Axe/Mace 0 Skill Polearm -1 Skill Two-Handed Flail -1 May get stuck in 2nd mode; Enchantments: Ghost Weapon Melee Weapon 1 Holy Symbol, High 4 1000 1 lb DF1:26 +2 to Exorcism, True Faith, etc (Not spells) Esoteric Supplies Portrait 8.5 11 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Monochrome Single Normal