Ieuan Blackwell, Custos


Ieuan is Custos to the Shaman Tain

 

 


Description
capital_i.gif (2629 bytes) euen is a large man, over six-and-a-half feet in height, and weighing about twenty stones, yet he moves with a quick, light gait and uncanny sureness of step.
His face is a mass of scar tissue and mangled cartilege where his left ear has been hacked off (for this reason, he often conceals his face beneath his woolen hood).
Ieuen wears typical Scottish garb - woolen tunic, sheepskin leggings, brigantine hauberk, woolen hood, rough-out leather boots. He carries a long dirk, a quiver of longshaft arrows, and a throwing axe in his belt. A spiked targe is often slung over his back, as is a longbow wrapped in oiled sheepskin.  Ieuan uses his three-and-a-half-foot long-axe as a walking stick.
Despite a longevity potion gifted to him by Tain (twice), Ieuan is starting to show his age.  His head is balding, and he has started to complain about being short of breath after a run across the high moors (although he hasn't seemed to slow down any to the grogs he trains with).
 
Birthyear

1167

Current Age

54

Apparent Age

46

 


Background
capital_a.gif (2671 bytes) Sassanach - lowland Scot of mixed blood - Ieuen's father was a Welshman, his mother a lowland Scot herself.  He grew up in the hamlets around Edinborough.
His Da' died when Ieuen was 15, and when he was seventeen, Ieuen killed a man who was trying to take over his Ma's land, on the pretext of courting her. The rest of the village didn't see it his way, so he ran off with the accusation of murderer hanging over his head. He fell in with a rough crowd, raiding cattle across the border, and slowly moved back west and south, toward his father's Wales. Ieuen's temper and innate distrust of others made him keep moving from group to group, and finally he took up working solo - robbing other thieves and bandits of their loot.  His father had taught him the long bow, and he picked up use of the long axe, dirk, and shield in the running fights with English troops and Scottish clansmen. He slowly made his way back from the border, working alone, until he met Tain macMurchadh, a strange little Pict with incredible powers.  Since then, he has been Tain's faithful protecter.


Characteristics
Intelligence 0 Strength Broad Shoulders 2
Perception Patient 1 Stamina Tireless Legs 2
Presence Scarred -3 Dexterity Smooth 2
Communication 0 Quickness Fast 2

Virtues and Flaws
1 Custos -1 Missing Ear
1 Large -1 Bad Reputation
1 Veteran -1 Weakness: Poets and Bards

Abilities

Speak Gaelic Slang 5 Awareness Alertness 5 4
Carouse Staying Sober 3 1 Hunt Tracking 6
Brawling Fist/ Kick 5 Stealth Sneak 5 3
Single Weapon Long Axe 4 2 Athletics Running 6 3
Shield and Weapon Targe/ Long Axe 5 2 Climb Cliffs 4
Two Weapons Long Axe/ Dirk 6 Swim Diving 4
Thrown Weapon Thrown Axe 4 Animal Handling Herding 1
Bows Longbow 5 Ride Speed 4 1
Leadership Grogs 4 Wagoneering Rough Terrain 1
Chirurgy Bind Wounds 3 Survival Highlands 4 1
Folk Ken Peasants 3 1 Highland Lore Geography 3 1
Fitheach Tigh Lore Grogs 4 Criadh Dubh Eilan Lore Terrain 4
Speak Welsh Slang 1 Craft Sailing Ropes 1
Craft Fletching Straightening 4 1

Confidence

3

Personality Traits

Size

1

Brave

2

Violent

1

Decrepitude

0

Loyal

2

Distrustful

2

Cunning

3


Reputations

1

Trustworthy / Covenant 2 Murderer / Edinborough


Weapon

Init

Atk Dfn Dam Rng Spc Str
Dodge - - 7 - Touch 0 n/a
Dirk 10 8 8 6 Touch 0 n/a
Long Axe 11 9 8 10 Reach 1 n/a
Long Axe / Dirk 14 11 10 10 Reach 1 0
Targe / Long Axe 11 11 12 11 Reach 1 0
Thrown Axe 8 8 6 4 Near 1 -1
Longbow 7 9 - 10 Middle 1 +1


Armor Helmet, Enchanted Mail Hauberk
Protection 6 Load -1
Soak Total 9 Fatigue Total 0


Equipment

-0.5 Long Axe (Razor's Edge)
0 Dirk
-0.5 Throwing Axe
-0.5 Longbow
0 Quiver of 20 Arrows
0 Bag w/ basic gear
0 (Targe)

Total Load

-2.5

Encumbrance

0