Dungeons, and Dragons, and a Dog. Oh My!

I mentioned it on my twitter, and most people who know me already know this anyway, but I’m a huge fan of Dungeons and Dragons. I grew up watching my cousins play, but I never got to take part. Now as an almost 30 something who no longer cares about trying to fit in with people, I have friends who also enjoy the game and we’ve decided to embark on an adventure together to… wherever this all takes us. There are 4 of us, and Ashtan(Aralith) is doubling as our 4^th party member and our DM. We also have John(Vaulen), our resident wizard, and Bethany(Felosial) is our cleric.

My character is Riswynn Holderhek, a dwarf barbarian with a very feminine side and a giant dog companion which also doubles as a mount. Below is my drawing of Riswynn, which isn’t quite complete, but you’ll get the idea. I’m also not great at drawing animals, but I did my best.

Riswynn Holderhek

Age:  32

Height: 3’8’’

Weight:  78 pounds

Riswynn was born in Kraghammer, but her family moved from Kraghammer to Terrah when she was a young child, after the untimely death of her father, to start fresh and lead a better life. She grew up well, the youngest of 6. She and her brothers have typical brother-sister relationships, but because she is a girl—and a more feminine girl at that—she is looked down on. A girly fighter? Stay in the kitchen or have some babies like a good little lady

Riswynn took up armory to make a name for herself making armor that is both functional and “pretty”. However, her skill may be a little lacking. One day she heard a rumor from a traveling merchant about an ancient forge, which belonged to a master blacksmith. Riswynn then decided—if she could find the forge and the master’s tools, then she would surely be able to improve her skills at the anvil and prove her worth as a blacksmith. She could prove her brothers wrong, and all of Dwarven kind wrong! Thus, she set out to find more information about the forge to find it for herself.

So, Riswynn is one of 6 children. She has 5 older brothers: Thorin (51) - Carpenter, Adrik (47) - Miner, Brotorr (42) - Priest, Oskar (39) - Chef, Rurik (35) - Healer. Riswynn is closest to her oldest brother Thorin and her brother Oskar but had a bit of a rocky relationship with Brotorr due to her rejection of the Deities. Her mother is a saint of a woman, stocky, usually with an apron on and a rolling pin in her hand.

I’ll continue in other posts to talk about our adventure as we started out, but I wanted to get through some character things first. Since it will all be from Riswynn’s point of view, we’ll learn about Felosial, Vaulen and Aralith as we go along. I’m very excited to get atarted, and I’m a couple sessions behind in sharing, so I apologize for being behind. Hopefully it will be a rousing adventure for all of us.

Until next time, take care!