Demetrius Hammerhand
Demetrius Hammerhand, 11th level dwarven male fighter - S:18:22, D:16, C:19,* I:9, W:8, Ch:8 - age 45, height: 4'1", weight: 147lbs - HP: 118 A founding member of the Triumvirate and ruler of the Fortress Blackstone, he is a young and ambitious Lord.
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Early Life
Demetrius was raised in the town of Five Pillars by his father Olgen Hammerhand, a kensofar dwarf of mediocre repute as a weaponsmith and blacksmith.
Description
Demetrius is a sturdy dwarf, now much younger in appearance than when he ventured top world. He is barrel chested with strong arms. His body once covered in scars and tattoos, is now perfect due to his being wished back to life. The fervent scheming once visible in his sharp eyes, has been replaced by a forlorn and dour expression. The absence of all his worldly possessions has changed his resolve from one of boldness to one of reservation.
Personality
Known as a dwarf's dwarf, Demetrius is a rough and tumble fighter who's not afraid to stick his nose in other people's business. He's been known to mix it up with friend and foe alike. His biting sense of humor goes over the head of most common men. While not entertaining dragons with his masterful gymnastics, Demetrius is most likely tending to his griffon, Gurelion, who is the only friend who's never left him. Demetrius has a soft spot for his traveling companions and considers them his family.
Faith
Demetrius officially converted to Mandadorianism on September 11th, 873, under the hand of Bishop Nikolos
Mandadorian Pious Support
267 p.p. towards the church at Blackstone
Sept. 873: 245 g.p. for spellcasting at proposed cathedral at Blackstone
Pagan Pious Support
Demetrius provided 25,000 g.p. valued shrine to Kel'Bagor to Enskor, a priest of that god in service to Bagras Dragonfriend. Demetrius has the religious support of the clerics of Bagras Dragonfriend, and may ask for favors (other "deal"?)
Adventures
Items/Possessions
Adornments
Ring of Giant strength (20)
Ring of Protection (+1)
Ring of Truth
Weapons
Long Sword of Kypherian (+1)
Imanos' short bow (+3)
Adamant Heavy Horse Lance from Gehenna (WC)
Armor
Field Plate of Skyland Halls (+1)
Shield (+1)
Spells/Abilities
Weapon Proficiencies
Long Sword (Specialized)
Composite Short Bow
Heavy Horse Lance
Hand Axe
Daggers
Non-Weapon Proficiencies
Weaponsmithing (2)
Air-based Riding (Griffon)
Animal Handling
Endurance
Weaponsmithing (secondary)
Languages
- Dwarvish
- Kanosian
Followers
Agerik Essphilon
'7th level Neutral human Encyclonian fighter, Captain of Blackstone Infantry, second officer of Blackstone, former spatharios of the Savanfannetsen Army
Str 15 Dex 12 Con 16 Int 12 Wis 7/8 (+1) Ch 12, max hp 60, AC: -5 (w/ shield on Mt. Celestia)
Weapons
The Five Bladed Sword (Nirvana)
==o Short sword of Speed and Sharpness +1 ==o Broad sword of Doubling +2 ==o Long Sword of Defending +3 ==o Bastard Sword of Wounding +4 (specialized) ==o Two-Handed Sword +5
Spear +2 (Prime Material)
Demetrius' Bastard Sword +1 (Prime Material) (specialized)
Dagger x 2
Composite Short Bow
Armor
Xialnato's Full Plate +5 (prime material)
Demetrius' Small Leather Shield (well-crafted)
Agerik is a former retainer for Baron Sastor of Essphilon, a minor vassal of the Savanfannetsen, and he rose with his baron in the army of Count Passalos. After Sastor's death in battle against the Muelestrian general Angar, Agerik was named Baronet of Essphilon in Sastor's place, and named a comital spatharios under Passalos. After the disastrous Battle of Amalos in 872 against the rebellion of the Baromite Kingdom, Agerik abandoned the Savanfannetsen army for a time to explore private adventures. Whetting his appetite for treasures only to have his adventuring party collapse due to deaths and abandonment, Agerik returned to Passalos' dissolute and unpaid army, and took the remnants of Essphilon's Second Column back to Essphilon. Finding Sastor's brother having assumed the baronial title, and unwelcoming and unable to pay to returning imperial soldiers, Agerik heard of Demetrius' accomplishments and wealth in the Furnorkanasos, and boldly marched his soldiers to Castle Blackstone.
Proficiencies
Weapons Profs.: bastard sword (2), short bow, spear, dagger, two-handed sword
Non-Weapon Profs.: (bowyer/fletcher), endurance (2), land-based riding (1), hunting (1), heraldry (1)
Languages: Common Encyclonian (0), High Encyclonian (1), Encish (1), Kanosian (1)
Early Life
Agerik was born in Essphilon, the son the pronoiar Galband, a kind of landed military squire in service to the Baron of Essphilon. Galband, a cruel second generation pronoiar with quarter-Encish blood known for his brutality to his serfs, married a half-Encish woman himself of the Amon people named Hymatia, a dark-souled woman and crypto-pagan who revered her tribal gods in secret ceremonies. In his early youth, Agerik was raised by his maternal grandmother's tribal people, who had notionally converted to Mandadorianism, and through mischance did not return to Essphilon until his tenth year, when his father seized him from their pagan encampment by force.
At Essphilon, Agerik was baptized and educated in the church, living at intervals between his father's townhouse in the city, and his father's estate in the countryside. By his teenage years, the willful Agerik became known for his defiance and mischievous behavior. He continued to participate, from time to time, in his mother's abominable pagan rites, often at night, during which he would often take his best friend, the baronet Sastor, the son of the Baron of Essphilon. As he grew, Agerik became one of the household squires at the baronial castle, and learned the ways of the cavalry warrior from Kameron the marshal. However, when he was 17, Agerik and Sastor were caught at one of Hymatia's pagan ceremonies. Hymatia fled to her Amonite people, but Agerik and Sastor were severely punished, and although due to their rank their shame was not publicized, Agerik was dismissed from castle service.
In his eighteenth year, the old baron died, and Sastor came to the baronial throne. Agerik returned to castle service, and Agerik and Sastor enjoyed the hunt and drink. Agerik was accused of the rape of serf, but he was protected by the baron.
Professional Life
Agerik served Sastor faithfully in war, at first in minor skirmishes with the Encs and orcs, and later in the beginnings of the great Encyclonian Civil War, when Essphilon served the cause of the Savanfannetsen. For most of this, Agerik served in the household cavalry, eventually commanding it, but when he was made spatharios he effectively became Sastor's second in command. Agerik was genuinely aggrieved by Sastor's death in the Battle of Amalos, but was also proud and fulfilled when the commander of their army, Count Passalos, named him baronet of Essphilon, in return for his continued service.
Orkhane
Henchmen
Maximum Number of Henchmen: 3
Henchman #1: Sir Agrada, Captain of Blackstone Aerial Cavalry, Lord Deputy of Blackstone
Henchman #2 - KIA: Byerogart, son of Garret, slain by the Black Guard of Agruralsh with a spear to the chest
Henchman #3: unfilled slot
Note: Demetrius considers granting henchman status to the bariaur fighter/priest of Tyr, Kandalantas, whom was saved from living death as a statue of silver, by the heroes while in the Courtlands of Lunia, on Mt. Celestia.
Lands and Titles
Lands
Blackstone and Mazarosian Valley
Land: 3,400 arable acres
Income: nil (net loss)
Steward: Armor Ironhaven
Skyland Halls Knighthood Lands
Land: ?
Overlord: King Irdrik of Skyland Halls
Lord: Lord Gethor Dragongem
Gross Income: 50 g.p. per month
Taxes/Expenses: 20 g.p. to the king, 5 g.p. to the lord, and 5 g.p. to a steward, per month
- Net Income: 20 g.p. per month
Thaneship Lands of Lord Gamor Firemaster
Overlord: King Irdrink of Skyland Halls
Lord: Lord Gamor Firemaster
Gross Income: 1,000 g.p. per month
Taxes/Expenses: 200 g.p. to the king, 100 g.p. to the lord, 100 g.p. to the steward
- Net Income: 600 g.p. per month
Titles
Founding member of the Triumvirate of Blackstone
Knight-of-the-Household for King Irdrik of Skyland Halls
Thane of Lord Gamor Firemaster of Skyland Halls
1st Sgt. of the Auxiliary Corps with the Kanosian Army
Rider in the Hathbell Aerial Calvary
Thane of Lord Bagras Dragonfriend
General Notes
Note on Constitution: Demetrius has been slain three times, first burned by the fire spells of the druid Svador, second by a pit fiend in the Temple of Sargonnas in Gehenna, and third in the assassination attempt against the Enc leader Agruralsh. He was successively returned to life with a wish from Lars St. Morninglory, was raised by Bishop Nikolos, and once again from a wish. He retains a 19 constitution from an enchanted marshmallow that was discovered in Gehenna. Demetrius may be raised or resurrected up to 16 times further, but his body otherwise retains a 19 constitution, including for resurrection survival rolls.
