Galen Raniel

[blahness98]

((I remember Andre asking for info on Galen, so.. Here is the base write up.))



Age: 24
Looks like the picture, but instead of the swords, replace it with the wicked looking scythe below.

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Galen grew up as a farmhand and a proud member of the militia. He saved his earnings from both jobs in order to start a small brewery in the village he grew up in. Not much of note occurred during that time, aside from creating some of the strongest brews around. When he is not in his barn thinking of new and different ways to make his brews better, he is working his small plot of land.

Galen has produced several good brews over the years, his most famous being 'Galen's Brew.' It has a honey taste is taken in sips and a giant kick to it if downed quickly. He has made other drinks, but several have not been sold as either Galen deemed them to be of poor quality or too strong for the normal person to drink. As a side note, Galen did produce a drink so powerful that a dwarf passed out after a single tankard. He now calls it 'Dwarf on the Floor'. Other drinks of note are:
'Galen's Shine': No longer produced due to complaints of being to strong for taverns
'Galen's Firebrew': Produced in small quantities, but worth the money if you can find it. Drinker can light breath on fire after drinking a bottle.
'Berry Brew': A lighter berry taste with a small kick (a modern wine cooler)
'Drunk Cow': An odd combination of a cheese mixed with 'Galen's Brew' and a secret ingredient that creates a potent, but interesting flavored brew.
'The Salt Lick': Think modern day tequila.
'The Un-Named': Although considered by Galen to be a reject and unfitting of a proper name, this is a poor man's ale.

Galen is sometimes seen with a wicked looking scythe when on a mission with the militia, but does not explain where he got it from or why it is so evil looking. Truth of the matter is, the scythe came from a black robed figure that attempted to kill Galen's family. Galen's timely arrival and a thrown sword later saved the day and netted him a new scythe.

[blahness98]

Since Galen was a character of mine from a different campaign with an application process, I'll post his application as well. Andre, if you want his sheet, let me know. I'll send it your way. I think this is enough of his personality if you wanted to throw him in someplace.

Warning! Will be a wall of text..

SECTION A: PREFERENCES

1.What is your character’s favorite;
Color: Brown
Food: Ale baked Cod
Time of day: Late Afternoon
Smell: Hops, Barley, and Wheat
Alcoholic beverage: The brew he makes himself
Language: Dwarvish for the curses
Word: Take your pick of Dwarvish curses
Type of plant: Hops, Barley, and Wheat
Animal: Dog
Mineral: Salt
Mathematical theorem: His own recipe for the drink he calls “Galen's Brew”

Piece of religious dogma or scripture (Greyhawk pantheon, obscure or otherwise)

2. Describe, briefly, your character’s ideal situation in the world.
His ideal situation would be brewing “Galen's Brew” full time at a large brewery he would own. Galen would then spend his time perfecting other brews and spending the rest of his days with friends and family.

3. Where does your character see themselves in ten years time currently?
Owning his own brewery, mass producing his own “Galen's Brew.” Have a house and possily some children to teach how to brew a proper drink.

4. Describe, briefly, your character’s ideal house (place of residence)
Small house, big enough for a few children and a wife and a large barn with the proper tools for brewing alcohol to test new ideas for drinks. Since he would use a lot of different ingredients for his brew, a small patch of land to farm would be nearby.

5. What doesn’t your character like about themselves? What would they change?
Sometimes he drinks far too much than what he really should and says things that he doesn't mean. He would try to cut back on the drink, but his hobby deems it hard to do so.


SECTION B: HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS

Describe your character’s likely actions in the following situations.
1.Your character, and three other PCs, are lost in the wilderness and find a ring of three wishes.
He would wish for the way out of the wilderness and back to his home. Aside from that, he would not care less about the other wishes. He may be tempted to wish for money to start a brewery, but would consider that secondary to the other people's wishes.

2.Your character returns home to find that a powerful wizard is mind-controlling their home town. However, it is now a utopia.
People should have free will and he would fight to get that free will back. It would not be an open war, just an underground movement if he could get some help.

3.Your character and a friend are walking through a seemingly endless desert. You have a single water skin left, and no means of obtaining more.
He would share the water with the friend and hope to find more.

4.Your character and a friend are in single figure hit points deep in enemy territory, and your only healing is two clw potions that your character holds. (These will get either one of you to half, or both of you to quarter)
Quickly and carefully find a way out of the area and to friendly ground or a place where patrols would not find them and slowly recover. He would try to save the potions for emergency uses only, like if his friend went down and was dying.

5. Your character returns home to find their house is now being used as a pig farm by a man who has a forgery of the deeds.
Since his home is where he keeps his recipes, he would fight tooth and nail to get his land back. If that didn't work, he would persuade the person to giving his land back.

6. Your character is eating lunch in the forest, and a mangy looking dog, obviously starving, sidles up and starts making eyes at them.
Since he likes dogs, Galen would share his lunch with the dog hoping to get a new pet out of the deal.

7. Your character finds the remains of a trader’s caravan. All the traders appear to have been killed by wild animals. However, in a box in one of the carts is an exotic looking purple egg as wide as a man’s waist.
He would look for anything else and take it. He would see if anyone was expecting a shipment and then give it back.

8. A local official is demanding that your character go hunt down some outlaws in the local woods. She’s not going to pay you because she thinks you should do it out of the goodness of your hearts, and says so.
He would ask for a favor later at some point and do what the person asks.

9. Your character discovers that a crazy elf has been poisoning the water supply. However, your character also knows that revealing this may heighten racial tension, and innocents may die.
He would make the elf drink his own water and if the elf dies blame it on tainted water.

10. Your character finds their way blocked by a door that is radiating strong evil.
He would find another way around not wanting to mess with that sort of evil.


SECTION C: RELATIONSHIPS
(A note: anyone wishing to have their character involved with another PC prior to the campaign should discuss it with the player before mentioning it here. That said, I fully endorse love triangles)
Describe your character’s relationship with their parent(s). Do they talk? Do they remember birthdays?
He has moved away from his parents but does write letters every now and then to make sure they know he is doing ok and to get news about them. He plans an extended trip once a year to visit them.

Describe your character’s attitudes towards romance
He tries, but usually needs a little liquid help in order to get things started. Once he gets going he will come out of his shell.

Describe your character’s attitudes towards sex (If the answer to both 2 & 3 is “not really interested”, or “would rather read a good book”, please proceed to section D)
He wouldn't mind, but he is not the one night stand type. He wants to settle down at some point and have children

Describe your character’s attitude towards the opposite sex
He likes women and likes to look at them. He just needs help to talk to them. He doesn't mind the strong straight forward type to take charge.

Has your character had boyfriends or girlfriends in the past?
Yes he has had a few.

If so, how many? How far did they get? How did it end?
4, but nothing ever got too serious. Just the puppy love and hot and heavy beginnings. He would typically drink too much and do something to cause the end of the relationship.

What, if anything, does your character perceive as constituting a relationship? Is a girl that they’ve kissed once their girlfriend?
Seeing each other regularly out of a work environment and possibly kissing would define a relationship.

Does your character see marriage as an impending doom, or something that will happen in a hazy, far-off future?
Marriage is something he wants to do, but he wants to get his brewery started.

What, if anything, does your character perceive as cheating?
Seeing his girlfriend kissing another person or anything sexually related would be cheating.

How badly disfigured/polymorphed would a partner have to be before your character ditched them?
He doesn't know. He will cross that bridge if it comes.

Does your character think that all sex with a nonhumanoid is bestiality? What if they are sentient? Polymorphed? A construct? Where do they draw the line?
If it is a barnyard animal, he considers that to be bestiality. The other part he will decide once something happens to make him actually think about it.

Describe, in twenty words or less, your character’s ideal romantic partner. Bonus points if in haiku form.

Fresh from the bath
Firelight licking her skin
Love after midnight

SECTION D: LIFE BEFORE ADVENTURING
Describe, in detail, your character’s bedroom currently
Small desk full of papers with different formulas and recipes for brews he would like to try. The floor would have crumpled paper all over it. There would be glasses with some different colored drinks in it and probably different types of grain.

Now, describe your character’s bedroom when no-one else has bothered to clean it in a month
See above, but add mold to the glasses and probably dust.

What kind of shoes does your character wear?
Comfortable boots/ work shoes.

What has been the most terrifying moment in your character’s life to date?
Leaving his parents home and starting a new life in a place he did not know.

As a child, what kind of hi-jinx was your character likely to get up to when left unsupervised?


As an adolescent, what kind of hi-jinx was your character likely to get up to when left unsupervised?
Sneaking into the tavern to try mixing different ales and then trying the mixture and if he thought it good, giving to to random customers and watching their reactions.

Did your character pay attention in school? What did they do instead of paying attention? Was your character a bully?
He paid attention during the math and biology related classes as he knew what he wanted to do since he tried his first ale. He was not a bully as he tried to keep his head down and get through the days.

Where does your character spend the most time currently?
In his room, thinking of recipes or in the kitchen testing ideas.

Did your character ever have any pets? What happened?
He has had several dogs. He likes dogs because they make for good company. All have died from natural causes.

Give a brief overview of important events in your character’s life to date. (Those of you with biographies already needn’t answer this)

SECTION E: FIGHTING TALK
Does your character hold a grudge?
Not really. It takes a lot to make him hold a grudge.

What is the longest standing grudge your character has held?
About two months after he caught a girlfriend cheating on him.

Has your character ever been provoked into, or provoked a fight with someone? When? Who came out worse for wear?
He provoked a fight with the man his girlfriend was cheating on him with. He won the fight as the other guy was more talk than action.

How easily would your character be provoked into violence?
If he was drinking a lot, probably easily. If not, it would be harder.

In what circumstances could your character be provoked into violence?
See above.

Does your character regard violence as necessary? Obsolete?
He regards violence as a means to an end. If it is needed he would do it.

If your character wanted to kill another person in their home town, how would they be likely do it?
He would probably come straight up and do it and attempt to run.

How would your character express hatred? How would they treat someone that they hated, socially?


How does your character define forgiveness?


What is the most spiteful thing that your character has ever done? Are they ashamed of it, or do they
believe it was justified?


SECTION F: COSMETIC DETAILS
Hair color? Naturally? Otherwise?
Brown hair.

Hairline? Hair length?
Full head of short hair.

Eye color?
Blue

What’s their complexion like? Do they sunburn easily?
Sun tanned skin from long days in the field.

Height?
5”11'

Weight? (Take a rough guess)
180ish

Build? (Are they broad shouldered? Wide hipped? Busty?)
Strong athletic type that looks like he can handle himself.

What does your character wear on a daily basis? (N.b. Your characters are not adventurers at this point, so no answers of chain mail or traveler’s outfit, please) Describe colors, fit, and generally your character’s fashion sense or lack thereof.

Casual farmhand clothes. He works a small patch of land in his free time and brews what he raises. Otherwise he wears the same style working as a farmhand.

[Andre]

This is awesome man , give yourself 75 bonus RP points for

1 ) the awesome Galen write up and
2) the really cool questionnaire - I'm going to have to start using this whenever someone writes up a new PC, really fleshes them out

One question though - has Zane ever met Galen in person or has he just heard about him from someone else ?

[blahness98]

Zane and Galen have met. Zane was a tester for some of Galen's rejects, shine and and his famous brew.

[buttatakibuddha]

oh, did you also play in Jon's game? I was Kurama. I remember that questionaire...

[blahness98]

Aug 13, 2011 22:31:40 GMT -5 buttatakibuddha said:

oh, did you also play in Jon's game? I was Kurama. I remember that questionaire...

Yeah, I was in that game. Was fun up until his HD failed and he killed the game.