Stend+Bakker

=Stend Bakker, Friar of the Host=

"I'm here to see the Murnies Buried. I'm here to protect the flock from what is becoming a great evil. We are Brelish, not the fanatics of Thrane, and if what I hear is true, that there is a Barghest at the head of this, then it is inevitable that those who worship the Flame will attempt to usurp the mandate of the divine, for they claim the credit for extinguishing the curse of lycanthropy."

But is it not the Host, that in ancient times, cast out the Six? Is it not true that this land we stand on is truly the body of Arawai? Is it not Boldrei that was violated when these homes were invaded?

I have sworn oaths to act in my god's will. What has happened here is an evil, one that must be extinguished. Any who seek the same quest, know that the blessing of Dol Dorn is upon you. And I am here to give it."

//(Apparently, he approached out of the countryside, on the back of a donkey. He carries a small shoulder satchel and wears no armor. His skin is gray yet healthy; the sometimes olive complexion of the Brelish has given way to silver. He carries a wooden shield with the eight-pointed star of the Sovereign host burnt into the cedar. He wears a coarse tunic, belted at the waist where spell components hang from bits of twine--Owl Feathers, charms, along with wittled symbols of each of the Gods of the host.

He's shaved sometime recently, but it hasn't been for at least a week. His hair, to cope with the realities of infrequent bathing, is combed into Dreadlocks that might be common among the goblinoids of Darguun. He is apparently unarmed, save a cane that might pass as a club. Where his left leg would be, there is a stump, which holds a peg leg.//

Stend Bakker

 * 975 YK.** Orphaned during a guerilla attack in Western Breland (now Droaam)
 * 976 YK.** Arrives at orphanage of the Hearth Mother's care. Taught the scriptures of the Host; this institution resembled a //Madrassa// in that the only curriculum was literacy, and the only text was scripture.
 * 985 YK.** Last of status from family's standing (middle merchants in the arms trade, so especially respected during the war) capitalized by Headmaster for placement aboard the //HMS Proudhome// as a midshipman in the Brelish Navy.
 * 988 YK.** Field promotion to acting Lieutenant after a landing party repulsed a Drow attack in the Menechtarun Desert in Xen'drik(!). Began intense devotions to Dol Dorn.
 * 990 YK.** Took part in amphibious landing on the Cyran coast (now Valenar). Injured by Ballista bolt, losing right leg. Transferred to veteran's hospice, Sharn, for recuperation.
 * 991 YK.** Position as aide in the admiralty office in Wroat. A strange skin condition began to manifest, which later proved to be of possible draconic origin. His appearance relegated him to a desk job while the brass decided if it was good P.R. to allow him to be seen.
 * 992 YK.** Resigns Commission to pursue Seminary Training. Chooses a less-than-social monastery to begin his training, then pursues community service in the lower wards of Sharn
 * 996 YK.** Involved in organizaing (with other priests) series of revivals in the Cogs that would form the basis for later postwar Warforged congregations dedicated to Onatar. The actions don't sit well with the dogmatically stuffy clergy of Sharn. Several disposessed Cannith workers decide his gospel has too much praise for the Warforged. Leaves Sharn under dubious circumstances.
 * 3 Olarune 998 YK.** Slain by agents of the criminal organization Daask, as a way of showing party members Faye, Draco and Colden that Daask's reputation for ruthlessness was still deserved.

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