Dendum (prime)
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- Dendum /den.dəm/ is a Forest Gnome of the Wendwillow Blood Line, however he is considered conservative by his own people. He follows Imaera but still pays homage to Zelia as a patron and guide to his people.
- He has a difficult time understanding all the cultural norm's of other more complex societies and is dismissive of almost all of their achievements but he has come to understand not everyone can be a forest gnome and survive in the woods. He does think books are an interesting invention but he thinks the habit of writing everything down is partially to explain for all the problems of elves and humans.
- Coming from a mostly egalitarian society he does not understand why so many humans are dismissive of others and often takes up for the underdog in any situation....even when it is painfully obvious the underdog is wrong.
- Dendum was once a master of the Guardians of Sunfist but after a slight crisis of faith he has found shelter in the teachings of the Order of Voln and now tries to carry forth what he sees as a blessed mission from the greater spirits of Elanthia.
- Dendum first made his apperance in "civilized" society in Icemule but over time his natural wanderlust has taken through most the lands and even down into the dangerous city of Wehnimer's Landing
Appearance
Twisting vines writhe around Dendum, obscuring him in an ever-shifting barrier of thorns.
You see Dendum the Arbiter of the Frontier.
He appears to be a Forest Gnome of the Wendwillow Bloodline.
Drawn up over his head is a warg leather hood, the edges lined in fur. Etched into the surface of the hood are subtle gnomish glyphs, their overlapping pattern obscured and difficult to follow.
He is average height. He appears to be of full age. He has aubergine-flecked dark blue eyes and sun-kissed, light brown skin. He has raggedly cut, thick grey-brown hair braided into and partially concealed by a tangle of moss and acorns draped in ebon drake claw roots. He has a broad nose and a grey-brown beard worn in multiple braids.
He has a curved virescent rose thorn in the upper ridge of his left ear, a carved gnomish pipe clenched between his teeth, and a Wendwillow bloodmark tattoo on his neck.
He is in good shape.
There is a small moss green sprite flying above his shoulder.
He is holding an asymmetrical yumi in his left hand.
He is wearing a dark emerald wool cloak draped in thick animal pelts, an armcuff with a warcat-etched black thorn encased in faenor willow branches, a buckskin jacket with warg fur cuffs over some glowing brigandine armor, a krodera botanist kit, a matte black golvern quiver containing a bundle of urglaes-tipped arrows, and some dark rawhide shoes tied in strands of sinew.
Companion
- Dendum's companion is known as Bird or sometimes Second Bird in common. His first companion, a great horned owl, perished in an explosion in the landing many years ago.
- Bird's name in gnomish changes often but is normally: Bird-Who-Hunts-The-Bear-And-Who-is-Wise-Enough-to-Avoid-Explosions-Which-Hunts-In-The-Night-Who-Also-Cuts-The-Trolls
- a resplendent obsidian black raven
- Not much more than a black silhouette, the large raven alternates between soaring with the breeze and flapping his glossy wings. While content to soar, the occasional mid air maneuver gives testimony to the aerial agility the species is known for. Ever watchful of the ground, the obsidian black raven moves quietly in the air, only occasionally giving out his characteristic call.