Vern Hollow
Vern Hollow
Race Human House House Hollow of Clairnia (sigil: a tree) Companion Karmos Tran, publicly called Hern Band The Cursed Conclave
Vern Hollow is a noble of House Hollow of Clairnia, whose sigil is a tree. One day a raven pecked out his eyes. A telepathic bond formed between them, and the bird revealed that he was really Karmos Tran, a monk transformed into raven-shape through powerful magic. Karmos needs help finding those responsible and regaining his original body. Vern learned much about himself through their bond and chose to help him.
Blind ever since, Vern has learned to see through his bond with Karmos. To strangers he calls the bird Hern and passes him off as an ordinary raven rather than a familiar or transformed person. Vern travels as a guarded, sardonic swordsman who fights with two blades and feels his way with a thin cane, favouring a corner table with his back to the wall and a rolling laugh for any who pry too far. Widely travelled, he carries a sword-bearer’s wry scorn for mages - “you spellcasters always have an answer, except when you’re toppling empires or putting demons into people’s bodies; then it falls to those with swords to find the answers.”
At the contest for the Ring of Unshackled Desire he lodges among the competitors in the City of Raven - and, well travelled as he is, he had never once heard the name of its mayor, Jamran Blidword: one more crack in that man’s supposed fame.
- Personality: honest, optimistic, silly.
- Ideal: There is no failure, only bumps in the road.
- Bond: I want to help the monk get his body back.
- Flaw: I sometimes take things too lightly.
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See Also
- The Cursed Conclave · Karmos Tran · House Hollow · Clairnia · City of Raven · The Ring of Unshackled Desire
Sources & Attribution
- Primary lore:
content/private/_originals/NPC/NPC-The Cursed Conclave.md, author TrueMichato.