Tonight I go back to working on my party of five for Openlegend RPG. Utilising the character creation flow that I started with Ci’ara Stormbringer, Vimbol Forgeblow and then Glendor Woodtusk I give present Wenton Humblewood tonight. Wenton Humblewood’s back story is similar to the others, a troubled past and haunted future but unlike the others he never quite bounced back. Paranoid that he is being hunted he retreated to the woods and there he met his life long companion, a large bat that he called Batty…
So let’s grab some bean water, sit back and meet Wenton Humblewood, the Tormented Tracker.
Wenton Humblewood

Background
A young man by halfling standard, by any man’s standard really, Wenton has had a rough start to his journey. His family and home town was slaughtered by a cult of men who feared that halflings would overthrow the world. It was too late by time the guards of a neighbouring village arrived to defend the halflings and many had been slaughtered.
Wenton had fled. Ashamed at his cowardice and he had run into the woods and never looked back. He heard his mother calling after him “Don’t stop running! Don’t ever stop!” even after she was soo far behind that there was no way her voice could carry the distance. Wenton has never stopped fleeing from the now long-gone tallmen that had killed his village and his people out of fear.
Fear consumed him and in this fear he spent many years in the wilds relying on items he found or stole from others. He became quite adept at using a long hunting bow which he had liberated from his favourite target, hunters. It was one such expedition that he was reminded why he was safer in the woods away from people. They had slaughtered a giant bat, one so large it made horses look small and in a cage near by was a baby, an infant bat who was injured and huddled against the bars.
Whatever caused him to overcome his fear that day is still a mystery to him but he snuck through the camp and freed the bat, and to his amazement, the creature clung onto him even as he sped away from the camp. Tumbling over roots, rocks and down the grass into the deeper forest the creature huddled against him still.
Years later and the mistreatment of the bat, and the lack of solid food from its bat-mother the stunted, yet large, bat had formed a strong bond to Wenton and they often hunted together. That’s how Wenton and Batty met Glendor, Ci’ata and Vimbol as they were investigating claims of a band of thieves in the woods who were giving hunters a hard time.
Abilities
Wenton a complex man, he is an expert at tracking, hunting and going unseen. He also has a way with animals which some say borders on extraordinary.
Banes
- Charmed
- Dominated
Boons
- Concealment
Feats:
Soon after joining the party, a compromise to being executed for stealing for several years, Wenton is never far from his companion Batty. He is otherwise untrackable when he does not want to be found and due to his exposure, and paranoia at being hunted again, he has learnt that the best way to avoid people is to know exactly where they are first.
- Companion II
- Master Tracker
- Untrackable
Perks and Flaws:
Being alone in the forest for so long and having to survive over what he can find alone has made him a master at scavenging for just the thing he needs. However he has never had to really work with others before so when it comes to finding food he only really has had to look after himself for the longest of time.
Perks:
- Scavenger
- Vagabond
His isolation and extreme fear of being found and butchered like his family and village has left him, socially awkward to say the least. The trauma of his flight from his home village has left some deep wounds and these still haunt him to this day. If it wasn’t for the threat of being executed, cause who would look after Batty then?, he would never have agreed to joining the party
Flaws:
- Socially Awkward
- Psychotic
Attributes:
Keen senses and even keener agility has kept him alive for years. However, his innate ability to bond with creatures, sooth the mind of beasts and even command them in times of need is something to admire.
- Fortitude 2
- Will 3
- Influence 3
- Perception 4
- Agility 5
Links and downloads
Thanks for dropping by tonight. Wenton Humblewood (and Batty) is the fourth in a party of 5 that is taking shape for an Open Legends experiment that I am looking at currently. Again I used my process to really hone in on what I want to achieve when creating a character and it continues to work well.
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for another end-of-week Zine and, as always, don’t forget to roll with advantage,
The Brazen Wolfe

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