Appearance

Physical Description

Compact but muscular in a ropy, unhealthy sort of way.

Body Features

Very pale.

Apparel & Accessories

Night owl goggles. A wooden flute with most of its holes stopped up with mud, so it can be used for smoking druuuuugs. A toolbelt full of various tools and doodads, with a grapple gun tucked into it.

Specialized Equipment

Wields a greatsword most of the time but also carries a mace and shield.

Mentality

Personal history

An ex-soldier who joined the military as a teenager, Xylund was exposed to more savagery than he could handle at such a young age and now strives to master the chaos within himself by imposing order on the world outside. His preferred weapons for that task are fear and intimidation, especially when the hip flask he constantly carries is running low.

Education

Pretty much everything he knows, he learned from the Sarge.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Killed a dragon, made a Nenmetal fall in love with him, travelled halfway across Vokari in less than twelve parsecs, joined a super secret society that may or may not rhyme with Shmudwell Shmard.

Failures & Embarrassments

Was known as Xylund Whiffsteel for a while, due to his tendency to never hit anything. Shoved a bracelet up his butt one time, and its retrieval was a literal shitshow. Set himself up for a pretty solid burn from Ulric La'carde.

Mental Trauma

Has an irrational fear of "contagions," regardless of the fact that he's impervious to disease, being a paladin and all. Doesn't seem to enjoy skin-to-skin contact unless sexytimes are going on; rarely seen without his armour on. PTSD resulting in insomnia and night terrors, which he treats with copious alcohol and whatever drugs he can get his hands on. Does not enjoy sobriety at all, it makes him cranky... er. Crankier.

Intellectual Characteristics

Logical in his own loopy, paranoid, drug-addled way. Isn't afraid to dream big. Has a fairy that, when it's not pretending to be a ping pong ball, flies around his head in a halo and makes him smurt.

Morality & Philosophy

Believes in order above all else. Human nature contains the seeds of its own destruction and must be saved from itself. Those who don't understand this, who don't see what needs to be done, are asleep.

person.sexuality

Open-minded

Known Languages

Common, Dwarvish

Personality

Motivation

Keep moving forward. Don't stop. Just keep going and it'll all make sense in the end.

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Great goat-buggering Grennan!"

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Enjoys playing dragonchess even though he's not the best player. Usually gets along with other military types. Extremely bad at impersonations. Surprisingly good at drawing horses.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes Snoffunfx, his horse from Grennan heaven, and Nysali. Doesn't mind some of his current travelling companions. His opinion of the rest of the world fluctuates wildly depending on which substance he last consumed.

Virtues & Personality perks

Generally doesn't care what other people get up to as long as they're not hurting anyone, or annoying him.

Vices & Personality flaws

Alcoholism, if you consider that a vice rather than the only rational response to the bleakness of an uncaring cosmos. Holds grudges.

Hygiene

Keeps himself pretty clean, due to his fear of diseases, but his distaste for taking off his armour has been known to make things a little ripe in there.

Social

Birthplace

Greyloch

Family Ties

Doesn't talk about his family.

Religious Views

The gods are real, obviously, but they're mostly bastards. Grennan's the least worst of the bunch, probably? At least he knows what's what.

Social Aptitude

Some people find his bluntness and absurdist sense of humour disarming, while others don't. Not a smooth talker. Tends to become drenched with flop sweat in situations which require any kind of discretion or pretense.