Scanlan Shorthalt
Bard extraordinaire, champion of the Knowing Mentor, and braggadocious hero of all Exandria, Scanlan
Shorthalt is the kind of adventurer who will never let
you forget his name. He’s personally ensured that the
bards spreading his legend across the world will sing
his praises for decades to come.
After the Epilogue. Scanlan has always been a
self-centered, showboating braggart, but it doesn’t
mean he doesn’t have a heart. These days, friendship
and family mean more to him than anything, even if
he’s still not very good at showing it.
Following the defeat of the Whispered One,
Scanlan eventually proposed to his long-pursued
sweetheart, Pike Trickfoot, and they were married
in a grand ceremony. The duo had a pair of children,
one named Juniper (Juni) and the other named
Wilhand’ildan (Wax). When the children were grown
and in school, Pike and Scanlan amicably divorced
and went their separate ways, remaining good
friends—and occasional lovers—but content to follow
their own paths.
Scanlan is approaching a century of life, but as a
long-lived gnome, his looks are much as they were in
his adventuring days except for his slowly receding
hairline and the slight belly he’s developed. Vanity
dies slowly, though, and he hides even this modest
amount of aging with a comb-over, frequent use of
his trademark beret, and well-placed illusion magic
when he needs to look portrait perfect.
Scanlan likes to sing songs of the Vox Machina
days to crowded houses in cities across Tal’Dorei. He
spends his winters in Ank’Harel, where he and his
daughter Kaylie operate their high-end trading business, Meatman Imports & Sexports. It’s a good job
that keeps him constantly traveling around Exandria,
suiting his interest in seeking out new people and
places around the world—and for new performance
venues and places to get into trouble.
Also, he has a mustache now. He thinks it makes
him look distinguished.
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