Immortal Valentine is a
tiefling ranger and brewer that curently resides in
Saltmarsh.
History
Valentine was born in 1470 on the streets of
Neverwinter. When he was three, he was adopted by Marza and Lephi Valentine, two women who owned an herb shop that was also the cover for an underground fighting arena. When Valetine was a teenager, he ended up joining the Tortle's Labyrinth Guild, a group of Neveren-based treasure hunters and explorers, where he honed his skills to become a ranger.
In Kythorn of 1496, Valentine was forced to kill a long-time member of the guild, Daldor, after he became enraged and attacked Valentine for seemingly no reason. Valentine couldn't find any cause of the attack, besides a
strange new spiral tattoo on Daldor's neck. Disturbed, Valentine left to find the symbol's origin.
In Elient of 1496, Valentine, while traveling
Northwest Faerun, arrived in
Saltmarsh alongside two other travelers: the
half-elf wizard and younger sister of
Micah Pierce, one of the
Heroes of Saltmarsh,
Seraphina Pierce and the
shadar-kai oathbreaker paladin
Raven Bloodash. Unbeknowst to the new arrivals, the town was in the middle of a crisis, as one of its
council members,
Anders Solmor, was using the recent departure of the
Neverwinter Guard garrison to fight in the
Battle of the Spire as a call to action for the Marshers to throw the Neverens out of town. Aiding Anders was the shadow monk
Bo Latarn, who was attacking Marshers at night to raise tensions and fear.
However, Valentine and the other new arrivals found and fought Bo Latarn, forcing him to flee to Anders' manor. Valentine was able to track the monk's path, and the group aprehended Bo and Anders, resulting in the former being hanged and the latter arrested.
With no real plans, Valentine opted to stay in town with Raven and Sera, and all three of them rented rooms at the
Snapping Lure and spent most evenings drinking on the first story. Shortly after their regular drinking nights, the group was joined by
Ardek Oredelver, the younger brother of
Mogran Oredelver, one of the Heroes of Saltmarsh, and occasionally by
Oceanus, one of the Heroes in his own right. This group decided to informally codify themselves as the
B-Team, short for the Beer Team.
On the 1st of Uktar in 1496, Seraphina and Micah came to blows when after the Heroes of Saltmarsh were approached by the renowned thief
the Mask to partner in raiding the
Twilight Monastery. The Mask had also, years before, stolen Micah and Sera's childhood home, resulting in Micah going on a bull-headed pursuit after them, abandoning his family. Sera was furious that Micah kept this from her, as well as his recently acquired
warlock powers, and Raven and Valentine came out to support their new friend, especially after the Heroes decided to work with the Mask.
Shortly after the Heroes left, Oceanus, who had stayed behind, tried to cheer up Sera by taking the group on an adventure in the
Mere of Dead Men to determine the reason why a few members of the
Sunny Shore Tribe had gone missing. The B-Team discovered and defeated a burgeoning cult of
Myrkul, allowing Valentine to show off their impressive ranger abilities in the swamp, but Sera was not cheered up and hated the entire experience.
In Nightal of 1496, the Heroes decided to bring the B-Team up-to-speed about the true goings on in Saltmarsh, explaining the threat posed by the
aboleth S'gothgah and the mind-dominating
Banesmark. Believing that a powerful ancient
dwarven soul trap, called the
God Trap, could disrupt the aboleth's plans, Micah, Mogran, and
Lyra planned to steal it from the
black dragon Voaraghammanthar in the Mere of Dead Men, taking Valentine with them due to his expertise navigating swamps.
Together with the other Heroes, Valentine helped kill Voaraghamanthar, freeing the
Scaly Death Tribe tribe in the process. When Valentine returned with the other Heroes to Saltmarsh, they were informed that the group that stayed behind had accidentally released the
vampire Xolec from his hidden prison. The Heroes of Saltmarsh and the B-Team worked together to lure out Xolec and kill him, first by forcing him to flee and then locating his coffin near the town's standing stones, ending him for good.
Valentine and the other members of the B-Team remained in Saltmarsh while the Heroes left for
the Styes for their
final confrontation with S'gothgah, protecting the town if anything should happen to it while they were gone.
Following the
Banesmark Crisis, Valentine headed back to his parents to try and figure out what to do with his life now that he was wealthy from the dragon's hoard. Inspired by his adopted parents, Valentine began studying brewing, returning to Voaraghamanthar's lair to collect rare materials before setting up a brewery in Saltmarsh.
Though it took many trial and errors, Valentine now has a succesfully brewing company that sells to the local taverns. Drinks of his include "Black Dragon Acid Liquor," "Triton Saltwater Beer, "Yuan-Ti Ritual Cider," and more. All of them are sold under the "Valentine's" label.
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