Thorn

At one point Thorn was a keen traveller and adventurer. He wasn't known for his fighting abilities but he would join heroes on their quests just for the chance to document their stories and would help out where he could as long as they promised not to share how he helped.

More recently he has become more retiring, travelling less and spending his time studying and researching (he's generally quite vague on what and why). He still welcomes the company of others, particularly if they have stories to trade or secrets to share, but he prefers it when they come to him.

He's generally know for his kindness and his willingness to help and protect not only the people close to him, but also total strangers if they come to him in trouble. There's always a price to be negotiated for his help but he sets it fairly and doesn't try to take advantage of vulnerability or desperation.

He has a strong connection to nature and does not appreciate people (fae or otherwise) hunting prey (of any sort) in his forest without his consent; particularly not if he considers the prey to be under his protection.

He hasn't quite got the hang of the modern nuances of the Middle Realm. At some point he stopped looking at it for what felt like a few moments but when he looked back everything seemed to have changed. One thing he has been very open about is his desire to understand those changes and get better acquainted with humanity again. He finds the idea of being shut away from the Middle Realm and never able to develop that understanding quite distressing, but since his home is in a place where the barrier between the two realms isn't particularly thick he is open to being persuaded that losing access to that knowledge is worth it to protect his home.

Connections sought

 * Heroes he travelled with.
 * Knowledge gathering buddies.
 * Storytellers he admires.
 * Folks he's protected from hunts in his forest / Hunters he is at odds with for trying to protect their prey.
 * People who at one time owed him favours and paid them off with secrets or stories.
 * People he's close to.
 * People he owes favours to (probably recent or difficult to repay because he generally tries to be very quick at paying his debts).

OC lines
Hopefully unlikely to be relevant given the setting but I struggle with any discussions of car crashes and since I'll be driving/being driven to the event I'll probably be even more on edge about that than I normally am. If it does happen to come up in conversation around me I may have to make a rapid exit.