Rooney Von Werner's Biography

Place of Origin: Schwartzenbruin

Current Home: Schwartzenbruin, but often on the road

History: A singer, a wanderer, an adventurer ...

Rooney was born in CY 575 in the Shore district of Schwartzenbruin and raised at Solcarde House, the Old Kerk's orphanage in the Old City district. His magnificent singing voice was noted and developed throughout his formative years, and he was first tenor in several prestigious ceremonies during his teens. Rooney also had the opportunity to study a little at the Colleges of Rao, learning something about a wide smattering of topics.

In mid-592, during his eighteenth year, Rooney was chosen from the crowd to take part in the Dance of Nerull, escorting a convicted felon to his gruesome end at the Paleen Rock. While being chosen as a living vessel for the power of Nerull isn't what some would call good fortune, it worked out well for Rooney, who soaked up the attention and the adulation provided by the crowd. The experience set Rooney's feet on the path of a wanderer, and since then he has been travelling throughout Perrenland and beyond, looking for fame, glory and attention on an ever-widening stage.

He still considers Schwartzenbruin home, and pays an equal share of the rent on a house south of Perren's Keep in the New City district that he shares with two friends from College, Erich Trumann and Anna Eissfeldt. Eric and Anna have both had a major influence on Rooney's life. They convinced him to join them as members of the Old Kerk in CY 593, and now Rooney is one of the most famous (and notorious) living members of the Voice of the Kerk. He answered "the call" of paladinhood in mid-595, and then sat the entry exams for the rechters early in CY 596. Even so, he still wanders throughout the Flanaess, going wherever the wanderlust takes him.

Appearance: Well-dressed and flamboyant - see his pictures.

Animal Companions:

• Aitken the horse
• Ferdinand the donkey
• Reepicheep the rat
• Snowy the parrot

Other Notes: Member of the Silver Gryphons, along with:

• Anselm "Thorn" Thornbriar (the cleric/wizard),
• Arnyn Bandiger (the druid, who disappeared into the wilds of Perrenland in 595 and hasn't been seen since),
• Geena Smithton (the rogue, who retired in 594 to a happy life of beer-drinking in her favourite taverns at Schwartzenbruin),
• Heidi Floss (the cleric/sorcerer),
• Lady Cinna (the paladin/marshall) and
• Pelari "Skullcrusher" Odelstacia (the increasingly tattooed monk)

Deeds of Note:

• Working up the crowd for the executions at Schwartzenbruin.
• Much singing of courage-inspiring songs in battle.
• Fascinating many-headed foes with song whenever they rear their ugly heads.
• Saving the Cantonal Council at Schwartzenbruin from a terrible fate at the cost of his own life.
• Slowly dying in the arms of Geena Smithton, the only other Silver Gryphon present and the only one of his companions who followed him into danger, as the rest had lost courage and hope.
• Coming back "Ready to Rumba!", thanks to the Lillends who gave him dance lessons while in heaven.
• Convincing the Paynim that Pelari, despite being an elf and a woman, would be suitably "Man-Hearted" to fight an honour duel if she could defeat a man as manly as himself. It only took one punch on her part; Rooney didn't even have an opportunity to demonstrate his "not in the face" combat technique.
• Starting a tour of the Flanaess during CY 595 in Kendragund Keep (Perform check = 44) before having top billing at Das Grünfest in Krestible (Perform check = 41) and giving a private concert in a mansion in the Foreign Quarter of Greyhawk City (Perform check = 48).
• Demonstrating his recently-acquired status as a paladin by decapitating a wicked opponent with one blow of his longsword (critical hit with first ever smite attack for 37 hit points of damage).
• Freeing the trapped soul of Flavius, a noble dragon, from its skeletal remains through a combination of inspiring words and one righteous smite. When Rooney struck the final blow, only Jaspar still stood beside him, and both were sorely wounded. Of the others, two had fallen to the animated dragon skeleton and another two had fled in terror.
• Earning the title of Lord Stalwart of Sterich and the friendship of the noble giant Achim Lachlenssen for his part in shaming the giant Magnussen into accepting the peaceful surrender of Sterich to the Suhket.
• Captaining "the Lone Warrior" to victory in the annual Schwartzenbruin to Traft yatch race.
• Persuading one ghostly woman to return to life, and a second to move on to a better place.
• Assisting the Silverfrond Troupe in their time of need as a replacement lead singer, including some stunning performances for Lady Haleena Weisspeer (Perform check = 44 for the soiree, Perform check = 45 for the grand ball).
• Studying with the master dancer of the Silverfrond Troupe, Michal Yutiov, and learning an ancient Fruztii wardance.
• Receiving silver spurs from the Voormann for various deeds of note in 596 CY, most of which involved encouraging Halfrek to kill evil monsters at the right time and in the right way.
• Being honoured by the new Voormann for his services to the nation with the title of Landgraf in 598 CY.

Adventures Completed in 592 [4 adventures]: Varday, Vortrotes Legacy, A Snake in the Grass, Chasing the Ox
Adventures Completed in 593 [19 adventures]: Birthday Bash, Into the Dying Lands, Pfalzgraf's Fury, Finder's Keepers, Echo, The Hidden Fortress, Watering Hole, Bandits, Isles of Woe, The Wyvern's Claw, Denzel's Kurgen, Descent into Darkness, Ghosts at the Waterside, As He Lay Dying, Tinderbox, Amidst the Mists and Coldest Frosts, The Final Reckoning, Roodbergs Be Damned, Escape from Tenh
Adventures Completed in 594 [22 adventures]: When Orcs Attack, Under the Hills, Face Value, Across the Border, By Cunning and Forced Cause, There Are No Dragons in Brebanward, Shedding Scales, Redtide, Experimentation, A Man with Nothing, Infiltration, Battles in the Yatils, Duke of the Dust, The Letter, Obsession, A Nation Mocked, The Burning Cliffs, Circle of Sin, Mind Games, Traitor's Road, Nine Lives, Endgame
Adventures Completed in 595 [22 adventures]: The Stone Man's Puzzle, Real Hero Blues, Madness Falls, Furgotten Business, Shadows of a Dread City, One Jen Too Many, The Hollows Unveiled, Dorakaa, The Stone Man's Missive, The Frozen Spire, Hell's Gloom, Playing Both Sides, Atonement, Dark Risings, Full Circle to Oblivion, A Wretched Soul, Streets of Ruin, Secrets of Tsojcanth, Dark Days In Deed, Spy Gnome, The Price of Power, Dark Clouds Over Istivin
Adventures Completed in 596 [19 adventures]: Rings Within Rings, Here There Be Dragons, The Mission Is Everything, Land Rights for Little People, Immortal Longings, The Portal of Hate, Plane Thinking, Skating on Thin Ice, A Story for Another Day, Tides of War, Death's Fury, The Fate of the Lina Gersiten, On With the Show, Elegy for a Broken King, The Great Northern Expedition, The Cup Runs Dry, Acid Test, The March of the Hollows, Dark Star
Adventures Completed in 597 [14 adventures]: Over the River and Through the Woods, Stone Cold, Bitter Fruit, Drowning by Numbers, Hellspike Prison, The Seven Tests of Irinna Qu'lla, Horde or Hoard, Dragondown Grotto, Affinity and Discord, The Dark Gem, Storm Harvest, Wrath of the Tomb of Horrors, Cloud of Darkness, Taking Flight
Adventures Completed in 598 [7 adventures]: Wrath of the Slavelord, Bridge Over Svartjet, Whispers of the Obsidian Citadel, The Frostfell Rift part 2, The Hus Factor, Any Means, Northern Lassitudes
Adventures Completed in 599 [1 adventure]: End of the Line

Favourite Adventures:

• Roodbergs Be Damned - Arnyn the dire pidgeon, and a villain who would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for us meddling kids travelling around Perrenland accompanied by Winter, the mystery-solving wolf
• By Cunning and Forced Cause - pleasingly complex, and despite missing the critical clue we still almost managed to defeat the Big Bad by using good tactics
• Experimentation - a fitting title for the adventure in more ways than one
• Nine Lives - we saved a cat, a parrot, and two hedgehogs ... and we almost saved a carrion crawler, too, just in case it was a cat in disguise
• Atonement - good plot, good characters, good problem-solving opportunities ... easily the best-written Living Greyhawk Core adventure I've played
• Dark Clouds Over Istivin - great story and characters, with a real sense of the adventure being a small portion of a much bigger narrative, plus talking to your opponents actually accomplished something ... best Living Greyhawk adventure ever, even better than Atonement
• A Story for Another Day - another good scenario by the author of Atonement that assumes the characters will talk with most people and creatures they encounter, plus I never expected to see one of those in a Living Greyhawk scenario.
  
• On With the Show - tremendous fun! Lots of scope for character interaction, an urban setting, challenges tailored for a socially-adept character - plus a great DM! All up, eight hours of special mission enjoyment.
• Drowning By Numbers - an adventure where Our Heroes have theme music!

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