D&D

the mighty die.

Qlo.
he essentially looks like the travelocity gnome.

so i began playing D&D for the first time in my life, thanks to my d. it's an interesting game, the first RPG i've ever partook in. my character is named Qlo. he is a 3ft2 gnome wizard with a penchant for sweet smelling things, his favorite being the smell of cotton candy and periwinkles. i am still getting to know the game, its nuances, its rules, my character's abilities, the multi-sided die, the liberties i can take to make the game interesting. i think the DM, or dungeon master who is the narrator really makes the game as does good role playing, which d has mastered. i am no geek by any means, but it's always fascinating to enter that of other worlds, no pun intended.
if you're curious to read more about my character's background, which i wrote, scroll down. it was fun writing it!

Qlo

Height: 3’2”

Weight: 100 lbs

Age: 52

Eyes: Brown

Hair: White

Teeth: About 11

Class: Wizard

Race: Gnome

Qlo comes from a village in the Mortela province called Haladyra. He comes from the family Prye. His father is named Glymer and mother is Frusca. He has 2 older brothers named Vlo and Ro. He has one younger sister named Zo. His entire family died in a village fire when he was 50 years old. He also lost his wife, Ziya, in the fire. He was spared because his family sent him out to collect periwinkles for the evening supper. He returned to a fiery hell. He has been roaming the earth since, with a single quest. Before his parents died, they him of a great uncle, named Gera, whom he has never met, 86 years old and dying. They give him a sealed letter that they ask him to give his great uncle. It appears blank and Gera is the only gnome that can decipher it. Qlo does not know what the letter says. He carries it within his sachet and guards it closely. That has become his quest. To find his great uncle.

Qlo is a simple gnome with simple earthly pleasures. He loves nothing more than tending to his garden. He has quite the green thumb and can make almost anything thrive. He also enjoys sewing and can make just about any garment. He has a cottontail who is his traveling companion named Roni. Roni has been Qlo’s best friend since he was a child. Qlo was able to rescue him from the village fire. Qlo believes in the good of all things. He believes in helping those in need. He loves children and animals. He is a happy go lucky gnome who believes life will never give him something he cannot handle. He has become strong since losing his family and wife. He loves simple joys such as watching the sun go down, listening to the flutter of bird wings, watching butterflies stretch their wings, watching the tall green grass blow gently in the wind and watching children play. He enjoys simple hearty foods, stews rich with potatoes and cabbage and beef, lemongrass soup, sweet butter breads, day-roasted beef, rosemary-basted baby hen, beers rich in hops, wild wheat pies and rose tea. He has a hearty appetite to match his taste buds. He loves sweets, to which he owes his toothlessness to. His favorite food is his grandmother’s cabbage and beef stew, with a secret ingredient, an endangered mushroom, which he has been in search of but has not yet found. This mushroom has cured his mother of many ailments. He has an affinity for sweet smelling things, his favorite being the smell of cotton candy and periwinkles. They remind him of his younger years when he used to frolic with his siblings in the village fields and gardens and they would find periwinkles that smelled of cotton candy.

He is charismatic and charming and very intelligent. He knows many languages and possesses magic. He believes in helping others before himself. He is often seen with a toothy grin and bellowing out a hearty laugh. Because of his trusting nature, he sometimes does not read people’s motives well. He gives them the benefit of the doubt. But he learns quickly and once wronged, he will beware of those people, still believing they can become good people. He loves his neighbors, he loves his friends and he loves his family. He loves strangers and he loves and trusts his traveling companion Olok, whom he met while on his quest, like his very own brother. However, there is a dark side of Qlo that only surfaces when severe injustice has occurred. This usually involves others being treated unjustly or when Qlo sees the evils of the world. He becomes consumed with rage. Only once in his life has this rage surfaced. It was when he watched his family and wife burn in the village fire ignited by an enemy village, Halavyra.