Character background stories

Leif Truetail grew up in Meadowfen as the youngest of five pups. His older siblings have all moved out and live in Alderheart, all accomplished in their respective fields. Leif himself is naturally gifted, but he takes it for granted and has his head in the clouds. He loves nothing more than having a good time. He particularly enjoys watching the theatre performances, and has a collection of his favorite screenplays and ballads, some of them autographed by his favorite actors and actresses, such as the charismatic Silas Strongheart, and one of his prized possession is a locket gifted to him by his favorite actress Marian Silkwhisker. His favorite stories are those with adventure, tales of derring-do, and love. His head is filled with dreams of grandeur, discovering mythical creatures and rescuing damsels.

He was kicked out moved out to Alderheart when he came of age at five years old, left to fend for himself and make a name for himself the way his brothers and sisters had done. His older sister Tiriel (whom he's closest to) introduced him to the theatre group she belonged to, and from there Leif used his natural gifts at scouting, swordscraft, and ranging to take a job as a caravan guard for a traveling theatre troupe.

Misfortune hit, and they were attacked by bandits on the way to Winnowing Reach, but fortunately Leif was knocked out and thought dead. He woke up to find only a scarf dropped by the bandit leader, with the embroidered initials BB — Burner Bandits. He’s been hunting for the bandits ever since, but the tracks ran cold and he’s out of money.

Since then, he's taken up any jobs guarding caravans, a part of him hoping that he'd run into the Burner Bandits again, alas, he's come up empty thus far, with all his jobs going without incident. To his chagrin, he often misses out on jobs or has jobs taken from him by the Fortune Seekers guild, which in his mind (and only in his mind) created a rivalry.