Character Beren Blackmane

[Beren Blackmane]

General Information
Full Name: Beren Blackmane
Birth Name: Beren Blackmane
Force Rank: Untrained
Titles:

• The Philosopher Prince
• Heir to the Under-Realm
• Ironborn

Species: Humanoid
Race: Duergar
Planet of Birth: Midvinter
Homeworld: Midvinter
Gender: Male
Age: 40's
Height: 160 cm (5' 2")
Weight: 150 kg (330 lbs)
Eyes: Amber Brown
Hair: Jet Black

Complexion: Tanned
Force Sensitive: Yes
Family

• Clan Blackmane
  
  • Berethor Blackmane: Father
  • Gwendolyn Blackmane: Mother
  • Belek Blackmane: Brother †

Strengths & Weaknesses
Brilliant: Like all Ironborn, the Prince is blessed with an incredible knack for mechanical engineering and creative thinking.
Tinkerer: Beren is truly at home when sitting at his workbench inventing new gadgets and doo-dads, useful or not.
Forward-thinking: Shares his father's lifelong dream of one day reconnecting with their cousins on the surface world.

Atheist: Resents religion as a whole after his beloved brother fell leading the Church's last suicidal crusade to reclaim lost holds.
Philosopher: Whereas his older brother Belek was the born warrior, Beren preferred intellectual thinking to sharp steel.

Socially Awkward: Since birth he's struggled with social interactions, having relied much on his older brother for companionship.
Bumbling: Even for a Duerg, whose dexterity leaves much to be desired, Beren is considered clumsy and uncoordinated.
Absent-minded: While keen, his mind has a habit of wandering whenever presented with too many stimuli to maintain focus.

 

[Beren Blackmane]

Beren Blackmane
A Brief Introduction
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Midvinter is home to many sentient lifeforms; Men, Elves, Bear-folk, Treemen... These are the Children of Midvinter, inhabiting the surface world and, since the reign of Thyrian the Uniter, firm allies against every new enemy looming on the horizon. Who among us could have known that even as we faced world-ending threats repeatedly, another world war was continuously fought deep beneath the soil? A Secret War, as it were. We might never have learned of its existence at all, were it not for one brave Duerg.

Beren Blackmane, the last child of Archon Berethor Blackmane of the Under-Realm, was the first-ever Dwarf to see the sun in known history. He came seeking aid in the war against the hated Uruk, a wretched race of beings found lurking in the deepest depths of the underworld. His clearly awkward social skills belied the true and earnest heart the Duergar Prince possessed, and as was his way, my father immediately recognised Beren's gentle nature and past sorrows. Beren had lost an older brother, same as he.

As a person, Beren is good-natured and free-spirited, if a bit uncoordinated. He is one of the most brilliant minds I have ever had the pleasure of knowing, able to understand any piece of technology or machinery from just a bit of tinkering, and in most cases is able to improve their designs or output. He may have been too shy to string a full sentence together, but there could be no doubt as to the intention behind said words. I know Berry as a sweet and brave soul, considerate of others and jovial in spirit.

He became our window into the culture of the stout Duergar, now counted among their fellow Children of Midvinter, as well as listed as the fourth member of our ever-growing alliance.

- Excerpt from History of the World and Peoples of Midvinter, by Nina Heavenshield.