Name

Corren

Aliases/titles

None established.

Species/lineage

Not established.

Age

22 (latest explicit user decision).

Pronouns

he/him.

Background

Village youth with militia exposure/training; exact mechanical background not established.

Occupation before adventuring

Not fully established; strongly associated with village militia training.

Alignment

Lawful Good.

World/continuity

Neris / Kind Thief / Goblin Hunt continuity.

Current circumstances

Young adventurer, Lysa's boyfriend, Silas's childhood friend, recently saved from a near-fatal goblin wound by Neris.

• Responsible and comparatively cautious.
• Protective by instinct.
• Dependable and straightforward.
• Less persuasive/argumentative than Silas and Lysa; he can object to a plan and still find himself going because the other two have already decided.
• Comfortable with duty and structure, fitting Lawful Good.
• Capable of humor, including jokes about his own near-death that Lysa does not appreciate.
• Does not need to be grim or joyless; he is a young man traveling with the people he loves.

Values

• Responsibility.
• Protecting the people beside him.
• Doing the right thing even when it is dangerous.
• Reliability.

Bonds

• Silas, childhood friend.
• Lysa, old friend and current girlfriend.
• Neris, who saved his life and quickly becomes part of the group.
• His village/family and likely his father in the militia (family detail is proposed rather than fully locked).

Flaws / vulnerabilities

• Protective instincts can put him in danger.
• He can underestimate threats once he believes the party can handle them.
• Arguing is not his strongest suit; his friends can maneuver him into plans he initially opposes.
• His combat specialization means he is less broadly useful than the others outside his primary domain.

Speech: Straightforward, grounded, often dry.
Established lines from the Goblin Hunt prose include variations such as:
- "Stay behind me!"
- "You all right?"
- "You're doing great!"
- "We make a decent group."

Proposed/example dialogue from discussion

• Lysa: "I've never seen the sea." Corren: "It's water." (proposed travel-origin exchange, not locked prose.)
• On finally seeing it: "...That's a lot of water." (proposed/example, not in the current Goblin Hunt prose.)

• Young man, age 22.
• Naturally large/strong physical presence is strongly implied by concept.
• Heavy armor.
• Large greatsword.
• Exact height, hair, eyes, skin, species, facial features, scars, colors: Not established.

• Heavy armor.
• Greatsword.
• Protective fighting style/direction, especially Interception.
• Party identity: "You have to get through me first."

D&D 5.5e / 2024 intended.
Homebrew/third-party: None intended.

Not explicitly locked in a complete sheet. Story framing assumes an early/level-1-style adventurer comparable to the others.
Class: Fighter is the intended class.
Subclass: Not established.
Multiclassing: Not established; no multiclass plan discussed.

Not established.
General priority: Strength and Constitution strongly implied.

Not established numerically.

Not established.

• Heavy armor: established concept.
• Greatsword: latest favored weapon choice and current visual identity.
• Shield: superseded as primary signature gear by greatsword; he is no longer envisioned as a shield-user by default.

Interception: user explicitly identified this as the intended style/direction.
Exact 2024 rules text/effect not recorded here.

• "Armored later maybe" / later armor specialization was suggested.
• Heavy Armor Master was suggested by the assistant as a fitting option, but not explicitly accepted as locked.

Greatsword

exact attack bonus, damage, mastery, action economy and 2024 details not recorded.

None established.

Narrative role

high durability through heavy armor, HP, positioning, and protective reaction/style.

Exact AC and damage mitigation

Not established.

• Heavy armor.
• Greatsword.
• Other gear: Not established.

Primary: Tank.
Secondary: Damage.
Pillar identity: Combat / Combat.
- Occupies dangerous space.
- Draws/absorbs pressure.
- Protects nearby companions.
- Hits hard enough that enemies cannot simply ignore him.
- Protectiveness is a character trait, not merely a mechanical role.

This is a concept-direction build, not a verified complete legal 2024 sheet.
No numerical claims beyond established concept should be treated as finalized.

Current level

Not explicitly established; early adventurer / Fighter start assumed by story.

Level 1
Status: Planned/current concept.
Class: Fighter.
Direction: Heavy armor, greatsword, Interception fighting style.
Exact features/stats: Not established.

Levels 2-20
Status: Largely unresolved.
General intended development:
- Stay highly combat-focused.
- Increase durability and front-line control.
- Continue meaningful damage with greatsword.
- Possible later armor specialization feat ("Armored later" / Heavy Armor Master suggested, not locked).
Subclass, ASIs/feats, mastery choices, exact levels and equipment progression: Not established.

D&D 5.5e / 2024 intended.
Homebrew/third-party: None intended.

Not explicitly locked in a complete sheet. Story framing assumes an early/level-1-style adventurer comparable to the others.
Class: Fighter is the intended class.
Subclass: Not established.
Multiclassing: Not established; no multiclass plan discussed.

Not established.
General priority: Strength and Constitution strongly implied.

Not established numerically.

Not established.

• Heavy armor: established concept.
• Greatsword: latest favored weapon choice and current visual identity.
• Shield: superseded as primary signature gear by greatsword; he is no longer envisioned as a shield-user by default.

Interception: user explicitly identified this as the intended style/direction.
Exact 2024 rules text/effect not recorded here.

• "Armored later maybe" / later armor specialization was suggested.
• Heavy Armor Master was suggested by the assistant as a fitting option, but not explicitly accepted as locked.

Greatsword

exact attack bonus, damage, mastery, action economy and 2024 details not recorded.

None established.

Narrative role

high durability through heavy armor, HP, positioning, and protective reaction/style.

Exact AC and damage mitigation

Not established.

• Heavy armor.
• Greatsword.
• Other gear: Not established.

Primary: Tank.
Secondary: Damage.
Pillar identity: Combat / Combat.
- Occupies dangerous space.
- Draws/absorbs pressure.
- Protects nearby companions.
- Hits hard enough that enemies cannot simply ignore him.
- Protectiveness is a character trait, not merely a mechanical role.

This is a concept-direction build, not a verified complete legal 2024 sheet.
No numerical claims beyond established concept should be treated as finalized.

Established

• Corren and Silas are childhood friends.
• Lysa joins their friendship a few years later.
• Corren and Lysa become a couple when older.
• The three leave their village together while still very young adults.

Proposed/likely but not explicitly locked

• Corren's father is in the village militia.
• Corren receives militia training because he is naturally suited to it.
• His training emphasizes protecting the person beside him and holding position rather than chasing glory.
• He may receive or inherit militia-quality armor when leaving home.
• He is the reluctant one when Lysa first proposes leaving, not because he lacks curiosity but because he sees the risks and has a viable life at home.

Current adventure history

The trio spend only a relatively short time traveling before reaching the coast/Neris's region. They become confident through minor travel/adventure experiences. A goblin encounter then goes badly; Corren receives a severe wound while acting as the front-line protector. Lysa and Silas get him to the Gull and Lantern, where Neris saves him with her first miracle. The next day he returns to the goblin threat with the party and Neris.

Silas

• Childhood friend; almost sibling-like familiarity.
• Corren disapproves of Silas's theft but is not his moral supervisor.
• Their friendship predates the party by many years.

Lysa

• Old friend who joins the boys a few years later.
• Eventually becomes Corren's girlfriend.
• Their romance grows out of friendship rather than creating the group.
• Her terror during his near-death is a key emotional part of the opening.

Neris

• Saves his life.
• He quickly sees her as capable and useful in danger.
• He catches her during the river crossing in the goblin hunt.
• She becomes part of the party rather than remaining "the cleric we picked up."

Father/family

• Militia-father concept is proposed, not fully confirmed.

Established direction

• Remain the party's tank/damage specialist.
• Combat-focused character.

Planned

• Interception Fighting Style/direction.
• Heavy armor from the start.
• "Armored later" was suggested by the user; likely means further armor specialization such as a feat, but exact option is unresolved.

Unresolved

• Exact class level progression beyond "Fighter" direction.
• Exact subclass.
• Exact species/background/ability scores.
• Whether Heavy Armor Master or another armor feat is the intended later choice.

Role

Original trio's front-line fighter; Lysa's boyfriend; Silas's childhood friend; the wounded adventurer whose near-death triggers Neris's first miracle.

Key story events

• Fights goblins before the party reaches Neris's village and is severely wounded.
• Lysa and Silas get him to the Gull and Lantern.
• Neris first uses divine healing to save him.
• Returns to the goblin threat the next day with Neris.
• Protects Neris in combat and catches her during the river crossing.
• Participates in rescuing prisoners.

Reusable-opening note

The wounded character need not always be Corren in alternate versions of the opening; the structure was designed to survive if another PC is the one injured. In this specific party/story version, Corren is the established wounded character.