Derrus Thornbarrel

Written & Played by James Kakivelis
Derrus Thornbarrel was born the second son of a carpenter in the small unassuming frontier town of Lernewood. In his youth, he and his elder brother Bross, apprenticed under their father. Over the years, it was clear that Bross was the more favored son, and Derrus became more and more disillusioned with his life in Lernewood, turning to drink and debauchery over the hard work his family was known for. After years of drunken tavern brawls, his father finally cast him away.

Exiled from his home, Derrus traveled the Southern Countries for years, brawling, begging, and drinking. To survive he found work as a mercenary and laborer, picking up various skills along the way. Until one day he awoke, bruised and battered, on a bed in a Temple of Keyarr. A priestess of the temple had found Derrus on the roadside, bleeding and on the verge of death. Bringing him back to the temple, she and the other priests, priestesses, and clerics nursed him back to health. From that day on, Derrus worked on the temple grounds, once again doing whatever manual labor he could. As his relationship with the temple members grew, so did his attachment to Keyarr. A changed man, Derrus now travels as a paladin of Keyarr, spreading healing and good and working to exile evil with her power.