Pintra (Rowan (D&D/BG3))

Rowan was born and raised in Waterdeep, the city of splendor. He and his younger siblings lived a comfortable life raised by his human mother and their extended family. His wood elf father didn't stick around for terribly long in his life, and he has vague recollection of the man. As a teen, he left his family behind and moved to Neverwinter, eager to start anew in a new place that didn't know him as a girl. He landed an apprenticeship with a seamstress, and was well on his way to learning needlecrafts when disaster struck.

When running errands late into the night, he was robbed and left for dead in an alleyway. What he didn't expect was to wake up the next day, patched up and in a stranger's bed. A member of the up and coming thieves' guild had found Rowan and brought him back to heal his wounds. He was given an offer; join the guild, learn their ways, and never be powerless like that again. Reject, and figure out how to pay the debt he just gained. Bored with his life and lacking any real friendships, he readily agreed and was accepted in.

The guild quickly grew in influence and power as the rebuilt city drew in more people. The city of skilled hands was never idle for long. Rowan proved to be an adept mercenary, and one of his boss's favorites. One day, he was ordered to go to Baldur's Gate. A gunrunner by the name of Enver Gortash had been putting in requests for skilled mercenaries, and Rowan was picked. He made his way there, met up with his contractor, and did his bidding like a good dog. Whether it was taking out political opponents, guarding shipments, raiding vaults, or protecting Gortash himself, he was kept busy. His ruthlessness and determination to finish a job and finish it well easily earned him Gortash's favor, and he spent a lot of time next to the man.

Eventually, he was given his final task; find and retrieve a mysterious artefact and deliver it to Gortash. He accepted, and was sent to Moonrise Towers to prepare for the search. Unbeknownst to him, he was ordered to be infected with an illithid parasite as motivation to work swiftly. He was infected, shoved into a pod on the Nautiloid, and sent off along with his fellow "True Souls." It never made it to its destinaton. A band of githyanki on dragonback ambushed the ship, and Rowan, along with the help of a few others, crash landed with it.

With a tadpole in his head, the artefact he sought so close and yet so far, and his mysterious new friends, he isn't sure what to do and where to go. He had been under someone else's thumb for so long . . . Surely it wouldn't hurt to travel with this merry band of weirdos until they made it back to the city?