Looks: Balaad is mainly covered in black feathers with some white feathers on his face and stomack and some with hints of yellow. He's got puffin's big colorful beak and flippers for feet, having four talons for hands.

Personality: Energetic, enthusiastic, kinda dumb, Balaad is in his entirety a kid at heart (and mind, and body). He is very optimistic and confident, but not to the point of seeming cocky. He is trustful and tends to focus on the good of others, which makes him naïve, sometimes appearing dumb or useless to others.

Languages: Common, auran, bits of elvish

Inventory: Lance, handaxe, longbow, 20 arrows, shield // disguise kit, costume // songbird trinket, xylophone, 2 potatoes (yes, he stole those)

🗨 Mimicry
Kenkus are bird-like creatures that have been cursed without their abilities of flight or (free) speech. They can only utter words they've heard, much like repeating the sounds they know. Still, they are excellent mimics and are able to recreate sounds and voices pretty accurately, others must have a high insight to not be fooled by them.

⚒ Expert Forgery
Just like with sounds, kenkus can duplicate other creatures' handwriting and craftwork. Balaad uses this mostly for fun, copying on top of anything else carvings and handwriting, sometimes drawings.

🎭 By Popular Demand
The seasons spent at the fair left Balaad with some talents to present. He mostly took part in plays and joke shows, but he can also play the xylophone, some drums, sing (I mean, copy other's singing lol), juggle, and do some basic acrobatics. He can put up performances almost anywhere, and at such a place, he often receives free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard, so long as he performs each night. This can also lead on being well known around the places he performs and generally liked. ;)

🚑 Second wind
By training hard (and fighting lots but ehh details) Balaad acquired a great stamina-management, as to say. He is able to regain a small deal of health after workout, but can only do so once before having to rest.

💨 Mobile + Action Surge
"Exceptionally speedy and agile", Balaad can move further than most people in record time, and is able to move in difficult terrain without any extra complication. Additionally, he's able to hit an enemy without giving it the chance to attack back, sometimes this ability lets him go for a full extra action in half the time (his same turn), but he can't push past his limits so regularly, having to rest between surges.

The little kenku used to live with his mom and dad in a small village. Being a curious kid he would wander around following different creatures and noises; that's how he found himself in middle of a fair, where he met Balaad, an elf his age, and future bffff. The boys spent all summer together, but by the change of season the fair --in which Balaad's family partakes-- started packing and preparing to leave.

Knowing their child was pretty adventurous, his parents let him join the elves and the fair. It was all fun and games for the puffin, learning and playing lots, but Balaad didn't like it at all that much and invited his friend to run away. Wanting to stay by his side, Puff agreed and both youngsters lived on their own for a while, helping around town and performing on the streets.

The boys grew inseparable, but a hunter came along to take both kids into his group. He had a plan in mind and needed lots of hands, so he made both "Balaads" sign a contract with him and took them under his wing. Our kenku never really felt at peace since they joined the hunter's party, and he took a chance to run away, but didn't get the time to tell his elf friend. Not without wishing him the best, he started his way back to town on his own.