Merith Nesterin

Way of the Drunken Master Monk and part time barkeeper, part time adventurer.

Was rather hotheaded in his youth, and got sent to a monastery to try and learn some inner peace. It was there he picked up a few notable skills, such as brewing, painting, hitting things with more precision than he used to, and keeping goats. He also got some deep-set notions about hospitality, which is to say, you do your best to return it. Eventually, though, he ran off with an adventuring party at the age of 94, and continued developing his martial arts abilities in his own bizarre half-assed style. Has gone off the deep end once or twice, but has pulled himself or been pulled back to center, where he's probably going to stay at this point.

He's calmed down a bit with age and customer service, and only periodically goes out to punch owlbears as a hobby, though if you catch him at the right time, he'll absolutely join your adventuring party for as long as it's fun or you need him. Still a little inclined to get over his head or rush in, in the heat of the moment, but is better. Has seen some shit in his time, some of the worst of which was as a bartender, and can be pretty blasé and difficult to surprise.

Family that I know of includes a sibling who used to adventure with him (potentially a Sorcerer or Warlock. The dynamic is very Stan Pines twins), and half-elf niece and nephew Rina and Ardreth, who help him run his tavern. 

He's your weird cool uncle who wears socks with sandals.

6'5" tall, broad-shouldered by elven standards, and kind of paunchy, though extremely agile. Permanently scruffy blonde hair, he could make mithril plate armor look rumpled, and you'd probably second guess the fact that, no, elves do not have facial hair. Slightly broken nose. His clothes are probably older than your parents. It's possible he's got something other than elf in his blood somewhere, perhaps a distant human ancestor.

Prompt ideas, if you feel like you need inspiration

• Bartender Stuff (cleaning things, leaning on the counter etc)
• Cool-action-y monk shtuff, improvised weapons optional
• Oddball poses (meditating upside down, etc)