Characters:Dun Barethsol:Dern

Dern "the Blade" is one of Alek's more trusted allies. He fights using a buckler and longsword.

Dern is an entertainer by birth. Alek found him in Norsheim-on-Forod working as a townsquare tumbler. Dern is also a consummate swordsman, carrying his buckler, longsword, and several daggers as his only weapons. He has no skill in ranged combat. Instead, he tends to rush headlong into combat or to ran around the side of his enemies in an attempt to flank them. He is very agile and may even attempt to close the range to his targets by tumbling at them using his old acrobatic skills. He also has no skill in the arcane arts. Norsheim-on-Forod uses bronze bars as its internal currency, so Dern carries one that is legally-minted on one side and has been melted and marked a broken mace on the other side. This mark, very like a rune, has no real power, since Dern intends it only to signify his scorn for men of the law.