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*Beelu ?Stonehand? Cobblenock
-Race: Svirfneblin/Deep Gnome
-Sex: Male
-Class: Ranger (Stalker)
-Alignment: Lawful Neutral (not allowed, I know, but whatever)
-Str:13 Dex:19 Con:13 Int:13 Wis:15 Cha:8
-Location: The Copper Coronet
-Weapon Proficiencies: Dual-wielding daggers, maces
-Biography: When asked about his past, BEELU eyes you warily, as if trying to discern some hidden motive outside of curiosity. He states that he left the Underdark long ago, though it is obvious he misses the beauty of that sunless realm. He appeared on the surface world at the beginning of the century, and states that he spent his early years on the surface north of the Spine of the World mountains, within the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale. If the tales can be believed, he was at the center of a grand adventure from that time, though it sounds a little hard to believe. He has since made his living over the years at numerous careers suited to his skills as miner, blacksmith, gem cutter, underground scout, and wine distiller. He has maintained a small business empire through his many years on the surface, and believes that traveling with you will help expand further business opportunities, namely treasure selling.


Basically, and if you picked up on this, he would have been an NPC that was involved in IWD II. He has made his living since at a variety of careers since, traveling up and down the Sword Coast and as far east as Aglarond. Though he has seen much in his travels in the last 80 years on the surface, he still has much to learn, and like most of the deep gnomes, is suspicious of strangers.

One of my main ideas with this character was to have him romance Mazzy Fentan, and I selected this for a few reasons. Firstly, it seems as if the Mazzy romance has come to a halt, sadly, and it was one of the projects I was most looking forward to. And second, as far as vanilla BG NPCs go, she always seemed a little lacking, and I always wondered what out made this brave halfling become a knight. Essentially, this would really be a Beelu-Mazzy mod, and depending on the sex of the PC, might depend on who talks more to the PC. A female PC might have more conversations about the romance with Mazzy, while Beelu would talk with a male PC more, and perhaps some advice being given by the PC could lead the romance in different directions. A big part of Mazzy's side of the romance is overcoming Patrick's death, and the romance wouldn't really culminate until the last love talk when they finally sleep together(much similar to Jaheira's, if I recall)

His general personality I had listed as being wary of strangers, especially those known to be untrustworthy(drow, duergar, tiefling, etc.), but a loyal friend if the PC earns his trust. As stated in his biography, he wants to use his adventuring in order to open up one of his shops in Athkatla, what with the lull in his other businesses. He enjoys the natural world in all its forms, and appears as a wide-eyed child when admiring it. Otherwise, he comes off as a little indifferent, quiet, and even a little pessimistic(but not Xan!).

Anyways, as far as other NPCs are concerned:

Viconia - Fairly obvious. They will not get along, but they're not about to kill each other over their arguing; I'd prefer to think that both are above that. But expect a lot of arguing. Perhaps in a ToB release, if Viconia is romancing the PC, things might change...

Mazzy - romance related, and explained above.

Cernd - As they both are fond of the natural world, that is where most of their conversations would reside, perhaps even having a dialogue where they try to one up the other on the nature analogy.

Korgan - Beelu will respect Korgan as a warrior-in-arms, even if their base alignments would suggest them to be rather opposed, though Korgan will not think much on him.

Edwin - Similar to how he treats Mazzy, Edwin will think little of him by virtue of being "one of the servant races."

Jaheira - Discussions on the balance and the Harpers. Fairly neutral, though.

Anomen - Similar to how he treats Mazzy, Anomen doesn't quite think much of him.

Jan - Slightly amused, if baffled by Jan and his stories, who he frequently refers to as his "surface cousin." Jan thinks he should cheer up more.

Haer'Dalis - Wary of Haer'Dalis, which he is a little taken aback by it, but is not really offended. Beelu eventually warms up to him just fine, and they discuss fine wines and gems.

Minsc - Rather enjoys Minsc and Boo(who wouldn't!), and wants to speak with him about Rashemen and Boo, as he has never seen it.

Aerie - Will take to being a bit of a father figure to Aerie, giving her advice on how to cope with the earth as well as combat advice.

Didn't really think much about how other NPCs like Keldorn, Imoen, Nalia, Yoshimo, and Valygar would get along with him, yet. This idea came about while using a Svirfnebling ranger in IWD2 awhile ago, who by the way is insanely awesome in my party, and after getting a little bored of drow NPCs, thought about what an NPC that was also from the Underdark but with a far different dynamic would be like. But how does that sound?