Clerebold Quentin

Guard Captain Clerebold Quentin is a human noble of the Quentin family of Waycrest. He has a strong sense of right and wrong, yet tends to lack the commitment to devote himself consistently to a goal. Usually he is fairly easy to distract and can often lose track of his own train of thought whilst speaking, leading him to draw out his speeches, to the ire of his audience and quiet frustration of his sub-ordinates.

Despite this he is a competent guard captain, albeit much down to his supporting staff making up for his weaknesses in leadership and direction by acting on their own initiative and then crediting Clerebold for the idea once it turns out to be successful.

Clerebold will often mistake knowledge gleaned from an expensive education for wisdom in day-to-day life.

Early life
The Quentins have been a very wealthy family for several generations and are known as one of the noble dynasties of Waycrest. Their riches trace back to ancestors that made money hunting and trading giants.

His family paid for the best of educations for Clerebold and although he is not a natural scholar he did take an interest in languages as well as the mystic art of rune magic.

On completion of his studies and before being appointed a captain within the city guard, Clerebold had held a few different clerical jobs after his education finished but the people around him didn't allow him to succeed and seemingly everywhere he went everyone was incompetent but him. As such none of those jobs stuck, and it was after an evening of berating a guard for being harsh on a stableboy for not bowing appropriately lowly to a city counsellor ("you know, if you had been 10 years younger and your dad knew his mum, like, that could have been you right there, son, go easy on your younger self") he was told "you think you could do a better job, be my guest!" He took this to be a serious suggestion and after a conversation with his dad and a couple of letters coming and going, he was appointed that particular guard's new captain. He surprisingly hasn't been completely awful at this job.

Captain of the Watch
An odd trio arrived in Waycrest in 1487 DR, which in itself was not too unheard of given it was during the visit of the Great Trading Turtle, however Clerebold's interest was piqued when rumours that Carolyn Bearskin had requested a secretive audience with them. The following day Clerebold and his loyal pair of guards Jacob Smith and Erik Marsh were dispatched to a disturbance at Josiah Exotic's store in the Waterways District, where they were to find evidence of a bloodbath having recently taken place.

After questioning those present and receiving much conflicting information Clerebold elected to go off in search of a missing boat with Erik and his searches lead him to the sewers beneath the city where he elected to continue alone. In the sewers he encountered Estrid Stormbringer and Grugs, who was carrying the body of Saphara Mystan.

He managed to persuade them to join him on a hunch he had to secretly investigate the Frugal Florist building, directly opposite Josiah Exotic's store, and whilst he and Grugs initially butted heads, they were able to find evidence of criminal activities being carried out under the direction of disgraced bard Pew the Pied. In the ensuing battle Pew the Pied managed to release town prisoners to aid his escape but he was defeated, and Clerebold kiled one of the prisoners in the chaos. Despite managing to convince another Guard Captain Destrian Earnst that it was necessary in self-defence, Clerebold then absent-mindedly requested a bound rabid lizardfolk prisoner be moved. The lizardfolk immediately attacked the guard and if not for Clerebold's intervention would have killed him, and was then slain by the party. Destrian's ire was drawn at the amount of unnecessary bloodshed and he left to complain to the City Watch Commander Armand Lochstead.

Clerebold elected to return to the Adventurer's Guild to relax his nerves with a drink and soon overindulged and passed into a deep slumber in his room. During this sleep he was visited by a mysterious woman claiming to be called Katoo who passed on an enigmatic message.

Clerebold's dream vision
Clerebold stood at the Guild Quarter watching a boat sail away with a few unusual characters on board. He turns to see Saphara Mystan waving at the boat, before succumbing to a chest injury and falling into the arms of a woman, who looks up to face Clerebold. She introduces herself as Katoo and beseeches him to honour the call to a higher form of justice, going on to tell him of a fearsome trio that have been recruited by Lyrei Ravanelis to lead a force in aid of her quest to obtain the Three Relics of Feohorn. Katoo tells him that the three heads of the organisation must be destroyed one by one to disband the growing Brotherhood of Free Goblins and prevent Lyrei from succeeding.

Katoo tells Clerebold his best chance of success would require him to work with the adventurers he has recently encountered - Grugs, Estrid, and Karo Amakiir - and potentially use Grugs to infiltrate the Brotherhood. She advises that if they can distract the Brotherhood and kill one of the "Three Heads of Cerberus" it may buy enough time for others to find the relics, and instructs him to find them by heading south out of the city to the Boglands.

Council of Cerberus
Following the death of the prisoners Clerebold was suspended with full pay pending an investigation, and chose to follow the instruction of the vision he had. He encounters Grugs, Estrid, and Karo on the way south and they head to Maygar's Hill to engage the Brotherhood of Free Goblins. At the hill there is a leadership battle which Grugs wins and proclaims himself General of the Brotherhood. Imra attempted to open a strange black box found within the altar of Maygar Wayfarer and was struck unconscious by a tendril, and the Viper hurriedly teleported her away. With Ghazuul and his manticore left without the rest of the Council to assist Clerebold, Estrid, and Karo were able to kill them during a ferocious battle. From Ghazuul's body Clerebold obtained the legendary Sword of Maygar Wayfarer.

Abilities
Clerebold's education taught him to speak giant, elvish, and draconic, and he also took a particular interest in the ancient practice of the power of runes. More so than with any other aspect of his life he was able to command a seemingly innate connection to the runes and has since inscribed the cloud rune and the fire rune onto his shield and weapon respectively.

Since awakening this ability he has also found himself able to summon the might of a giant and increase his stature for a limited amount of time as well.