Paladin is a tall, broad shouldered man with short, tidy brown hair and a clean shaven face. His eyes are a striking blue, filled with an intense, steady focus. He wears well maintained chain mail over a clean white tabard adorned with the symbol of a golden sun. Even in the heat of battle, he maintains an air of composed, stoic grace.

I am incredibly slow to trust those who do not share my devotion, yet I am fiercely loyal to those who earn my respect. I find comfort in routine and prayer, believing that discipline is the only true way to honor the divine. I speak with a soft but firm voice, rarely raising it except to deliver a righteous command or a holy battle cry.

Paladin was raised within the hallowed stone walls of a mountain monastery, having been left on the doorstep as an infant. His childhood was one of silence and study, spent transcribing holy texts and assisting the elder monks with their daily rites. While he excelled in his theological studies, he found himself drawn to the stories of the holy warriors of old who fought against the darkness beyond the temple walls. He began to secret away wooden swords, practicing the forms of combat in the moonlight after the evening prayers were finished. When a group of local bandits threatened the monastery, the monks had no defense, having long embraced a life of peace. Paladin could not stand by and watch his home be destroyed. He broke into the armory, took up an ancestral shield, and held the gates single handedly until help arrived. It was in that moment of crisis that he felt the spark of divine purpose ignite within him, realizing his calling was to be a shield for the defenseless. He was given a formal blessing and a suit of mail, sent out into the world to serve as a beacon of justice. He travels now as a wanderer with a clear mission, seeking to find those in need of protection. He views every encounter as a test of his faith and every victory as a testament to the divine path. Though the outside world is far more chaotic and morally grey than the monastery he left behind, he carries his temple within him, refusing to let the shadows of the world dim his inner light.