Brannik Tidebarrow
Fighter
Brannik Tidebarrow
Species
Halfling
Appearance
Brannik Tidebarrow is a broad-shouldered halfling with river-weathered skin, salt-sprayed freckles, and hands permanently stained with lamp oil and copper verdigris. He walks with a rolling, boat-deck sway that makes him look half sailor and half puppet master, as if he is always balancing on a moving floor. His beard is neatly braided with tiny brass rings and bits of turtle-shell, but his left eyebrow is singed off clean in a neat line from an old lantern mishap. The strangest thing about him is his expression: he looks stern and practical from a distance, yet his eyes shine with the delighted patience of a child watching a machine finally work.
“Low, clipped, and river-rough, with a habit of ending questions as though they were instructions. He rarely raises his voice, but when he does, it carries like a struck bell across water.”
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Distinguishing Features
One singed eyebrow from a lantern blast
A beard braided with brass rings and turtle-shell beads
A tiny clockwork crab that rides in his breast pocket and clicks when danger is near
A crescent scar across the right palm from a snapped winch cable
Voice
“Warmly gravelly, with a river-boat cadence and a faint crackle of amusement beneath the caution.”
Clothing
A patched blue-green river coat over a leather apron lined with tool loops, worn trousers tucked into waterproof boots, and a belt fitted with brass gauges, nails, wire, and folded scraps of sailcloth. In bad weather he wears a red oilskin cap that is much too large and makes him look oddly noble.
Body Language
He stands with one boot angled as if feeling the pitch of a deck that is not there, and he frequently braces a hand on nearby railings, walls, or doorframes. When worried, his fingers tap rivets and seams in a quick counting rhythm. When relieved, he lets out a long breath through his nose and rubs the bridge of his beak-like nose with grease-blackened thumb and forefinger.
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