Not too long ago, Shane sent me his "Sir Guy" fact-file which touched on his homeland, childhood, teenage years, and his reasons behind risking it all - for a ticket to Maya.
Here it is, by him, in its full glory.
Tanglebottom was a halfling orphan who grew up in Pax
Onarchos, a city known for its human-only populace, druids, knights and council, northwest of Sccor on the edge of the great forest.
Cutting purses and burglary was the common means of survival for orphans his age, but Tanglebottom was fortunate enough to meet the kindly but slightly addled librarian, Edward Pennyworth, whom, mistaking Tanglebottom as a human child, took him in and provided for him.
Under his tutelage, Tanglebottom learnt to read and write. He honed those skills in the library, absorbing volumes upon volumes of texts on knighthood, nobility and warfare. Seeing Tanglebottom's interest in such matters, Edward also engaged a trainer to teach Tanglebottom the art of swordplay. It was during this period where Tanglebottom first conceived of the idea of "Sir" Guy, The Morning Star- perfect knight and Savior of the people.
Edward passed away when Tanglebottom was 17, never wondering why his foster son grew not an inch in the 12 years they've been together.
On his dying bed, he told Tanglebottom to seek the Onarch Knight's council to be a knight. Tanglebottom did but was immediately rejected on the grounds that he was a halfling.
Tanglebottom agreed with them of course, though his concept of the rejection was a little twisted. "Sir Tanglebottom" wasn't really the most inspirational Knight's name and the fact that he has yet to grow a beard weighed heavily on his mind.
He decided to reinvent himself, stepping into the shoes of his image of the perfect knight- "Sir" Guy. The halfling pawned all he had left, bought himself a suit of armor, weapons and most importantly, a boat ticket to the port town of Maya.
Cutting purses and burglary was the common means of survival for orphans his age, but Tanglebottom was fortunate enough to meet the kindly but slightly addled librarian, Edward Pennyworth, whom, mistaking Tanglebottom as a human child, took him in and provided for him.
Under his tutelage, Tanglebottom learnt to read and write. He honed those skills in the library, absorbing volumes upon volumes of texts on knighthood, nobility and warfare. Seeing Tanglebottom's interest in such matters, Edward also engaged a trainer to teach Tanglebottom the art of swordplay. It was during this period where Tanglebottom first conceived of the idea of "Sir" Guy, The Morning Star- perfect knight and Savior of the people.
Edward passed away when Tanglebottom was 17, never wondering why his foster son grew not an inch in the 12 years they've been together.
On his dying bed, he told Tanglebottom to seek the Onarch Knight's council to be a knight. Tanglebottom did but was immediately rejected on the grounds that he was a halfling.
Tanglebottom agreed with them of course, though his concept of the rejection was a little twisted. "Sir Tanglebottom" wasn't really the most inspirational Knight's name and the fact that he has yet to grow a beard weighed heavily on his mind.
He decided to reinvent himself, stepping into the shoes of his image of the perfect knight- "Sir" Guy. The halfling pawned all he had left, bought himself a suit of armor, weapons and most importantly, a boat ticket to the port town of Maya.
Sir Guy's secret- Notice the slightly bent knees for greater lateral support.
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I will c'yall on the flip side, with personal contributions from Shell and Alvin themselves.
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