Role

Chapter 4

Recent battles have shown Darbod he under-estimated the complexities of war.
He has had many successful battles and retrievals, but it was much more
costly and difficult than he expected. Because of this he has decided to slow
his rate in rising through the ranks of his guild and the Empire. There are
three aspects he feels the need to improve on first: concentration in combat,
knowledge of the lands, and expanding his war chest.

Failing to recite prayers during combat shows his lack of experience. In one
battle, it even cost him his life. He attributes this to relying too much on
others while advancing in his guild. To remedy this he will temporarily stop
traveling with others. He will do so once again after he feels he has made
enough improvement on his one.

Currently his abilities to navigate Thera are adequate. However, difficulty
in pursuing his enemies led him to desire greater knowledge of the lands. He
now intends to do more exploring to learn the nooks and crannies that are
commonly missed. Much of this goal can be accomplished while also working on
his goal of being more disciplined in combat.

The goal of expanding his war chest started with paying healers and repairing
weapons during retrievals and other battles. It became a higher priority
after a failure within the palace. He had called a Bloodoath in for a
promotion, only to learn he had not donated enough to do so. While he was
able to gather the coins and give the promotion, it was embarrassing. Funds
gathering will be done as he explores and trains, but he will also dedicate
more time to raising donations for the Empire.

All of these shortcomings have also caused his hatred for enemies of the
Empire to grow. He is becoming less and less tolerant of those that do not
serve the Empire willingly. His hatreds for the Fortress, Outlanders, and the
chaotic are especially growing. Now he is demanding the Bloodoath or
donations from the uncaballed while doing his best to kill Imperial enemies
and the chaotic.