Marcus

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General Character Traits

 * Race: Human
 * Class: Monk
 * Subclass: Way of the Open Hand
 * Full Name: Marcus Zimmer

Backstory
Marcus is one of the most promising students in the monastery at Elturiel in the southern Storm Coast. For years he has trained perfecting his martial art and honing his knowledge of religion and skills of survival - desperate to see the world and learn all he can. His teacher and mentor is a master monk named Leosin Erlanthar, who brought Marcus into the life at a young age, and who is also a member of the Dominion of Druids. This organization is a collection of druids and others who value nature and its balance, including monks, rangers, farmers, hunters, and more. Among Marcus's masters many pursuits lies his desire to seek out knowledge about dragon cults, believing some could unearth truly lost knowledge from the ancient Era of Dragons.

In this work, Leosin has influenced Marcus and his curiosity about ancient relics and lost lore, but most specifically about dragons. Recently, Leosin has become obsessed with predicting the Cult of the Dragon’s ever spreading raids throughout the frontier villages. While most cults were just groups meeting in the dead of night, these cultists were violent and rich. Just over a tenday ago, Marcus entered his master’s chambers in the morning to find he had fled, but he had left a note. He had become certain that the Cult of the Dragon was building up to strike a larger, weakly defended target in the area. Further, Leosin wrote he was certain this was the town of Greenest, and had dispatched there immediately without hesitation or wasting time to wake any in the dead of night.

Campaign Hook
with Thia

As luck would have it, the Dominion had sent another agent to the Elturiel monastery who was focused on learning information about the Cult of the Dragon - the female Wood Elf Ranger Thia. The head monk, or Abbot, told Marcus she was skilled in the hunting and slaying of dragons, and would assist him in locating his master, Leosin. After revealing his master’s note, the Abbot instructed the pair to travel to Greenest as fast as horses would take them, and prevent Leosin from infiltrating the Cult, for fear of his life. Now, after Marcus and Thia have traveled south to Greenest, they sought shelter and only found lodgings at the largest inn and tavern - the Dreaming Dragon.

Death
Marcus died to a swarm of Stirges during the parties exploration of the Dragon Hatchery cave, in the rear of the Raider's Camp, during session 12. His player went on to create Rhogar.