Appearance

Physical Description

Surprisingly good, but he's small and frail-looking.

Body Features

Gramps has pale skin and a bald head.

Facial Features

Gramps has a round, white-bearded face.

Identifying Characteristics

Gramps is of venerable age. He moves slowly and takes his time unless there is an emergency.

Physical quirks

Gramps is right-handed, and holds himself as upright as he can, but he's slightly stooped with age.

Apparel & Accessories

Gramps wears the traditional black robe that all Pharasmin priests wore in his day. His robe is adorned with a simple silver spiral, the holy symbol of his goddess.

Specialized Equipment

Gramps carries a skane - the double-edged ceremonial dagger that all Pharasmin priests carry. He also carries a mouth organ in a pocket, ready to be brought out at a moment's notice to entertain those around him.

Special abilities

Gramps has the ability to work healing magic.

Mentality

Personal history

Born human to aasimar parents in Eralron, Suzuki Ryuunosuke didn't stand to inherit any of the family farmland, so his parents apprenticed him to the church of Pharasma, which sent him to the far-off land of Sunscorn where novices were needed at the time. As a young man he studied the cycle of life and death in an academic way. Then as he grew older, he experienced the cycle of life and death firsthand, as a midwife and undertaker, husband and father, then eventually grandfather and great-grandfather. He saw the generations of humanity grow up, live their lives and die around him like the turning of the seasons. Every human he knew of his own generation has passed. And yet for some unknown reason he continues living. Surely soon his own time will come, but Not This Year, Not Yet. First there is something he must do. He doesn't yet know what it is, but the Lady of Graves has been calling to him in dreams, and granting him oracular powers, and there must be a reason.

Education

Gramps has been in the church of Pharasma for a very long time. He is thus steeped in the lore of the church.

Failures & Embarrassments

Gramps considers his greatest failure to be losing his daughter Rachel in childbirth. Ever since he has wondered if there was something he could have done to save her. He takes meager solace in the fact that he was able to save the baby.

Mental Trauma

Gramps has seen a lot of death in his time, outliving his wife and children.

Intellectual Characteristics

Nostalgic.

Morality & Philosophy

Gramps sees life and death as a natural cycle. In his work, he's seen many people born and many die, and he's reached a sort of equanimity about it. The only thing that really gets under his skin is people who interfere with the natural cycle either by raising undead or by killing young children.

person.sexuality

Straight

person.gender_identity

Male

Known Languages

Common, Elven, Celestial, Infernal, Abyssal

Personality

Motivation

Gramps is on a mission. He doesn't yet know what it is, but he knows he's being called to perform one last great task before it is his time to die.

Quotes & Catchphrases

"Back in my day..."

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Gramps excels at the healing arts, and his bedside manner is very charming. He's hopeless at feats of strength like climbing or swimming.

Likes & Dislikes

Gramps likes his routine, and dislikes disruptions to it. He's going to hate adventuring.

Virtues & Personality perks

Gramps is loyal and principled. He has a very sharp mind, and a knack for making friends.

Vices & Personality flaws

Gramps is physically weak, and he drinks more than he should.

Personality Quirks

Gramps is a quiet, introverted man. He overcompensates for this by dancing and playing music to entertain people.

Hygiene

Gramps keeps himself neat and clean.

Social

Birthplace

Anduin

Current Residence

Summervale

Contacts & Relations

Gramps is a fixture of the Summervale community, having served for many decades as a midwife and undertaker, and thus having gotten to know a great number of the locals. Wherever he goes in town, he is greeted by friendly familiar faces.

Family Ties

Gramps has many descendants in and around Summervale. He corresponds with his parents (who live in Eralron) by letter.
 

Religious Views

Gramps is a stereotypical old-school Pharasmin priest. He holds sacred the processes of birth and death, and will not abide either being desecrated. He takes omens and prophecy seriously.

Social Aptitude

Gramps is a charismatic introvert. He's a man of few words, but those few words carry weight. He's always ready to greet people with a smile.

Hobbies & Pets

Gramps's hobby is playing the mouth organ. He has one handy wherever he goes, and plays it to entertain groups of people. He has a large repertoire of songs that were popular in his youth to choose from.
 
When officiating at a funeral, he will often finish the service by playing an inspiring hymn which usually has the effect of moving the audience to joyful tears.

Speech

It's almost unnoticeable after all these years, but Gramps still has a faint accent as a native of the Kingdom of Eralron.