Davin

Davin is a 38-year-old adventurer who wears the marks of a life well-traveled. His weathered skin speaks of countless journeys under open skies. He carries an aura of seasoned experience, giving him the appearance of someone older than his age would suggest.   When adventuring, Davin is draped in traveling clothes and is shouldering a backpack. From the backpack hangs a sheathed machete. On his left hip is a sheathed short sword, and on his right a holstered revolver.   A trimmed, greying beard frames his face. His hair is brown, streaked with grey, usually swept back to keep out of his eyes. His eyes are hazel, deep and kind, they radiate a fatherly warmth and understanding.   Davin's presence is marked by a bright, genuine smile, which seems to betray his otherwise rough exterior.   When Davin uses his powers, his eyes turn grey and skin becomes translucent. This reveals an intricate, shimmering grey network that shifts rhythmically. Travelling the network is a goopy glowing mass that pulses with intelligent luminescence.  

Morality and Philosophy

Growing beneath the ground, amongst the roots and soil, there lives an intricate network of mycelium. Mycelium are the root-like structures of fungi, and they merge together as they branch out through the ground. Sometimes spanning miles, this network spreads as it absorbs nutrients from the environment, and It grows into the roots of the trees and plants. The fungi forms a symbiotic relationship with the plants, wherein the plants above provide sugars for the fungi, and the fungi carries the soil’s nutrients to the roots. Through this network, the mycelium can transport nutrients, water, and even electrical signals to all those connected. It takes nutrients and water from the plants with excess and brings it to those in need. This relationship strengthens the whole forest. It makes all within the network more resilient .   We are to the symbiotes as the plants and trees are to the fungus. Rather than the air and soil, it is dimensionality that separates us. It reaches out and grants us power so that we may provide what it cannot produce itself. Triumph, suffering, personal growth, or just nutrients, I cannot say. But in joining its network, we are only bettered. It connects us and challenges us to grow, and when we’re connected, the whole grows stronger.

— Davin on symbonding

 

Powers and Abilities

Symbiotic Powers

Davin is a vocal advocate for free use of symbiotic powers, and thus is fairly open about his access to them. However, he is more guarded about being seen using them and showing others what he can accomplish.  

Cantrips

• Light
• Minor Illusion
• Incendiary Grenade
• Fire Bolt
• Shocking Grasp
• Mind Sliver

Level 1

• Lasers
• Id Insinuation
• Shield

Level 2

• Phantasm
• Darkness
• Suggestion

Level 3

• Fireball

Flexible Powers

• Twinned Power
• Subtle Power
• Quickened Power
• Transmuted Power

 

Abilities

Deft Persuasion

Davin has the uncanny ability to carry himself in a way that projects leadership and confidence. He stands tall, maintains eye contact, and moves with purpose. This in addition to his genuine smile and careful listening tends to ingratiate himself with others and make them feel understood. Although he isn’t particularly chatty in his dealings, the words he chooses are brief and impactful.  

Wilderness Expert

Years spent lost in The Impenetrable Hinterland has led to Davin developing an uncanny intuition for maps, geography, and the general layout of features around him. In addition, Davin can provide food and water for his party through hunting and foraging. Lastly, his experience evading dangerous symbiotic monstrosities gives him a wealth of useful information to draw upon when such creatures are encountered.