Rainer Starhallow

Rainer is a highly experienced wandering adventurer who possesses a vast array of treasures. He is the original owner of all of the Tools, which he stashed in Genesis Cave, and therefore the reason that the events of the Whiteboard Game began in the first place.

Appearance
Rainer is a sharp-featured man of average height with medium length spiky blonde hair and grey eyes. He wears a feathered cap and a dark blue loose fitting cloak over a silver tunic. He wears several pouches and straps and carries a mismatched array of weapons and accessories.

Personality
Rainer is jaded, cynical, ambitious, and patient. He dislikes authority and concentrated power. Rainer enjoys the feeling of outwitting others, especially those in positions of power. He holds onto feelings for a long time, sometimes harboring years-spanning gratitude or grudges. Years of accumulating power and experience have lead him to believe that there is a way for him to accomplish anything if thought through, but also to expect death around almost every corner. He is a largely solitary individual.

Skills and Equipment
Rainer has exceptional combat skills acquired from years of dangerous adventurers, as well as knowledge of magic, fluency in multiple languages, skill in setting and identifying traps, knowledge of history and lore from across the kingdom, proficiency in battle strategy and tactics, knowledge of herbalism, and knowledge of medicine. He is also trained in the Sanctuary of the Lost's Vanishing Arts.

Rainer carries several rare items and equipment with various magical properties. So far he has been shown to use:
 * A Sylvian Cloak, a living article of clothing that moves to defend its wearer. If the user lays one of its buttons somewhere, the cloak will wrap itself around the user and whisk them away to that location upon sensing they are losing consciousness.
 * The Widow's Ring, a ring that allows the wearer to transfer wounds back to another person by clasping their hand with the ringed finger.
 * The Kingfisher Spear, Chrysler, a magical weapon that strikes whatever target the user desires upon being thrown.
 * The Collector's Pitcher, an infinite storage container

Chapter 9: The Adventurer
Rainer confronted the players, who had stolen their Tools from his stash of treasures. He demanded that they return the items or he would take them by force. His rare singing bird sung a song that disabled the tools and they, along with Pippin and Solomon, proceeded to attack him. He grievously injured Pippin, Nick, and Jatin, but Michael's Void Crawler, empowered by the giant's blood and a dogfire grenade, managed to hold him down for a few seconds while Solomon threw a sleep grenade at him. Feeling that he was losing consciousness, Rainer's Sylvian Cloak whisked him back to his wagon.