Strayer Marigold

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Strayer Marigold is a fighter in the Brotherhood of Rebirth. Strayer was born into a minor landholding family, but he abandoned his status and inheritance to become an adventurer. He was born with a very mild form of True Sight, enabling him to see several seconds into the future. He joined the Brotherhood of Rebirth because its goals loosely coincide with his, but he has little loyalty to the organization or its long term visions.

Appearance
Strayer is a handsome man with sharp, angled features. He has orange eyes and long, wavy brown hair that usually obscures one of his eyes. Strayer has a lean, muscular build. He wears a long red jacket, opened to leave part of his upper torso exposed, and white pants. A small gold locket hangs from his neck. The words “World Without Kings” are tattooed on his left wrist.

Personality
Strayer is cocky, flashy, and charming. He is recklessly courageous and doesn’t believe himself capable of failure. He enjoys being intoxicated, moving fast, and falling from great heights. He also enjoys being challenged and fighting strong opponents. Strayer carries a deep hatred for tyranny, which he associates with the feudal system of Leonnesh which separates the aristocracy from the commoners. His mantra is “World Without Kings”, and he will go to great lengths to see that vision realized. He does not trust the Young Emperor, and is prepared to turn on him, too, if his principles require him too, but at the moment they have a comfortable alliance and he gets along moderately with the other members of the Brotherhood of Rebirth.

Skills and Equipment
Strayer possesses incredible combat skills, and is one of the most formidable fighters in the Brotherhood of Rebirth. His battle prowess is further augmented by his mild True Sight, which allows him to see several seconds into the future. He uses this precognition to anticipate incoming attacks and openings in battle. He is also capable of anticipating chain reactions caused by small events, therefore able to cause large damage and disruption with little effort.

Strayer wields the Rebel Spear Laqan, an unstable magical weapon which exists in varying levels of dimensional space. The energy inside the spear is perpetually trying to escape and erode the bindings that maintain the order of the physical world. Laqan bypasses, disrupts, negates, and distorts various laws of physics at random, changing intervals. It would be nearly impossible to use effectively without Strayer’s ability to anticipate the form the spear will take slightly ahead of time. Effects produced by the spear include negation of resistance, increasing friction to cause constant fires with its every movement, striking at supersonic speeds regardless of how the user wields it, and being thrown at ranges untethered by gravity. Strayer also carries two combat knives.

Chapter 13: There is Thunder in Our Hearts
A drunk, jovial Strayer stumbled out of a bar surrounded by the unconscious bodies of fighters he had defeated in a chaotic bar brawl. He sarcastically sent his apologies to Sol, apparently a longtime friend, for getting rid of some of her opponents before they had a chance to fight her.

After Sol and Coco are married, Strayer and Sol engage in a friendly fight, which they had always wanted to do but were uneasy about due to her unmarried status. After an intense battle, in which he names Laqan, Strayer emerges victorious.