Tolman Greybridge's time has come to an end. Bittersweet, truly. [A coy smile]
Time to reveal some non-spoiler secrets, I suppose?
Tolman was a feisty rogue in the streets as a young lad until taken in by a clockwork animatron engineer. He learned how to assemble (and disassemble, thus FE: Constructs) different types of machinery. After the Dread attacked, he found his way into Lado's Barag Varn Holdout prelude.
His patron was Tyche, which became especially important after the events of Barag Varn. He and his fourteen compatriots were spared a death that should have happened. That's where he got his self-imposed title as "a Ghost of Barag Varn." Part of Tyche's dogma plagued him and became a meta-goal for him. "For every person that is spared, one must be seized." Through word, action, and presence, his pursuit finally ended in 5/15 souls returned to Tyche, including his own.
Tolman gave Alexandrite gems to those he trusted and swore to never move against. Except Jebediah T. Firefly. What a bitch.
He was a Black Guild member more out of convenience, rumor milling, and possible resources than idealogical connections.
He was also a conduit of information ("Ear in the Shadow"), relaying information between different parties; Tolman often double- and triple-crossed people for chaos' sake rather than personal gain.
There was one group he was actually honest with and did not leak their information.
In the end, Tolman played too much in the shadows, got involved with the wrong people, and was bound to
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. He rushed to a friendly halfling paladin, swore an oath to end his associations, and became the most honest he had ever been. She set him up on a date with a ritual to end the binding, which ended with him being pulled into a shadow realm and remade as ripped apart shadowy substances.
Tolman's characterization was initially based on Jaqen H'ghar, but he inevitably became a smattering of characters from Robert Baratheon's small council from A Song of Ice and Fire.
Some screenshots! Unfortunately I did not start taking screens until much later in Tolman's lifetime, and much of what I have is a bit spoilerish. Enjoy a few moments and his ending!
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Big/Little Love Interest
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Tolman coming clean in the end.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img20/4669/7aty.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img823/1213/1oep.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img708/6704/yzt3.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img826/2444/jfil.jpg)
Shot of the ritual to unbind Tolman.
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The End.
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I'll miss you, Tolman. ;_;7
Great character man. :( Sorry I wasn't on to help in the end.
Everything about the ending was roleplayed amazingly well by you. Kudos, he was a cool guy!
Tolman was a cool character, and I wished he lived longer, but I know your new character will be pretty cool as well!
So, uh, good job!
Some screenshots posted. Unfortunately no Barag Varn shots, I started taking screens much later in his career.
Wow... That's depressing!