Garrick the Bold

Garrick the Bold is a mercenary of The Scarlet Spears and a former headhunter. After the death of the previous emperor he became infamous for hunting down the noble houses that had turned traitor; he worked as a headhunter for a decade, and always alone.¹

The hunt for House Daemus

Garrick was hired to hunt House Daemus, a major player in the grand treachery, whose fall to darkness came not only from politics but also from religious ties to the heretical worship of the dark gods. While following the house's second eldest son, he came upon an ambush the Daemus had laid for a young nobleman sitting by a small campfire: Icarus Poeniteamus, whose own family the house had wiped out. The attackers took their time, sure of victory.²

Waiting for them to finish off the young man would have served Garrick better, but that day he felt like helping someone. He charged them with a mighty battle cry, which alerted Icarus, and the nobleman joined the fight. Fireballs burst around the camp and steel clashed on steel; when it was over, the bodies were left to rot, and two men sat by the fire at the start of a long life of adventuring together.²

For years afterwards Garrick and Icarus hunted the members of House Daemus, and they nearly wiped out the whole family. Only the eldest son, Callum, escaped them, a year ago; the last time they saw him he was poisoned and mortally wounded, and they believed him dead.²

The Scarlet Spears

With their hunt apparently over, neither man knew what to do next. A settled, uneventful life was not for them: both still had the fight in them, and neither had ties to anything. Icarus had never wanted the classical life of a noble, and Garrick had never known anything but fighting. They joined the Scarlet Spears, wanting to be part of something bigger than themselves. In Icarus, Garrick found a trusted ally and a man of his word.²

A few months ago Garrick came upon a ring bearing the symbols of House Daemus in the black market. He knew it had belonged to Callum and traced it, and although he has not found its original owner, he warned Icarus. The two headhunters are once again searching for their prey, now with the friends they made in their years with the Scarlet Spears.²

Appearance and fighting style

Garrick is a behemoth of a man, standing over six feet eleven inches and weighing 240 pounds, yet he is extremely agile and fast for his size. Before his battle rage takes hold he is somewhat reasonable; once it does, he goes for the nearest enemy, unless he has been sent to kill a particular target or has chosen one, in which case that target keeps his attention even in his rage. He wields a great axe and deliberately leaves openings in his defence to land massive blows.³