Skullcrusher (Phlan)

"I'm a simple man, but eventually I just got tired of it all. It may not seem like it now but.. adventuring's a hard life. It wears you down, sure as the sea on shore. At some point, a man just has to tally his blessings and spend the coin he's scraped together on the years he has left."

- Skullcrusher

Description
In his advanced age, Skullcrusher had sickly pale skin color, long gray hair, and gray beard. He wore simple clothes, urged with age, Even though the man suffered effects of time, he still had notably powerful physique of someone who once was a strong warrior. Even in his elderly years, Skullcrusher had piercingly clear eyes.

Possessions
In his elderly years, Skullcrusher settled down in a remote cottage in the the southeastern part of the Neverwinter Wood.

History
Skullcrusher was a mercenary who faithfully worked for the Cadorna family of New Phlan until the. He believed that his last employer from that family, the infamous Porphyrys Cadorna, was one of the "good guys." However, that was not true and Porphyrys' treason agains this city became public knowledge. Even though Lord Cadorna was always good to Skullcrusher, his morals dictated that he had to leave the family's employ.

For the decades that followed, Skullcrusher made the living by adventuring and doing mercenary jobs in the Dalelands. This tough profession took a toll on the aging mercenary. Eventually, Skullcrusher used the coin he saved to purchase a remote cottage in the Neverwinter Wood and retire, living out the rest of his life in quiet solitude.