Tannin

A young half-elf with long blond hair, one deep blue eye, and one forest green eye, Tannin leads the Elven Anti-industrialist Militia. Though its questionable whether or not Tannin actually has Elven ties, his militia disrupts trade lanes, destroys important cargo, and hold nobles for ransom to force Pandale and other trade guilds to give in to Tannin's demands. Claiming to be an avenger of freedom, nature, and the elven ways, he draws a lot of positive and negative attention to his cause.

Before the group met Tannin, his militia was fairly insubstantial. Only known to the locals and the people he terrorizes, Tannin was merely another outlaw. Dedrom Flairdrim and his swarthy crew were passing through Tannin's home town of Riverbend when they heard of this terrorist and his exploits. Figuring they could benefit from the underground connections that such a person must have and seeking to make friends with the locals, Dedrom had his crew disguise as a fairly ordinary band of traveling mercenaries. They met Klabatchkin, Tannin's right hand man who informed them that a pair of heavily guarded Pandalian ships carrying assorted luxury items and important documents should be coming through sometime in the night. Klabatchkin told them if they could do him the favor of obtaining the shipping ledger, he would arrange an audience with Tannin. Twenty murders, six explosions, 2000 lbs. of sand, a cargo hold full of uber l00tz and documents, and two sunken ships later, they had earned an audience with Tannin.

So astounded was Tannin by the crew's performance that he made them honorary members of his militia and promised them their pick of the loot and a meeting with his best underground contact. Tannin was ecstatic. He had never worked with any men and women so precise and ruthless. He found himself inspired by their ferocity and boasted of them to his constituents. It wasn't long, however, before Pandale began to call for Tannin's head. Mayor Lockheart of Riverbend sent for Tannin in an attempt to diffuse the situation. Tannin marched boldly in front of his men and Dedrom's crew up to the town hall to meet the mayor and an ambassador from Pandale. This was actually routine for Tannin to meet the mayor and some negotiator and flesh out his meager demands but, with the encouragement of the crew, he would start a conflict which would come to be known as Sqwikken's War.