player character

Geldrin

Geldrin character reference sheet with front, side, and rear views.

Summary

Geldrin, full name Geldrin Rubica and also called Geldrin the Mighty, is a rock gnome wizard of the School of Evocation, played by Shaun and one of the original party members. First noted in Everchard with wild brown hair and glasses with no glass, he was the only member of the party who remembered Gelissa after the town’s memory tampering. Geldrin is the party’s foremost scholar of spellbooks, runes, machinery, and arcane bargains, and his curiosity has drawn him into the Founder legacy, Bridged’s power, the elemental prisons, and a dangerous bargain with Azar Nuri. He now possesses Founder armour that recognized him as an elite-class Founder and took the name Alfred.

Character Details

Player: Shaun.
Ancestry/species: rock gnome; later Founder-linked.
Class/role: wizard, School of Evocation.
Description: a brilliant gnome scholar and spellcaster whose curiosity frequently leads the party toward discovery, and occasionally trouble. Though physically the smallest member of the group, his intellect and magical knowledge make him invaluable. Geldrin has wild brown hair, glasses with no glass, and wears white underpants covered in love hearts.

Character Voice

Geldrin’s table personality is brilliant, curious, magical, and occasionally exasperating to the people around him. He is the party member most often associated with translation, spellbooks, runes, complex machinery, arcane bargains, and dangerous knowledge. His curiosity gives the party access to truths and tools nobody else could reach, but it also means the group sometimes has to manage the consequences of what Geldrin has learned, promised, activated, or become interested in. The result is a character who is indispensable and, in the party’s own affectionate register, sometimes insufferable.

Character Art

Geldrin the Mighty in Founder armour.

Geldrin character reference sheet with front, side, and rear views.

Known Details

On Day 1, Geldrin uniquely remembered Gelissa when nobody else did, helping expose Everchard’s memory tampering.
Before Day 1, Geldrin met Dirk at Grand Towers, hired him as a bodyguard, and travelled with him to Everchard.
Geldrin bought a compass box that pointed to Bug Hunter.
Geldrin has repeatedly interacted with unusual books and spellbooks, including Ennui’s spellbook, the skin book, and his own spellbook showing Peridita.
Day 47 records Geldrin promising to return and free a massive shaggy blue aurora once he learned how to power the dome without all the elementals.
In Bridged’s Day 52 pathway, Geldrin was offered power, perhaps too much to resist, and was told there was much unknown about Brownings and that he may need to see his people.
On Day 57, Geldrin received a Scroll of Fireball, gave Attabre a book, and made a dangerous bargain with Sultan Azar Nuri for the fire-realm tongs.
On Day 58, Geldrin modified Brass City tower runes so light, water, and air could pass while fire remained blocked.
Valenth Cardonal proposed a safer Dome solution: use the Grand Towers control room to reroute power so the prisoners remain contained by their own prisons while the Dome comes down.
The blue dragon teacher agreed to prepare Geldrin a safe spellbook by tomorrow, selecting only knowledge that would not pose an existential danger to her kind.
Geldrin inserted the recovered core into the Founder armour, which recognized his voice pattern as a Founder and later as an elite-class Founder, took the name Alfred, and became usable powered armour with 10 non-recharging charges.
Day 58 confirmed that Founder is the name of a race, that gnomes were Founders, and that this was forgotten knowledge.

Open Questions

What are the Brownings’ connection to Geldrin and his people?
How dangerous is Geldrin’s bargain with Azar Nuri?
Can Geldrin find a way to power the dome without trapped elementals?
Can Valenth Cardonal’s Grand Towers control-room plan actually bring down the Dome while keeping prisoners contained?
What safe knowledge will the blue dragon teacher include in Geldrin’s promised spellbook?
Can Alfred’s charges be restored, and what does the armour’s elite-class Founder recognition reveal about Geldrin and forgotten Founder history?

Images

Geldrin the Mighty Founder

Geldrin character reference