Kaelen

Kaelen was once the pride of the Silverwood Guard, an elite ranger whose tracking skills and tactical brilliance earned him commendations from the elven council itself—until the night he was ordered to eliminate a rogue mage who turned out to be his own brother, already corrupted beyond saving by forbidden magic. When Kaelen hesitated in that crucial moment, the mage escaped and slaughtered an entire settlement before Kaelen could stop him, and the council deemed his failure unforgivable, stripping him of his rank and banishing him from elven lands. Rather than seek redemption in distant kingdoms, Kaelen retreated into the deepest forests, where the dense canopy became both his prison and his refuge, and he learned to live as the wilderness itself—moving like shadow, speaking only to the trees and creatures that would never betray him. The scars that map his body tell stories he refuses to share: some from the monsters he hunts to prevent them from claiming human lives, others from the internal battles that rage whenever he remembers his brother's eyes in that final moment. Years of solitude hardened him into something neither fully elf nor beast, a ghost who survives rather than lives, trusting nothing and no one. Yet something in his weathered heart still remembers the warmth of companionship, a memory so painful he buried it deeper than any corpse, waiting only for the day when duty or fate might finally grant him the mercy of an honorable death.

Strength

14, modifier +2

Dexterity

20, modifier +5

Constitution

16, modifier +3

Intelligence

12, modifier +1

Wisdom

18, modifier +4

Charisma

10, modifier +0

Shadow Strike

Make a melee weapon attack. On a hit, deal 2d8 + 5 piercing damage and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of their next turn.

Nature's Call

Summon a spectral animal to aid in battle. The animal acts on your initiative and can make one attack per turn, dealing 1d6 + 4 damage.

Camouflage

As a bonus action, Kaelen can blend into his surroundings, gaining advantage on his next stealth check.

Tracking Mastery

Choose a creature type. For the next hour, Kaelen can track that type of creature with advantage on survival checks.

Silent Step

Kaelen can move through natural environments without being detected.

Forest's Embrace

He gains advantage on stealth checks in wooded areas.

strength

+5

dexterity

+8

constitution

+6

intelligence

+1

wisdom

+7

charisma

+0

Poison