Andwise Tunnelly
Appearance
A 3ft tall halfling with a round jaw and small round ears. His light brown hair is often wild and dry from too many hours near intense heat. Andwise almost always has a tool belt, tinkerer's kit, and an invention he is either wearing or carrying.
His feet, chest, and arms are very hairy, he has stubby toes, often going barefoot, the soles seem to be hardier than most because he walks even over stones without much issue. There is a distinct long thin burn mark on his right hand from one too many botched experiments and the marking of a white sickle on his right ankle.
Like most Fairbairn halflings he wears bright colors and light fabrics, being a trader from Alliria's inner city he is usually dressed in middle-class clothing, but nothing too expensive.
His feet, chest, and arms are very hairy, he has stubby toes, often going barefoot, the soles seem to be hardier than most because he walks even over stones without much issue. There is a distinct long thin burn mark on his right hand from one too many botched experiments and the marking of a white sickle on his right ankle.
Like most Fairbairn halflings he wears bright colors and light fabrics, being a trader from Alliria's inner city he is usually dressed in middle-class clothing, but nothing too expensive.
Skills and Abilities
Martial:
Craft:
Survival:
Weaknesses:
Strengths:
- Average with a club. He's not much of a fighter, he's had to brandish a club at a thief once or twice but that's about it.
Craft:
- A Master Tinkerer, there are few people that can make intricate devices like Andwise. Specialty Runecraft, Magical calligraphy, otherworldly gadgets, traps, tricks, and man-made illusions. All of these fall under his skillset.
- Skilled at art conservation and restoration as part of his business, fine works of art are not only conserved so they stay in one piece, but also restored, when all too often they are neglected by their unaware owners.
- Average at Carpentry, as a side hobby and sometimes part of his business he used to make or refurbish furniture.
Survival:
- Adept at Negotiation and Haggling. Andwise has been trading for forty years, acting as a middleman in Alliria for thirty of them and focusing on the export/import business for twenty.
Weaknesses:
- Small and Weak, not a good fighter either.
- Terrified of insects. Since Andwise was a child he has been terrified of tiny things that crawl around his feet.
Strengths:
- Alliria Connections. Trade Connections. Not only has he traded in Alliria for many decades, but also formed connections with merchants bringing goods in from faraway lands. He works with many caravaners or trading companies too.
Personality
Off work he's jovial, joyful, often in the mood for relaxing and having a good time. When at work he's keen to hear about any deal there is, and has his fingers in many pies as a middleman, making sure goods get where they need to go at a small profit.
Andwise isn't obvious about his work, he's not a halfling who is always in your face about the next deal. He tends to just read a lot, listen a lot and learn a lot. Finding good deals through patience, rumor, and especially paid connections, of which he has many.
He loves his cat Patches and is sentimental about his extended family heirlooms, which are from many parts of the world, often wooden pieces of art he keeps restoring to their original shine. Other hobbies include visiting Wanderbrook's theater hall, which is right near his shop. He likes plays, festivals, parties, and generally any events where people are upbeat and lively. Andwise is often trying to learn the lute but so far sounds like a half-dead bird when he's playing, not having an ear for it.
Andwise isn't obvious about his work, he's not a halfling who is always in your face about the next deal. He tends to just read a lot, listen a lot and learn a lot. Finding good deals through patience, rumor, and especially paid connections, of which he has many.
He loves his cat Patches and is sentimental about his extended family heirlooms, which are from many parts of the world, often wooden pieces of art he keeps restoring to their original shine. Other hobbies include visiting Wanderbrook's theater hall, which is right near his shop. He likes plays, festivals, parties, and generally any events where people are upbeat and lively. Andwise is often trying to learn the lute but so far sounds like a half-dead bird when he's playing, not having an ear for it.
Biography & Lore
As a young Halfing, his family was always making furniture for as long as he can remember, and his many brothers and sisters still love the trade for the most part. Long ago the Tunnelly's lived under Tunnel hill before Alliria expanded to its outskirts to include it. Now Tunnel hill is a tavern of almost the same name, ye old tunnel hill, run by a cousin. Even though the hill has been mostly flattened, it's rumored there are still basements from the old tavern underneath.
The Tunnelly family is quite prolific around the city, mostly as stated in furniture or carpentry but also in peddling artworks, and working on the dock crews. He has learned all these skills at one time or another, never much for heavy physical work, most of Andwise's talents lay in his very steady hands and fine attention to the detail of his craft. Their extended family gatherings are huge and often quite lively, happening at least three times a year or for marriages and funerals.
Owning the Wiser Choice store at the edge of the inner city, Andwise is a somewhat well-known middleman in Alliria who can get most goods you could want. This means he can operate in the grey area of the law on some items, but for the most part, he's a law-abiding citizen, it's just a hazard of his line of work. As such the port authorities, especially Lokhuil Axehand, keep careful tabs on his business, but he's mostly happy to work with them when they have a concern. So much so that he's formed a friendship with Lokhiul that extends beyond business, and can assist them when he spots someone trying to trade an obviously illegal item.
The Tunnelly family is quite prolific around the city, mostly as stated in furniture or carpentry but also in peddling artworks, and working on the dock crews. He has learned all these skills at one time or another, never much for heavy physical work, most of Andwise's talents lay in his very steady hands and fine attention to the detail of his craft. Their extended family gatherings are huge and often quite lively, happening at least three times a year or for marriages and funerals.
Owning the Wiser Choice store at the edge of the inner city, Andwise is a somewhat well-known middleman in Alliria who can get most goods you could want. This means he can operate in the grey area of the law on some items, but for the most part, he's a law-abiding citizen, it's just a hazard of his line of work. As such the port authorities, especially Lokhuil Axehand, keep careful tabs on his business, but he's mostly happy to work with them when they have a concern. So much so that he's formed a friendship with Lokhiul that extends beyond business, and can assist them when he spots someone trying to trade an obviously illegal item.
Known Contacts include
Wiser Choice Goods
Alliria Merchants Guild
Alliria Customs Authority
Amades
Tadarie Valandere
Lokhuil Axehand
Wanderbrook's theater hall
Alliria Merchants Guild
Alliria Customs Authority
Amades
Tadarie Valandere
Lokhuil Axehand
Wanderbrook's theater hall
References
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