Kallark Gandolin

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Kallark
Race	Elf
Cornerstone	Unknown
Class	Suncleric
Gender	Male
Relatives	Girlfriend: Gwyneth Sunsword
Status	Uncertain
Portrayed By	Deadbones
First Appearance	The Sunswords
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Kallark is a self-absorbed Dwelf Sun Cleric who is played by Deadbones and appears in the Sunswords campaign.

Characteristics

Appearance

Due to his dwarf heritage he is able to grow a big thick beard unlike other elves.

Personality

Kallark is incredibly self absorbed and often boasts that he is "the best of both worlds" (referring to the mixture of elven and dwarven blood in him), specifically complimenting his own beard and muscles. He is prone to showing off, which caused him to be unable to stop himself from telling his comrades that Gwyneth is pregnant with his baby. Despite the apparently tense situation of serving with Gwyneth's ex-boyfriends as well as wanna-be-boyfriends. Kallark generally has a friendly attitude towards the other elves in the group.

Kallark suffers hallucinations that begin to happen randomly and without warning after he is sprayed by a Funk. He hallucinates the Funk and engages in conversation with it, leading others to question his sanity, as he apparently stands talking to himself.

Kallark has a caring, loving side to him. Despite being immature about their relationship and unable to keep her secret, he truly loves Gwyneth, which causes a violent reaction when she is stabbed. He also respects her as a leader and a person, and acknowledges his breaches of her privacy. He also shows considerable attachment to their baby, requesting that he could she their child even after Gwyneth breaks up with him.

Kallark saves two Kobold children and, while originally coldly suggesting they be sent to the Silver Mine Mountains with the other prisoners, he warms up to them and eventually chooses to adopt them. At the end of the journey to the Silver Mine Mountains, Kallark displays strong paternal feelings and is distraught at the loss of his unborn child, as well as at the choice of the Kobold children to remain with other Kobolds. His care for the children causes him to decide that, given his hallucinations, he would not be the best father.

Relationships

Gwyneth Sunsword

Kallark is Gwyneth's boyfriend for the majority of the journey to the Silvermine Mountains in the Sunswords campaign. They have issues over the course of their path and separate at the end of it, with Kallark walking away, and Gwyneth apparently suggesting dating Xavius again.

The two have a difficult relationship. Kallark is self-obsessed and often fails to acknowledge Gwyneth's needs and wishes. However, over the course of the Sunswords campaign he grows more caring and compassionate and is heartbroken when Gwyneth is stabbed, threatening to kill her attacker.

Xavius

Due to Xavius' prior relationship with Gwyneth the two don't get along. They often makes snide comments as jabs at each other and seem to compete with each other.

However, Kallark seems to be more passive in this competition and it is Xavius who makes moves towards Gwyneth and who learns the Spell of Bearding in order to win her from Kallark.

Bob

Although Bob previously dated Gwyneth, unlike Xavius they seemed to get along fairly fine.

Dave

Dave and Kallark work together.

Powers & Abilities

Sun Cleric Abilities

• Sunwall Armor
• Aurora Borealis
• Consecration

Bard Abilties

• Bolster Spirits

Sorcerer Abilities

• Enlarge

Belongings

Treasures

• Tambok Ticket (Formerly)

Items

• Bold Scalemail
• Scimitar

Accessories

None

History

Background

During the Sunswords campaign, Kallark is the second-in-command of Gwyneth Sunsword's squad which is entrusted with escorting a prison caravan to the Silver Mine Mountains. He also happens to be Gwyneth's love interest at the time.

The Sunswords

In order to traverse a hazardous canyon inhabited by Ytts as fast as possible, Kallark made use of his Enlarge spell to carry the carriage himself. By successfully clearing the canyon, Kallark's resourcefulness earned the praise of Gwyneth. At the same time, Gwyneth confided that she was pregnant and the child was Kallark's. Overcome with pride and joy, Kallark was eager to boast to the rest of the team. Gwyneth, however, warned Kallark that she did not want the others to know about her condition at this time.

While setting up camp, Kallark and a few of his allies were approached by a pair of goblin merchants. The Elves refused to bargain with the Goblins and elected to mug them instead. In the middle of this, Kallark was unexpectedly sprayed by a Funk, causing him to smell very nice. One goblin was killed in the process, and the other goblin, named Greeky, was captured and thrown into the carriage as an additional prisoner at Kallark's request. Not long after, Kallark was having a conversation with Xavius, Dave and Bob where Kallark mocked the two elves' inability to grow facial hair without the use of magic. However, Kallark accidentally slipped up and mentioned his future child. Gwyneth promptly found out about this and suspended their relationship.

When the group came across a blazing barn, Kallark, Gwyneth, Xavius, Dave and Bob rushed into the inferno in response to the screams coming from inside. Kallark, however was delayed momentarily by the appearance of Carlos, a hallucination brought on by the Funk spray from earlier. Following Gwyneth's example, Kallark smashed his way through several walls to form a clear path through the building. He was then given the responsibility to escort the two Kobold children found by Gwyneth and Dave to safety while the rest of the party fought off the Flame Spooky. Kallark casted Enlarge on himself in order to carry the children out more effectively, but he was once again stalled by Carlos. At some point during this event, Kallark discovered a Pot Puppy in the barn that the others had missed. The puppy was adopted by Kallark and named Annihilus the Living Death That Walks. Before completely leaving the farm, Kallark also considered adopting the apparently orphaned young Kobolds in order to appeal to female Kobolds. Due to her unstable emotions, Gwyneth decided that she was no longer fit to lead the party, and so the position fell on to Kallark.

The group then encountered a bridge being guarded by an Ogre. Gwyneth advised every one to not provoke the Ogre as it could wreak havoc on the current party lineup. However, the Ogre only seemed to be interested in the Tambok Tickets carried by Kallark and Xavius. Both men refused to give up their tickets and a heated, emotional argument involving Gwyneth ensued. Seemingly out of nowhere, Kallark dropped the scuffle with Xavius and invited Xavius to meet him behind the carriage for a gift. Under the influence of Dave's Leader's Heartoak Staff, Kallark removed his trousers and advanced on Xavius. Before anything more between the two could occur, Phineas blasted Kallark with a Fireball. Phineas then stabbed a flustered Kallark and claimed leadership for himself. This freed Kallark from Dave's special staff, leaving Kallark completely clueless. Before Kallark could figure out the situation, Xavius (in an attempt to pilfer Kallark ticket) gets carried away and launched a Ray of Frost so powerful that it not only left Kallark in a block of ice, but it destroyed the ticket as well.

The next thing Kallark knew, he was being thawed out in the back of the prison carriage that was near the end of its journey. Here, he was reunited with Gunter and Unter, and Kallark agreed to take them in temporarily. Next, Kallark was revisited by Carlos who proclaimed that the Kobold children were actually Ytts and mocked Kallark for adopting them. Kallark then conversed with Mormo who wanted to touch the young Kobolds' faces. Kallark offered his own face instead and contracted rabies from Mormo. Then Kallark learned from Goggles the secret of Kobolds repeating the word "kobold". Finally, Kallark was approached by Jakelad and was affected by Jakelad's Charm.

While under the effects, Kallark had Jakelad released from the carriage, Jakelad then used his Lullaby to put Gwyneth (now leader again) and the rest of the squad to sleep. Unfortunately for Jakelad, the Lullaby did not completely work on Kallark and the effects of charm broke. Once again in control of himself, Kallark quickly awoke Gwyneth and the others from their slumber. Jakelad promptly fled the scene but not before summoning his Porc allies to dispose of Gwyneth's troop. As the battle ensued, Gwyneth and Kallark were tasked with forcing open the gate while the rest of the team (including the remaining prisoners) held off the attackers. Luckily, Kallark's allies were able to turn the tides against the Porc ambushers. At some point, Dave accidentally misfired a Fireball towards Kallark's beard where Annihilus was residing. Annihilus briefly converted into a Hellhound before expelling all of it's flames in an attack made against Kallark. However, while everyone else was still caught up in combat, Rufio, a mentally unstable Elf ally who had been obsessing over his love for Gwyneth for some time now, sneaked up on Gwyneth and stabbed her in the stomach, incapacitating Gwyneth and killing her unborn baby. The allies successfully repelled the Porcs and Kallark was able to revitalize Gwyneth. Upon learning the fate of his child, Kallark furiously threatened to kill Rufio. Gwyneth, however, knew that Rufio wasn't thinking clearly and decided that having him arrested along with the surviving Porc enemies would suffice as punishment. At the same time, Gwyneth allowed the previous prisoners who aided her team in combat to go free. Emotionally devastated, Kallark turned to the Kobold children and welcomed them into his life. Sadly, the young Kobolds had decided to follow one of the Kobold prisoners, Rebooc, instead. At that moment, Carlos returned to mock him, and Kallark felt that, given his hallucinations, the Kobold children were better off without him. This display of care for them seemed to break his heart. The whole chain of events in which he lost most of what he gained and loved: Gwyneth, his baby, his adoptive children, his Tambok Ticket, was just too much for Kallark to take as he just depressingly walked away from it all.

Fate

Kallark was last seen wistfully wandering off into the distance shortly after the loss of his unborn child and the unwillingness of the Kobold children to be adopted in by him. He was accompanied by his Pot Puppy, Annihilus, and the hallucinatory Funk, Carlos.

Trivia

• In line with Deadbones' theme of naming his characters after comic book characters, Kallark is named after Marvel's character Gladiator. [1]