Earthwing the Owlin

Start-class article · First seen: s3 · Last seen: s3
Earthwing the Owlin
the Owlin · the Vietnamese-hat Owlin
Portrait of Earthwing the Owlin.
Character
StatusDeparted
First seens3
Last seens3
PlayerChris
FactionSevryn's recruits

Earthwing the Owlin was a one-session cameo character introduced at the end of session 3 [1] as Cholmondeley’s intended replacement at the table, sent by Sevryn. An Owlin in a rice / Vietnamese conical hat, edgy in temperament, anti-snake by avowed disposition (“snake eater”), Earthwing arrived at the funeral feast in Wyrmbough Grove and was never actually played in combat or in any subsequent session. By session 4 Chris had retired the cameo and replaced him with Terry the tortle. The name was reused in-fiction for Terry’s owl familiar, summoned via Find Familiar at the Black Vein Quarry in session 8, and is now the canonical name for the owl rather than the Owlin.

Appearance and personality

Owlin. Wears a rice / Vietnamese conical hat. Edgy. Self-described “snake eater” / anti-snake.

There is no further documented voice or characterisation; he was never run through a session of play. The flavour notes are all from his single-scene introduction at the Cholmondeley funeral feast.

Background

Sent by Sevryn as the latest in the campaign’s pattern of Sevryn-recruited replacement PCs. The pattern (Sevryn pulls in a stranger to fill a vacated seat, the stranger walks into the campsite at the right moment) would later repeat with Terry (s4) and Ruin (s10). This is the pattern’s first instance.

Campaign role

Earthwing was Chris’s second character, sent by Sevryn to fill the seat left by Cholmondeley’s death. He joined the party at the very end of session 3 and never took part in combat or travelled with it; by session 4 Chris had replaced him with Terry the tortle, and the name was free for reuse.

In session 8, Terry ritualised Find Familiar for the first time and named the owl he summoned Earthwing, deliberately recycling the cameo character’s name. The owl-Earthwing has since become the canonical referent for the name in campaign discourse; the Owlin is referenced only when distinguishing the two.

Session by session

Session 3: The Lair of Sunset is Nigh and the Death of Cholmondeley

Main article: Session 3

Earthwing sat down across from the party at the dragon-meat dinner in Wyrmbough Grove on the night of Cholmondeley’s funeral, what looked like an owl in a rice hat, and gave only his name [2]. Caelumn took him for the second recruit Sevryn had sent after Harvo and agreed to bring him along for now, with the party’s next road leading to Eldwythe [3][4][5]. His talk ran to snakes, and Harvo told him to find a remedy for his throat or stop making that voice [6][7]. The DM welcomed him to the party as the session ended [8]; he was never played again, and by session 4 Terry had taken his seat.

Status at the end of session 3

Departed: welcomed to the party at the close of session 3 [8] and never played again. By session 4 Terry had taken his place.

Player

Chris. Created and abandoned within a single scene’s worth of session time.

See also

  • Cholmondeley: Chris’s prior PC, whose death set up this one-session replacement.
  • Terry: Chris’s actual replacement PC from s4 onward.
  • Earthwing: Terry’s owl familiar, who inherited the name.
  • Sevryn: sent him.

References

  1. ^ Session 3, line 2224-2302: Introduction at the post-funeral feast at Fergus's as Cholmondeley's replacement.
  2. ^ Session 3, line 2224-2230: Inline citation.
  3. ^ Session 3, line 2264-2266: Inline citation.
  4. ^ Session 3, line 2282: Inline citation.
  5. ^ Session 3, line 2290: Inline citation.
  6. ^ Session 3, line 2286: Inline citation.
  7. ^ Session 3, line 2292: Inline citation.
  8. ^ Session 3, line 2302: Inline citation.