Squire Rowaine
One of Eldrich the Elder's two caravan squires (the other being his bodyguard Squire Faethlyn) — the "Squire Rowan" seen making stilted small-talk with Faethlyn back in Session 21. A hair-flicking young swordsman, tired and put-upon but obedient to Eldrich's word.
(Rendered "Rowaine," "Rowan," "Ruin," and even "Cathalon" across one session — and the GM's "Ruin" collides with the unrelated Gwyndinas Inner Guard "Ruin/Rowan" of Session 17. Spelling/identity loose.)
Session 38 (debut on screen)
- Sent by Eldrich the Elder — along with Squire Faethlyn — to join the Guardian of the Woods hunt as an audition: the party is to report which squire fought better, so Eldrich can reward one and punish the other. Grumbles at being marched out to fight in the woods at 9 AM but obeys.
- In the dirt cloud he swings blind at the Guardian (disadvantage), and openly balks at the party's pivot toward siding with the forest — "I thought you brought me here to slay a monster to save humans, and now we're going to kill all the humans to help a plant?"
Session 39
- The comic relief. Thalia deliberately leaves him entangled and tied up the entire fight ("if he fails that save, that's his fault"); he stands up afterward to find the dryad already dead, kicks the corpse, trips over the vines tying his own shoelaces together, and gets a withering "how's the squireship going for you?" from Thalia.
Session 45
- The verdict never came. Eldrich the Elder asked the party to report which squire fought better so that one could be rewarded and the other punished. Nobody ever reported. The question has not been raised on mic since Session 39, and both squires are still in the caravan.
- Distrusted in the caravan. Rides with Eldrich the Elder's caravan (in awkward silence with the escort Rowan doesn't get along with); Thalia airs her bad-vibes suspicion of "Rowan, the knight-to-be" — "a little human psychopath… bigoted, maybe" — recalling how weird he was during the treant fight. Jex jokes he might be "infected"; Lash reckons he's "a spy."