Rick Character Creation
Your mother, Troll Killer, wielded a great maul in her defense of the tribe. This maul was handed down to her by her mother and her mother before her. It is an ancient thing, formed of dark rock that has been decorated with yellow paint in places and debossed to resemble brickwork elsewhere, this imposing stone maul has a pronounced air of menace about it.
This is due in large part to its size and weight, although the fact that its face is covered in dozens of small spiked protrusions only serves to heighten its ferocious appearance, giving it more than a passing resemblance to a meat tenderizer. However, it is neither the fact that the object is a large maul nor its painful prongs that contribute most to its harrowing guise. That honor is reserved for the detailed, three-dimensional depiction of a troll that has been carved carefully into the maul's cheek.
At times, this dour, scowling presence feels almost alive, as if seething with anger. This is most common as daylight starts to fail around dusk, causing the troll's features to cast a terrifying shadow as its silhouette stretches out and becomes monstrously long and deformed. The maul itself appears to be in a bad state of disrepair; its rock cracked and crumbling in places, paint fading, details weathered, and most of its surface buried under a thick layer of moss. However, as anyone who's wielded the item can attest, it still has life in it yet, and a thirst for troll blood.
When your mother and father fled the tribe, they took only you and Moss Rock with them. You do not know why they fled, only that your mother had been accused of some taboo against the tribe. You know they call her Ruin Keeper, but you know not why or even the meaning of the name.
Your father gave in to despair shortly after arriving in Pheze, turning to the myriad drug dens to bury his shame and fear of living within the cursed city. Your mother survived as she could, often as hired muscle for merchants, tavern owners and other more, unsavory, types. When she finally died from a rapid illness, she gifted Moss Rock to you and as her dying breath, a warning; "The Red Lantern knows the truth, keep Moss Rock from them". None of this makes any sense to you and she is gone before you can even ask.
Game Notes: Moss Rock is magical and you are attuned to it. It is an Ancestral Weapon and will follow the rules of such. It's abilities will unlock as you adventure and continue to pursue the goals of your ancestors.
