[hider=Galan of Splittree, Part 1]
[center][color=Red]"We watch over a house divided against itself. The petty kingdoms of Gnaw must be forged into a single people."[/color][/center]

[color=a36209]Name:[/color] Galan of Splittree, of Glendale

[color=a36209]Rank:[/color] Watcher

[color=a36209]Appearance:[/color] 
[list]A brown mouse with bright eyes. Though he longer makes his permanent home in the trees of the Glen, his coat retains an oily shine common to the mice from there. His distinguishing feature is the distinctive flare of his ears, as if he is always at attention. Galan has received his red cloak, the color chosen because his mentor noted that Galan, though still just a green band at the time, would tell every mouse he could that he was a Redwatch mouse, and the cloak would save him the trouble. However, Galan has only recently graduated into the ranks of the Watchers, and he still has a bit of water behind his ears.[/list]

[color=a36209]Personality: [/color]
[list]Galan is a partisan, a trait that is perhaps undesirable in a member of the Redwatch, though he thinks that partisanship is exactly what the Redwatch needs. He believes himself to have a lively intellect and spends his free time reading historical tracts. His reading has only deepened his already zealous loyalty to the Redwatch, seeing it to be the fragile string that binds the disparate mice kingdoms together. 

Galan's village is carved into a large tree which had its heartwood exposed by lightning long ago, making the structures especially hardy. As a child, he was impressed that those mice that came before were able to eke out their living, even thrive, in a world that was even more full of danger than the one he knew. He grew up on stories of these and others of the first Glen mice, of the hardscrabble settlers who came and went, and especially of the militia of the Redfort. It was they who had made his village possible, and so he felt he owed them homage.

With the values he had learned from these stories, Galan found the current carelessness of the mice of the Glen, their easy acceptance that this was as it has always been and will be, baffling. He believed that the way the mice lived their lives could rupture at any time, and he watched with awe the local Redwatch members who fought to prevent that.

So when Galan came of age and could decide for himself what to do, where to go was never in question; he left for the Redfort with a wish to be part of something greater. It was there that he learned to read and write. Though he had the aptitude to be a scribe, Galan insisted on training as a Watcher. It was during this time that Galan learned of the frequent incursions into mice lands, the chipping away of the Westercroft. But he also learned of the suspicion that accompanied a Redwatch member wherever one went and the belief, shared even by some in the ranks, that the time of the Redwatch should come to an end. It was then that Galan understood that mice society as it now existed would eventually, and must, end.

Though Galan is loyal to the Redwatch, his loyalty to the monarch of Redfield, let alone the nobles of the other kingdoms, is questionable; he feels that their luxurious lifestyles is what insulates them from understanding the consequences of what is to come and their jealous suspicions to defend their noble titles are what prevent the people of Gnaw from being greater than what they are. He keeps that close to the coat, however. 

Galan is confident, but protective of his pride. Though he is generous to friends, he can hold a grudge for far too long. He devours ideas, though one could say it's ideas that devour him.[/list]
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[hider=Part 2]
[color=a36209]Stats[/color]
[list]
STR: 10 [sub]Not the strongest among mice, but no slouch either.[/sub]
CON: 12 [sub]Galan can take a hit or two. Falling off Glen trees every once and a while hardens a body.[/sub]
DEX: 7 [sub]This is why Galan sometimes fell off of Glen trees.[/sub]
CHA: 9 [sub]Not naturally charismatic, Galan makes up for it with a fiery temper and will.[/sub]
INT: 15 [sub]Galan's innate intelligence has been honed by both training and study.[/sub]
LUC: 7 [sub]Something has kept Galan in the Redwatch ranks long enough to earn his cloak.[/sub]
REP: 5 [sub]Redwatch opinions on Galan are mixed. Though his loyalty is undoubted, many are suspicious of Galan's zealousness.[/sub][/list]

[color=a36209]Equipment: [/color]
[list]
Winged spear [3]
[sub]A Redfort-made spear of good iron and hardy ash. It is of quality make, adequate for the job and with little in the way of frills. It is a a little longer than a mouse is tall, with a crossguard of two short metal lugs below a long blade. It's the kind of weapon a mouse wants when facing something larger, which many things are.[/sub]
Knife [2] 
[sub]More of a tool than a weapon. It is a short, functional knife. Besides it's other uses, Galan mainly uses it to whittle or write. [/sub][/list]

[color=a36209]Traits: [/color]
[list]
[color=c4df9b]Partisan[/color]
[sub]When Galan argues for something he believes in, you can hear the force of will in his words, which makes him just that much more persuasive.[/sub]
[color=c4df9b]Solidarity[/color]
[sub]Galan feels stronger having those he trusts at his side, moreso the more allies there are.[/sub]
[color=f7976a]Grudging[/color]
[sub]When working with those he distrusts or dislikes, Galan feels that much more unlucky.[/sub]
[color=f7976a]Prideful[/color]
[sub]If there's one thing Galan cannot stand, it's being condescended to. Galan is exceptionally undiplomatic towards anyone who thinks themselves to be Galan's better.[/sub]
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[color=a36209]Trade:[/color] apprentice carpenter. As woodworking was a much needed occupation in the woods of the Glen, Galan learned the basics of the trade before leaving for the Redwatch.

[color=a36209]Friend:[/color] Margaret of Stonedun, Galan's former mentor and a veteran of the Westercroft incursions. She is a patient, no-nonsense mouse. Most importantly to Galan, she didn't immediately drum him out of the Redwatch when he told her about his ideas based on what he had been reading. Instead, she encouraged Galan to keep up with his studies. She's tight-lipped about her own beliefs, but Galan knows he can count on her as a respected voice inside the Redwatch.

[color=a36209]Enemy:[/color] Edwin of Redbrook, a mouse that joined the Redwatch around the same time Galan did. Edwin joined for the promise of rank and advancement, and has connections with the Redfield nobiliity. The two disliked each other upon their first meeting, as Galan clashed immediately with the haughty way Edwin carried himself and it showed. However, Edwin is not without talent; if given promotion and opportunity, Edwin can certainly stand in Galan's way. 

[color=a36209]History:[/color] Galan was born in Splittree to a large family of six siblings, with whom he is not especially close. He apprenticed to a carpenter when he was young, though he preferred listening to the village elders' stories. Upon reaching the age of maturity he left his village and joined the Redwatch.[/hider]