I think my character is going to be a Paladin-type fighter, but without the religious connotations; basically an armoured swordsman with support and healing magic. They would be a sort of folk hero, someone who fulfilled a local prophesy and found a sword in a forest glade by a pond and became the sworn protector of the spirits/fairies of said forest; whichever fits the lore of the setting better. Kind of a really small scale King Arthur.

The idea is basically to have this kid who grows up feeling important but who is largely confined to one small area of the world and doesn’t know how big it really is. Then, as an adult he gets swept up into this adventure much larger than his legend was supposed to be and finds himself out of his depth.

Since the quest ended I was going to have him settle down and become the leader of an adventurer’s guild somewhere; mostly retired, but helping younger adventurers get started. He’s seen as a legend because of his inclusion in the group but he found the whole thing to be a very humbling experience and only sees himself as capable, but nothing special.