Peter, the Gardener's Son, Autistic Servant of the Old Gods

Peter, the Gardener's Son
Age: 18
Class: 3^rd level Druid
Alignment: True Neutral
Description: A plain young man with a stout walking stick and permanent grass stains.
Secondary Skills: Gardening
Weapon: Staff 1d6

Magical gift: The Wyld Tongue (You understand the language of animals, plants, and the wind, and can speak back to them)

Spells: 3/2/1 + Wisdom for 2/2/1/1 = total 5/4/2/1

Pray for whatever you want

Keys: Access to the Courts of Animals

STR: 14

INT: 14

WIS: 18

CON: 15

DEX: 12

CHA: 10

COM: 8

Hit Points: 17

Wealth: 12 copper pieces

Character History: You are a servant of the old gods. Not the silly Gnostic temple, with their Divine Sophia, or any demonic cult like people say. The Old Gods. The Lord of the Forest. The Lady of the Waters. The nymph of the Lisle, the great river that runs round the palace.

Luckily for you, it's natural for gardeners to talk to plants, so nobody pays it any mind. Likewise with animals and winds. Around the palace, most people think that you're touched. Which is just fine by you, since, well, honestly enough, you are. You're autistic. Very functionally autistic, but autistic all the same. Plus illiterate, but that sort of goes along with it.

You've also noticed another who's been touched by the gods, a wolf who can take the shape of a man. You saw him in your garden, and you must serve him and worship him, since you know that he is one of the sacred children of the Lord of Wild things. Of course, he's calling himself Lord Maxie, and begged you not to tell anyone, and since he's one of the Divine Ones, of course you can't. The Lord of Wild Things would be very angry if you did.

Plus there's the kitten, one of the sacred children of the Lady of Cats. You asked pretty Mei Ling why she was crying, and found that it was because the Lady of Cats had been honored with the proper prayers and incense and had asked her to honor the request and take the worshipper as her Mistress. Which Mei Ling did, but now the old Suzereigna wants to take her away and give her to another woman who never saw fit to honor the Lady of Cats, which Mei Ling won't stand for. But the kitten also knows that if Mitzi, her Mistress, can find the Suzereigna's lost plaything, then the old Queen won't bother her Mistress anymore and all will be wonderful.

Your duty to the Old Gods is very clear: Protect their children and chosen ones. And keep the kitten from getting in a fight with the wolf.

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