> [!infobox|right] > #### Ronan Blackfen > ![[RONAN BLACKFEN-Portrait.png]] > ##### Basic Information > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Role:** | Dockworker | > | **Faction(s):** | ???? | > | **Home:** | [[Waterdeep]] | [[Sword Coast]] > | **Species:** | Human | > #### Dates > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Status:** | Alive | | > | **Born:** | ???? | DR | > | **Died:** | ???? | DR > | **Age:** | ???? | Years > #### Family > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Spouse:** | ???? | > | **Parent(s):** | ???? | ???? | > | **Sibling(s):** | ???? | | > #### Class Info > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Alignment:** | ???? | ???? > | **Deity:** | ???? | > | **Class:** | ???? | ???? | > #### Appearance > | | | > | ---- | --- | --- | > | **Hair:** | White | | > | **Skin:** | Pale | | > | **Eyes:** | Amber | | > | **Height:** | 6'1" | | > | **Weight:** | 180 lbs | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | > | | | <a href="https://dioctionary.net/THE+DIOCTIONARY/HOME/Home" class="dioctionary-ribbon-2"> HOME </a> <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">A Brief History</div> - ***Ronan Blackfen*** was not a man, but a refuge [[Dio Eldwynair]] carved out of desperation; a shape he wore to smother the weight of his name and bury the pieces of himself that fate kept reaching for. He built the alias from the parts of his past that hurt least: _Ronan_, close enough to [[Rowan Eldwynair]] to steady him when he spoke it aloud, and _Blackfen_, the quiet inheritance of his mother’s line, chosen as both shield and reminder of where he came from. In [[Waterdeep]], above the hum of the [[The Yawning Portal]], he let the world believe he was a quiet dockworker with white hair and tired eyes, someone who listened more than he spoke and slipped through crowds without leaving an imprint. Ronan gave him a life without legend, without divine attention, without the ache of what [[Silvercross]] demanded from him. Yet the lie was never peace. It was an exile built to keep [[Kaelen Droswynn]] from shattering under pursuit, to keep [[Lira Morningvale]] from chasing ghosts, and to keep [[Beshaba]] from tightening the noose she had looped around him since the cathedral. He kept [[Olivia's Hat]] and [[Olivia's Sword]] locked beneath his bed. For six quiet years the identity held, until a sealed letter addressed to ***Dio Eldwynair*** arrived at the bar, its purpose unmistakable. In that moment Ronan ceased to be a shield and became a reminder. Dio had not escaped the world. He had only paused his place in it. When he opened the chest, put on the hat, and took up the sword once more, Ronan Blackfen vanished as quietly as he was created, leaving behind nothing but an empty room and the faint outline of a life that had never truly belonged to him. <div class="dioctionary-ribbon">Relationships</div> - [[Durnan]]: During his years as Ronan, Dio picked up quiet odd jobs for Durnan that had nothing to do with hauling crates. He fixed shutters, mended broken stools, helped drag drunks out the door, and carried supplies down to the cellars without asking for coin upfront. Durnan never pressed him for history, and Dio repaid that silence with steady work and a rare sense of ease. In a life built on hiding, the Yawning Portal became the one place where he could simply exist. - [[Dio Eldwynair]] - His true self, when not in hiding...