Homebrew Blackguard Species Details

Blackguard

Native to the dark fortress Angband, the Blackguard people are the strongest form of human, being around 7-8' in length. Intelligence and Strength are what they are known for.

Blackguard Names: (Male) Kelbourn, Koran, Telbourne, Melbourne, Tarrent, Korvis, Korvan, Telkon, Morgan, Toulkin, Toreth, (female) Kereis, Kerna, Kerend, Seren, Melodiath, Telfina, Astaria, Mialfema, Telfor, (surnames) Keltoran, Kelbrand, Keltan, Corven, Melkon. Telfast. 

Blackguards, also known as the Blackguards of Angband, or the Blackguard of the Iron Mountains, are a large race of humans that adopted and tamed a small portion of the dark magic from the dark lord Melkor after his banishment. It is unknown when this race was made, but it was sometime around the end of the First Age and beginning of the Second Age.

Blackguard Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment

Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.