Leofrick Daggerford



Leofrick (Leo) Daggerford is the bastard son of the former Lord of Daggerford. Leo was raised by his elven mother in an unnamed Elven forest city for the first few years of his life. He was happy and loved, but his mother died an untimely death when Leo was five. The elves thought it best to send Leo to live with his human father, Lord Daggerford, and older half sister, Morwen. The cruel lord entertained his half elf bastard for a few weeks before growing bored with him. He turned Leo over to Morwen, who tormented and bullied Leo. Over time, Leo ended up being housed in the stables with the horses, and his prospects looked dim until a most unlikely encounter. One night, Leo discovered an injured halfling hiding in the stables. Koggin Hardcheese was a professional thief who had almost being caught stealing from the manor. He was injured during his escape, and hid in the stable hoping to eventually make his escape. Leo helped the injured halfling hide him from the guards, and in return Koggin offered Leo the chance to escape with him, which Leo gladly took.

Koggin raised Leo as his own son, teaching him how to steal and sneak. Little Leo became the unofficial mascot of the Court of Skulls, the thieves guild of Daggerford that Koggin belonged to. Leo and Koggin kept Leo's parentage a secret, lest someone got the idea to try to ransom a noble's son. This suited Leo just fine, as he wanted nothing more to do with his father and sister.

In his late teens, Leo travelled with Koggin to Balder's Gate as part of a smuggling agreement between the Court of Skulls and Court of Thorns based in that city. There he met Zephia Coolwind, courtesan in training and once of prizes Roses of the Court of Thorns. The two teens quickly fell in love and began a secret affair. Leo revealed his true parentage and she promised keep his secret. Zephia's mistress, however, had a crushing grip on the young girl and pressured her to spill the secret under threat of being cast out as damaged goods. The Court of Thorns had struck a deal with Morwen to find and hand over her bastard brother, and so they were pressuring the Court of Roses to provide any information they could find. Morwen feared Leo would come for her seat and since her father's death, she was the Lady of Daggerford. Zephia betrayed Leo and the two lovers parted literally stabbing the other in the back (and sides, and various other places). Beaten and bloodied, Leo escaped and Koggin got him on to the ship of a good friend.

Leo spent the next two years at sea trying to heal a broken heart and learning how to pirate. However, Morwen eventually caught up with her little brother and was able to capture him. She took him back to Dagerford and put him up for slave auction to humiliate him. As fate would have it, Baz bought Leo and allowed him enough freedom to get back in contact with Koggin, who had been working behind the scenes to spring Leo and help him “legally” take over his sister seat.

After a hostile takeover (and dealing with some undead) Leo became the Lord of Daggerford and began his relationship with Baz, becoming the Skylarks long suffering patron.