Authors Note:
First, I do want to apologize to anyone who was confused by the history. I know that I didn't show every detail of Bowie's past, but rather, I picked out moments that affected him most greatly. Events like the death of his parents, the first time he ever played a harp, the Harper Ball, and finally leaving Shadowdale. I may in the future write some earlier stories about him.
I realized that Bowie's mood seemed to change after the death of Krillin and Andressa. When his parents died, all he could do was weep, yet when his foster parents had died, he only shed a few tears.
I believe that the circumstances were different. When his parents had died, he was only a child and they were murdered right in front of his eyes. They didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to him.
With Krillin and Andressa died, Bowie was prepared for it. In the end, he did get to say goodbye to his foster parents, and they even told him to move on with his life.
Another hole I'm sure that I left, was the whole Manshoon situation. I'll say right now, that it wasn't Manshoon who killed Bowie's parents, but it was an imposter. Only very few people know the truth about what happened the night at the Butterball residence, but the question is, who did kill Bowie's parents, and how will he react to the truth...
Some of this story is inspired by Harry Potter. Bowie's parents dying by an evil wizard (though Bowie has no scars...at least not from that night when he was six years old) No, Manshoon is not his godfather, though he does keep an eye on Bowie from a distance.
The only true godparent Bowie has, is Sylune, and she is going to continue to be a part in his life.
One last thing, I want to apologize about Rouric. At first, I meant for him to be Bowie's sidekick and friend. The origin for the character was from my friend Joe, who played (and I think loved) the character Rouric. As I wrote the character, I found that was using him very little. From what I remembered, Joe's Rouric was kind of the leader of the party (and a personal favorite of the DM I think lol) and I don't know how he would feel that his pride and joy is just a sidekick in my story. Plus Rouric idolizes Florin Falconhand, and he'll be helping him train some of the new Shadowdale guard. Rouric will eventually join Bowie and his group, but not before learning a thing or two from the Knights of Myth Drannor.
The reason I let Sawyer go with Bowie to Cormyr, was because they connected well with one another...and Sawyer will eventually have to face his past in Suzail…
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed some of the events in Bowie's life, and there will be more stories about him coming soon...
- "Blackstaff"