Tasselhoff Burrfoot would be the luckiest kender in all of Krynn. Thief, Companion of the Lance, and good friend of a god, Tas lived a charmed life.

To perceive Tasselhoff Burrfoot, is to grasp the kender of Krynn. These ever-curious, ever-alert small people could possibly be discovered throughout the realms of Krynn. Often in locations the place they have been least welcome, since kenders have a knack for appropriating no matter unfastened issues simply occur to make their approach into their pockets.

But these jovial, curious individuals, very similar to halflings, are small people. Though not like their halfling counterparts, kender are sometimes stated to be a bit extra wild and playful than their distant kin.

And none was as wild or notorious as Tasselhoff Burrfoot, identified Companion of the Lance.

Born within the forests of Kendermore, Tasselhoff Burrfoot was a kender like another. His kin, of which there have been many (principally uncles), took to calling him Tas, for it took time to say his complete title. And Tas was notably in need of persistence and a focus. Which meant that should you tried to say his complete title, he is likely to be gone earlier than you completed.

Tasselhoff Burrfoot – Early Life

Growing up in Kendermore instilled Tas with a pure curiosity. Like his fellow kender, Tas was an skilled “borrower” and “finder of lost objects.” But early on, Tas developed a ardour for maps. He liked to gather them (usually with out paying), and would publish them on the partitions of his room.

He fancied himself a mapmaker, although his lack of persistence led him to attract his maps inaccurately, inventing locations and other people complete material when a map was being “particularly stubborn.”

Maps and journey all fed right into a starvation for journey within the younger kender. And discover it he did.

One of his first adventures noticed him journey to Solace, whereupon he discovered a hoop, dropped by a thief. Without an proprietor to provide it a reputation, Tas dubbed it “Tas’s Ring of Teleportation” and it helped him journey all throughout Krynn, most notably to the tower of a Wizard often known as Magus. While there, he stumbled right into a dispute between Magus and Demogorgon. The younger kender helped the mighty prince of demons persuade the wizard to not use demons in his summoning spells any extra.

Having solved the dispute, and leaving the wizard in Demogorgon’s succesful arms, being dragged to the abyss, Tasselhoff returned to his journeys.

A Happy Meeting

Two years after his preliminary journey to Solace, Tasselhoff Burrfoot met two mates who would change the course of his life. In 344 AC, he occurred upon a dwarf named Flint Fireforge who was promoting somewhat good gadgets.

Here he met Tanis Half-Elven, the one-day hero of Krynn, as effectively. The two left fairly the impression on the younger Burrfoot, who requested if they may turn into mates. Tanis and Flint each refused.

So Tasselhoff left, borrowing a bracelet from Flint Fireforge with out realizing it. Which was a fortunate stroke, as a result of the bracelet—supposed as a present for Selana Sonluanaau, Speaker of the Moon—was all that saved his life when a large spider ambushed him.

Later, when Tanis and Flint caught as much as the kender, they realized he had bought his fortunate appeal, And the three have been despatched upon a quest to recuperate the bracelet for the Moonspeaker.  Thus was a friendship solid in unquenchable hearth.

So it was that Tas got here to satisfy the opposite heroes who would turn into often known as the Companions: Caramon and Raistlin Majere, Kitiara Uth Matar, and Sturm Brightblade.

An Unwilling Wedding

Though Tasselhoff Burrfoot loved a lifetime of ease and journey with the Companions, he had obligations ready for him again dwelling. Tasselhoff had overlooked the little issues. So they stated. Tas would say he was busy doing vital hero enterprise.

After all, did he not save the Companions from minotaurs? Yes, he had been captured and turned “evil” by them. But the story ended fortunately when Tas saved Raistlin, and the day.

It was below these auspices {that a} bounty hunter named Gisella Hornslager got here and arrested Tas. Accusing him of breaking a wedding oath from the Kender Code of Conduct, Hornslager took Tas into custody.

As Tas returned as soon as extra to kendermore, he discovered each his would-be fiance and his beloved Uncle Trapspringer have been lacking. In a close-by ruins, Tas discovered a secret portal. Naturally, he wandered by means of, and managed to rescue his uncle, his fiance, and residents of an alternate dimension.

Tasselhoff Burrfoot – A Living Legend

The tales of Tasselhoff Burrfoot are many. As a Companion of the Lance, he was a hero to Krynn. His maps helped the Companions attain town of Tarsis. And sure, it was now not the bustling port metropolis he had described, having, over lots of of years, turn into a landlocked metropolis within the full management of the Dragon Armies. But the Companions, nonetheless, struck a blow for good there.

So too did he assist discover a Dragon Orb. And alongside the best way, he befriended a god disguised as an outdated wizard named Fizban. In reality, Tas performed an instrumental function in saving all of Krynn, although to listen to the companions inform the story, he was caught with a poisoned needle, and spent a lot of the climactic encounter on dying’s doorstep.

But stay he did. Long sufficient to turn into a legend in his personal lifetime because the kender who fought towards the Highlords.

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and from time to time eats sandwiches. You can ask him about both at [email protected]

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