Barbarians

I've had the idea for a less wild barbarian. He's a village farm hand who is kind and thoughtful but has a temper and drinking brings it out and everyone knows so his "friends" are always pushing him and taunting him to get the temper to rise. His girl doesn't like that. One night after he's been locked up after a night drinking and getting into fights with travelers from out of town she leaves to live with her sister in the city.

He can't go back to his empty house so he leaves town and becomes a vagrant. He takes a job with a group of adventurers in a far off tavern as just some hired muscle and he is determined to become a better person that she wouldn't be ashamed of.

So you have this gentle giant of a man who hates conflict but can throw down when there's no other option or when he's pushed too far and his rage rises. Maybe give him a level in paladin down the line.

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