Bishop

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Bishop is a mystery and he prefers it that way. Those surrounding him know very little of his origins, age, race or social class though he is widely assumed to be a commoner. This would be wrong. One time protege to Fetcher, the Queen's former Spymaster, the two fell out over a disagreement concerning the murder of Bishop's sister seven years prior. His sister, Mina, was run down by a nobleman's carriage. Though a cursory investigation was conducted by the local magistrate, her murderer was never brought to justice. When even his own investigation turned up nothing, Bishop lost perspective. Fetcher stepped in and the two fought. Words were exchanged and Bishop left the "Old Man's" side.

After severing his ties with his former mentor, Bishop traveled to the elven lands, somehow picking up Jack along the way. While there he earned the respect of the elves of Myth Coramanth, specifically the Lionspaw family, for tracking, retrieving and returning Annaisuru Lionspaw to them.

Bishop is a known master tracker, alchemist and highly respected bounty hunter. He, along with his long-time friend and working partner Jack, is reputed to be one of the top bounty hunters working in Lyrabar. Renata Winterrowd was his first and only protege.

Bishop, Jack and Ren's working relationship was a good one and would have continued indefinitely but for a chance slip that revealed Ren's relationship to John Winterrowd, her father and Bishop's prime suspect in the murder of his sister. Convinced, Ren had been sent as John's agent to flaunt his sister's death and John's invulnerability, Bishop severed their personal and professional relationship then hunted her to Wizard's Fall. Backstabbing her through the chest with a poisoned dagger, he left her for dead in a collapsing inn. (Bastard!)

Saved by the paladin, Magnus Dayus, a shaken Ren began her own investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mina's death and the role her family played in it. With help from her friends, she discovered Mina's murderer wasn't her father but one of several doppelgangers that had infested the merchant Aristocracy. Ren confronted Bishop and, in time, the two managed to resolve their disagreement. With the intent to atone for almost killing Renata, Bishop joined their quest to root out the infestation and the two began a careful walk back to the friendship they used to have. He played crucial roles in many adventures, including the Battle of Lyrabar, saving her life more than once.

When Jack chose to stay closer to Lyrabar, forgoing a life of heroism for the more comfortable and a less dangerous style of bounty hunting with a lovely, new partner, Bishop offered his spot to Renata. She accepted. A year later, the two are engaged to be married.

Upon rediscovering his relationship to the disgraced Medicis of Ilmwatch, Bishop has begun rebuilding his family's charred estate, hoping to wipe clean the shadow hanging over his family name. How he's funding it, remains a mystery. He has yet to convince Renata to leave Lyrabar.

So perhaps it came as a surprise to everyone who cared about such things when Bishop Medici and Renata Winterrowd were officially married in the Temple of Sune in an opulent late summer ceremony before family, friends and the vast assemblage of the Lyrabar merchant aristocracy. They are currently expecting their first child.