Caerlinc

Caerlinc was a middle-aged man with a square face, prominent nose, black hair, and thick eyebrows. A lesser Dúnadan, he held a grudge against the society that pushed him into the role of peasant farmer, despite his four years of proven ability in the Royal Army. Caerlinc often supplemented his family's meals with game hunted in Taur Ithilien. Then the Great Plague swept the region, and Caerlinc's wife and children died of the disease. Faced with a future alone, something in Caerlinc's spirit rebelled, cried out against the injustice of his life. He casted aside all the trappings civilization to become a bandit, first joining a large band of rascals operating along the banks of the Anduin, then breaking away to create his own company. Caerlinc's approach to banditry was more principled than that of many, and he would not kill anyone who surrendered. He preyed on the North Road that passed between Minas Ithil and the Morannon and then eastward on to Dor Rhûnen. It had proven lucrative, but the Orcs of the Green Claw had disrupted trade along the route entirely.