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#87 - Foal Fruntell
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Foal Fruntell, Prince of the Skartaran unicorns, witnessed the death of his mother and disappearance of his father at the hands of Monsieur Mallah, given only the instructions to hide among the wild horse herds to the north, near Kaambuka. Thus, Fruntell, young and naive, waited with hope of his fathers return. However, it was a team of Checkmate agents who would come along, led by Rozetta, that would convince Fruntell to return with them to Zonn Zorr while they began the search for Fruntells father. Foal Fruntell now lives between the stables and the spring of Zonn Zorr, anxiously awaiting the return of Rose Admiral at all times.

Foal Fruntell IS Brennus. Or rather, when MI first pitched Brennus to me, what was conjured up in my mind was Foal Fruntell - a hearty, emotional horse that occasional has his prissier, fussier moments. Yet despite this, Foal Fruntell's wide-eyed optimism and breathless enjoyment of the world around him turns this young prince into a natural lover of life and adventurer. Foal Fruntell also shares Brennus' lack of perception to the point of being a grossly lethal friend to the human prince - Brennus often takes a skewering from a poorly-placed horn waved around at inopportune moments. And furthermore, like Brennus, Foal Fruntell is drawn to villains. For example, a small woolly ant called Evan the Evil became the target of Foal Fruntell's desire to create friendships and assist the common cause of Z'onn Z'orr, and for hours, Foal Fruntell would prance around and try to show Evan the errors of his evil ways. Of course, Evan was Data 7 at his smallest size - which Foal Fruntell did not recognize. Evan had also left about ten minutes into the conversation, so an unfortunate loss on Foal Fruntell's part.

Fruntell's comedic personality might be one of my favorite sources of humor I get to present in the campaign. Few PCs are ever too mean to the dear, sweet unicorn prince, but there is a lot of deception carried out either at his expense or for his benefit. With a mission in mind, Fruntell is desperate to return to Skartaris and reunite with his father. However, no one wants to admit that the outlook in regards to that prospect is likely quite bleak. Those, Foal Fruntell has been jerked around gently, the goal being to run interference and prevent him from realizing his father might, in fact, be dead.

A tinge of tragedy painted into the edges of a largely comedic character in my mind ultimately creates a well-rounded little character. And combined with one of my personal favorite voices in the campaign, it's so easy to sink into the foal's persona at a moment's notice. Sure, there are more utility horses in the campaign - and Data 7 prefers Winged Victory, while Saoirse prefers Stormwind - but in my mind, the top tier equine of Z'onn Z'orr is and will forever be Foal Fruntell.

A drafted character comes in at #86.