Keeno is probably the most infamous halfling of all time.
Born to the name of Trilli, of Willi and Filli, Keeno was soon orphaned when his parents both dissapeared one evening when going for a walk. The very young Trilli was left to himself. Soon, whilst trying to fend for himself, the young Trilli also disappeared.
Many years later, rumours started to abound of a great bandit in the mighty forests around the city of Nuln. None had apparently seen this bandit, but from all reports she was a great archer, the equal of the legendary woodelfs. The bandit was thought to be a female due to the high pitched voice. Always cheerful, always laughing, and always incredibly polite. It was becoming almost fashionable to be robbed by "The Lady Thief". Never was an arrow shot to kill by this female bandit, never was anyone ever hurt.
It was a warm winters day, when Erik von Rakeland, and his personal retinue of 4 mounted knights happened to travel through the hunting ground of "The Lady Thief". Von Rakeland at this time was still a great and noble wizard, very much loyal to the emperor. He had been warned about the Lady Thief, but chose to ignore the warnings, and was on his way to visiting a friend of his.
As fate would have it, von Rakeland and his guard were stopped by the high pitched voice, and an arrow in the road for good measure. Reining in his unicorn mount, he and his knights looked around for the offender. von Rakeland calling with whispered voice the winds of magic to create a defensive shield around the group. Once again the high pitched voice called out "Hail and well met sire, I must seriously apologise for causing thou any inconvienence, but as luck would have it, thou art moving through mine area of this wood. Henceforth, it is mine duty to inform thee of the toll that thou shalt have to pay, it is no more than but a pittance to what, I am sure thou canst afford, being but a single gold for each one of thy group"
Von Rakeland and his knights searched the area, looking for the young girl. But none could see anything. "My apologies Lady, but I cannot pay thee, if I cannot see thee, please come forward so that I may gladly pay this toll" When there was no response, von Rakeland called forth the winds of magic yet again, this time increasing his senses to that of the keenest animal. It was then that he heard the slight movement behind him. Turning and peering into the darkness under the trees he saw the halfling.
Laughing so loud that he almost fell off his unicorn, von Rakeland boomed aloud "So the infamous Lady Thief is none other than a ragamuffin halfling, how quaint, tell me my small fellow, what is thy name". Keeno froze, obviously this noble was no normal man, none had ever seen nor heard him, before, yet this man easily did both. Quickly he started to retreat into the forest.
von Rakeland and his knights followed after.
Keeno, was every inch the woodsmen, but von Rakeland was one of the Empires greatest trackers, and with his enhanced senses soon caught up with the fleeing halfling. Keeno turned and fired, striking the defensive barrier right in front of von Rakeland's face. "A remarkable shot young man, now be so good as to tell me your name" Keeno looked confused, the arrow had just bounced away as if from an invisible wall. One of the knights motined his horse forward, pointing his lance at the young halfling.
"Tell His Lordship your name, runt"
Keeno, quickly stepped inside the lance, drawing his sword. it was sent from his grasp with a gesture from the mage.
"At ease Jhonic, now little master, what would thy name be?"
"Um, Keeno", the halfling was still numb with what had just happened. "Well Keeno, the Emperor has a great need of men like you. Art thou aware Keeno, that we are in the middle of a war? Even your homeland the Moot is threatened." The discussion between the two continued for some time, before Keeno ran out of arguments. Each one he proposed in front of this terrifying man, was battered aside.
In the end, Keeno was marching off to war. The hordes of orcs and goblins were pouring into the Empire, destroying all in their path. Keeno, not very happy about the situation, but never one to back out of a contest, was attached to a unit of halfling archers. The battle was disastrous, the waves of greenskins swept all before them.
During the battle, a great orc warrior upon a Wyvern swept down upon the insignificant halflings, intent on destroying this annoying runts. The halflings ran, all except for Keeno. Gritting his teeth, he drew back his bow, loosing two arrows in quick succession, both shafts flew straight, striking the mighty orc. With a howl of pain, the orc fell dead. As the warlord dropped from his saddle, the Wyvern, suddenly without a master, revelled in it's freedom, took to the air, and left the battlefield. Looking around, Keeno saw the halfling unit staring in disbelief, shrugging his shoulders, Keeno turned his attention back to the battle at hand.
That battle was over 7 years ago, and in that time, the mage lord that convinced him to join the battle has been corrupted by Chaos and Keeno has grown in infamy.
Probably his most infamous act took place in the Moot, where he singlehandedly slew the marauding Giant known affectionatly as Elfeater. By the time that the Knights Panther arrived to try and fight of the beast, the giant lay dead, with multitudes of Keeno's arrows protruding from various places on the body.
As a token of esteem, Keeno was made the *official* Sherrif of the Moot, and was given the Silver Horn of the Moot as an offical badge of office. Since that time, Keeno has helped defend the Moot many times, he relishes his new found life, and has all but forgotten his time as "the Lady Thief".
| Profile | M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld |
| Keeno | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Weapons / Armour: Keeno is armed with a Shortbow and a Handweapon. He wears Light Armour and carries a Shield.
May Ride: Keeno has only got little legs and thus must walk everywhere.
Magic Items: Keeno is allowed one magic item which will always be the Silver Horn of the Moot
Special Rules:
Master Archer : Always wound on 6, 2 attacks per shooting phase, range increased to 24".
Halfling of Legend : All halflings within 12" will automatically rally, also make all Ld tests on unmodified roll of 10 or less. This only works however if Keeno is unbroken. If Keeno is fleeing, or has been killed, then all Halflings in 12" will have to take a panic test immediately. Those that succeed are then filled with hatred for the enemy, and will hate all enemy for the rest of the battle.
Luck : Avoids all attacks, HTH and missile fire on roll of 6 on d6.
Halfling Contingent : Keeno will only accompany the army if there is a contingent of 10 or more halflings.
Silver Horn of the Moot : This is the silver warhorn of the Halflings. Upon blowing this horn, the halflings are called to war. This horn may be blown once per battle in the magic phase. All halflings hearing the horn gain +1 to all rolls for the next round, are immune to psychology and cannot be broken in HTH. Note this lasts for the entire next round, (both players goes).[Halflings Only]