Kalder Ossun, Mystic Beastmaster of the Ringing Mountains, Retires

Kalder Ossun, at current the last of his line, has retired as an adventurer under the Dark Sun. His adventures with Iolrath, Tomak, Lor, and Bird-Person, have come to an end (for now).

He wandered far and wide across the Tablelands of Athas, hunting game and men alike. Gifted with a half-elven endurance, Kalder, along with his various beastly companions, journeyed from the Tablelands to the Great Ivory Plain to the Silt Sea and beyond. With his hand-carved bow and razor-sharp bone arrows, Kalder slew all manner of foul beast and wicked men: slavers, defilers, and any who would take advantage of the wandering desert tribes for their own gain. 

He was the first of his kin to cross the looming Ringing Mountains near Tyr into the forests of the cannibal halflings. He was the first to slay both halves of a Killipede with his companions, his poisoned arrows riddling its soft underside while Tomak's greatstaff shattered its hard shell. Kalder was key to the Great Truce of the halfling tribes, and from them learned about the mystical properties of the dried purple mushroom common to the forest. 

A cluster of mushrooms. The smallest is about 2 feet tall.

His mystical insights led him to powerful revelations and all manner of changes. No longer was he the brooding and cloaked Ranger of the Wastes - now, clad in the brightly hued lizard-skin armor and pearlescent insect-carapace helmet, he became the Mystic Ranger of the Ringing Mountains. With his party of fellow outcasts he befriended and took on as his apprentice Moto, the Last Gnome. He trained her in the ways of the Beastmaster and together they slew the twisted and gibbering many-eyed beast of the Deep Caves, and helped Bird-Person retrieve the Sunlight Staff of the Deep Temple, cleansing the defiling corruption from its halls. In the process however, he was forced to mourn the death of his first beast companion, Pearl the Pterrax Youngling, who had accompanied him and grown so much throughout his travels.

Kalder's pearlescent insectoid helmet, Crawling Chaos. 

Kalder was also instrumental in defending the refugees during the siege of the Fort of Many Winds, helping his party wipe out the elven defilers of the Blood Moon Tribe with their allied Thri-Kreen army. He led them back across the mountains, to settle in the cleansed ruins of the Deep Temple and the surrounding forest. Here, he established the Mystical Hunters, a ranger school to teach any and all the mystical ways of the Beastmaster. 

Here, in the lush forests east of the Ringing Mountains, Kalder Ossun still resides, surrounded by his pupils and his dear friend Moto. He retired at Level 7.