Bandobras

"'How about a good cup o' tea, mister?'""- Bandobras"Bandobras of the Moonlit Willow was a renowned druid during the first few years After the Dragons. He is most well known for his research on splitting one's mind for the purpose of taking multiple physical shapes at once. This controversial practice has shaken the Druid Circles enough for them to forbid the related rituals to any novice entering the Circles for training.

Biography
Born in the town of High Hobbiton, Bandobras never found his place among the halfling folks. He regularly explained about the 'disgusting' practice of gardening: 'taming, controlling, and shackling the plants like slaves bound to a cart!'. Bandobras went into hermitage after the hobbit town mysteriously got overgrown by the plants so carefully tended for by the townsfolk, not interacting with a humanoid soul for several decades. He used this time studying Herblore, mastering the art of foraging, researching the theology of Syldara, befriending a spirit owl called Aquila, and teaching himself the basics of Shapeshifting, before finally being drawn out of seclusion by the pull of the dying forests in the west. Those lands were, at the time, being plagued by Cal'ghul the Necromancer.

Teaming up with Don the Just, Joardyn Boombeard, Zatab the Lost, and I'kar, the companions travelled throughout both Tara and Barren Grayne on a quest to retrieve an ancient artifact, able to scourge the Necromancer from the land. During this time, Bandobras refined his shapeshifting skills, able to morph into a larger variety of animals, mainly birds. His skill with Herblore increased steadily over time too, allowing him to be the first known herbalist to extract Mana from Frostblade, by cutting off the salts and dissolving them into water, adding the leaves of the blade last. This caused Mana Potions to become a lot less expensive and exotic, since Vibral Snails were no longer needed to be used in their creation.

After visiting Maentyr and defeating a Greed Elemental with his companions, it became clear the Dragonfolk were planning on invading Tara and cleansing the land of the Undead scourge. Bandobras split from the party after rather unsuccessfully trying to sabotage the Dragonfolk's armory. He spent the rest of his days returning to hermitage, learning to shapeshift into an incredibly wide range of beasts, splitting his consciousness among dozens of animals and even plants, eventually not able to be coherently communicated with even by the Druid Circles. Somewhere between 27 and 31 AD, Bandobras vanished from the records.