Adventurer

An adventurer in his natural habitat.

An adventurer is a character controlled by the player who serves as the protagonist in adventures. An adventurer, like player characters in other fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, consists mostly of numerical representations of various skills and physical attributes; many of these are normally assigned at random, and some may improve through experience.

Adventurers in Eamon are members of the Guild of Free Adventurers and always leave from (and return to) the Main Hall in Evenhold when traveling. Other guild members sometimes appear as non-player characters in adventures.

Characteristics

The Eamon Deluxe adventurer equipped with a weapon, a shield, and armor.

Statistics

An adventurer has more detailed stats and characteristics than those normally assigned to computer-controlled monsters, though unlike monsters the adventurer has no textual description. The following is the minimum data that normally comprises an adventurer record:

• Name
• Sex
• Attributes of Hardiness, Agility, and Charisma
• Weapons expertise ratings with axe, bow, mace, spear, and sword
• Weapons held
• Armor expertise
• Armor worn
• Magic abilities: Blast, Heal, Power, and Speed
• Gold in hand and in the bank

Some variants of Eamon record additional data about the adventurer, such as handedness.

In the September 1993 issue of the club newsletter, Tom Zuchowski writes, "I would define a 'normal' character in this range: HD, CH, AG = 20; all weapon abilities = 50; armor ability = 20; all spell abilities = 70; gold = 10,000; two swords with 10% complexity and 2D8 damage ability; plate armor and shield."

Personal

Since players can create their characters in many different forms (man or woman, strong or weak, human or non-human), many specifics of the adventurer's life are necessarily vague and left to the player's imagination. Nevertheless, some personal details have been established by various authors over the years. The adventurer...

• is considered one of the most able adventurers in the land.
• enjoys the favor of the King, for whom the adventurer undertakes a number of different missions and quests.
• sometimes has a romantic companion. In The Lair of the Minotaur this individual is identified as either girlfriend Larcenous Lil or boyfriend Slippery Sven, depending on the adventurer's sex. (In Picnic in Paradise the adventurer's date is similarly named either Heather or Magnum.) By the time of The Ice Cave the adventurer had been living in the forest with his girlfriend (now "Lovely Lil") for two years. Operation Crab Key describes the adventurer as having a "wonderful wife".
• has an elder brother named Jollifrud, a retired adventurer who lives in the city of Fahrnor (Stronghold of Kahr-Dur). Jollifrud's daughter — the adventurer's niece — is Lady Mirabelle.
• is sixteenth in line for the throne of the Sister Mountains kingdom (The Mountain of the Master) and is the great-great-great-grandson of a king (Sagamore).
• enjoys drinking.
• lives in or near the town.

Eamon Remastered adventurers (2023)

The adventurer also has many friends. Among them are...

• Heinrich (The Beginners Cave, A Vacation in Europe)
• Professor Axom (The Zyphur Riverventure)
• Ingemar Hansen, a coin collector (Castle of Doom)
• Harry, a friend from the Main Hall bar later killed by a griffon (Merlin's Castle)
• Kathryn, an adventurer (The Abductor's Quarters) later afflicted by possession (The Quest for Marron)
• Jason (In the Clutches of Torrik)
• Melvin of New Alfredtowne (The Valley of Death)
• Thug, a large man with a pet imp (Starfire)
• Otho the dragon-slayer and Morlock the wizard (Feast of Carroll)
• Conan the Cimmerian (DharmaQuest)
• Damian (The Beermeister's Brewery)
• Adam of Wagramtown (Lair of the Marauders)
• Larrabbold (Gartin Manor)
• Lorin, an old friend and a cleric at the Abbey of Light (Demongate)
• Professor Eric Johnson, a famous inventor (The Shrunken Adventurer)
• Ford Prefect (The Heart of Gold)
• Mekstel, a wizard (Batman!!)
• Galin, an "old friend" (Return of Ngurct)
• Frolic, an elf (The Caves of Eamon Bluff)
• Marv, a dwarf (Caves of Hollow Mountain)
• Whitey O'Thraight (Super Eamon)
• some friends who died of fever (The Black Death)
• some friends who died by the Hellsblade (Curse of the Hellsblade)

Known adventurers

Members of the Guild of Free Adventurers sometimes appear or are mentioned in published Eamon adventures, appearing as characters to be rescued, allies to join your quest, or adversaries to defeat. Eamon distributions also often include pre-existing adventurers saved in the Main Hall; the best known of these may be Sam, a strong character frequently provided on Eamon master diskettes.

Eamon Deluxe comes with a number of preexisting characters from whom the player can select when entering the Main Hall (or alter with the character editor); it has characters built into its Adventure Designer to test adventures with a range of characters of different strengths and genders. Unlike regular adventurer characters (and those created by the player), the Adventure Designer characters can test multiple adventures at the same time; however, they do not get to participate in the Main Hall or raise their stats in the normal way, since their character statistics remain the same so that they can be used to test different adventures effectively.

The following table lists adventurers who feature in adventures, masters, and various other published sources.

Name	Source(s)	Notes
Sam	Eamon Master	Possibly the best-known adventurer, a strong character frequently provided on Eamon master diskettes.
The Abductor	The Abductor's Quarters	Rogue adventurer who becomes a kidnapper.
A.J.	Adventure in Interzone, The Jim Jacobson Adventures Deluxe	Appears in multiple adventures Frank Black wrote or converted.
Amy	The Prism of Shadows	A friend from the Guild.
Andy Sysive	Eamon Deluxe Demo Adventure	"Scowling" Free Adventurer with 50% friendliness.
Bleazak	The Orb of Polaris	Frozen while prospecting for gold in the ice caves.
Bob the Wanderer	The Prince's Tavern	Free Adventurer about whom great tales are told.
Brian Gendreau	Journey Across the Muerte Sea	Adventurer in the distant future. Powerful but slow, wielder of the sword "Sangre".
Calumni	The Dark Brotherhood	A cowardly braggart.
Cequarus		Lord of the Underland
Charlie Brown	Fiends of Eamon	Short and bald like his namesake.
David Lechner	Journey Across the Muerte Sea	Adventurer in the distant future. Young but able.
Deljem Frolic	The Prince's Tavern	Free Adventurer about whom great tales are told.
Drocles	The Mountain of the Master
Elbidahs	Expedition to the Darkwoods	An old and wizened wizard.
Ellwyn	The Fugitive
Filipe Silva	The Waiting Room
Galahad	Eamon Master Eamon Master 2	John Nelson noted in the May 1985 newsletter that the club had been including a capable adventurer named Galahad on the Master Disk for a couple of years.
Genzenbraun	The Caves of Treasure Island
Glenda	The Fugitive, The Underground City
Hector	Expedition to the Darkwoods	Your greatest rival here at the Main Hall.
Heinrich	The Beginners Cave, Enhanced Beginners Cave, Eamon v7.0 Demo Adventure, A Vacation in Europe
Iron Mike	Revenge of the Bookworm
James	The Creature of Rhyl
Jordane	The Dark Brotherhood	Fierce warrior from Grunewalde; known as a "party animal".
Joslyn and Oscar	Realm of Fantasy
Laura	The Harpy Cloud
Matlin	Buccaneer!	Also mentioned in The Dark Brotherhood
Maya	Malleus Maleficarum
Megrim	The Quest for Marron
Melancton	Lair of the Mutants
Ming	Expedition to the Darkwoods
Nice Guy Eddie	Eamon Deluxe Demo Adventure	A friendly member of the Guild.
Olthen Bedwier	The Citadel of Blood
Orion	Lair of the Mutants
Randall the Great	Merlin's Castle
Randolf	Museum of Unnatural History
Russell Lewis	Journey Across the Muerte Sea	An adventurer in the distant future. Unfocused but highly skilled.
Samuel	The Creature of Rhyl
Sheenah	The Fugitive
Sidney	The Lost Island of Apple
Smithy	The Tomb of Molinar
Taurus	Jewel of Yara
Ted	Nuclear Nightmare
Thuvia	Expedition to the Darkwoods
Volstagg the Obese	Lair of the Mutants
Wade	Black Mountain
Wilk	The Quest for Trezore
Adventurer X	Deathstalker's Castle	An "ancient, much rejuvenated Eamonaut".
Yeelquagsumomomag	The Pathetic Hideout of Mr. R.
Yohab	Death's Gateway
Unnamed adventurer	Castle of Doom	"Crazed adventurer" who "wears the colors of the Free Adventurer's Guild."
Unnamed adventurers	A Runcible Cargo	"Injured", "terrorized", and "frenzied" members of the guild.
Unnamed adventurers	Deathstalker's Castle	Several deceased Free Adventurers, killed by the Deathstalker.
Leasuresuit Frank	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Named in reference to Eamon Deluxe creator Frank Black and the Leisure Suit Larry series of adult computer games.
Floyd the Barber	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Likely reference to Floyd Lawson
Bill of Accounting	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall
Nanock the Thick	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Pictured in the August 1984 issue of the Eamon Adventurer's Log
Tom Zucchini	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Reference to Eamon club president Tom Zuchowski
Tank Black	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Pun on the name of EDX creator Frank Black
Zeus Hightower Flabbergibungander	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall, The Beginner's Forest	Black found this character's name particularly amusing when hearing it pronounced by screen reading programs while testing the system's vi compatibility mode. Zeus also appears in the Eamon Deluxe conversion of The Beginner's Forest, where he ineffectively assumes the job usually performed by William Misslefire of keeping out experienced adventurers.
Dirk Gently	Eamon Deluxe Main Hall	Named for the character by Douglas Adams
Hard Hat Mack	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Weak character named for the video game
Stan	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Medium-strength character
Sir Lunchalot	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Strong, well-rounded character
Brutus	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Super-tough character
Sally Van Weenus	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Weak character
Wendy	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Medium-strength character
Molly Millions	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Strong, well-rounded character named for the William Gibson character
Jane MacMurderkill-Jones	Eamon Deluxe Dungeon Designer	Super-tough character
Junior Badnews	Eamon Master 2 (EAG)
Hakkard of York	Eamon Master 2 (EAG)
Wimpy	Eamon Master 2 (EAG)
Tami Frater	Eamon Master 2 (EAG)
Ami Coneas	Eamon Master 2 (EAG)
Diana de Dandelion	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
El Kabong	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)	Named for a character from The Quick Draw McGraw Show.
The Gringo	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Grog	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Liora	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Orphan Anne	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Fern Heathertoes	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Grod	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Joe Cool	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)	Nickname of Joe Montana
Kragoric	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Zigzag	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Zoorbokish	Eamon Master 2 (BRAC)
Testor of Bench	Test Bench	The default adventurer created by the utility program.
Hedric the Horrible	Eamon Player's Manual, Recreational Computing
Marcus Antonius	Creative Computing
Lovable Linda	Eamon Player's Manual
Jo Normal	Eamon Player's Manual
Jason of the Boar Ring	Recreational Computing
Gorgar the Beef	Eamon Adventurer's Log, October 1985
Big Rolf the Crude	Eamon Adventurer's Log, October 1985
Lazarus Long	Eamon Adventurer's Log, March 1985
Stark Dextix	Eamon Adventurer's Log, March 1985
Bob the Wanderer	Eamon Adventurer's Log, March 1985
Aldo Cella	Eamon Adventurer's Log, October 1984
Capitu	The CRPG Book	Created by Felipe Pepe
Barak Halfhand	HyperCard Eamon	Online handle of Whit Crowley
Fost Longstrider	Retro Games Trove
Kheda	Retro Games Trove

Other player-created adventurers

Many people who play Eamon create their own characters, so the number of player-created adventurers generated over the years is likely very large. Visitors are invited to record their favorite adventurers below:

• Gothmog, Zharn, Sybil (Huw Williams)
• Dark (Luke Hewitt)

See also

• Player
• Adventure