The Riven Lands

A gaunt Shadar-kai with stone dust ground so deeply into his pale gray skin that it forms permanent patterns resembling ancient tattoos. His long, white hair is always covered in a fine layer of debris from his work. Wears a necklace of carved stone fragments taken from destroyed monuments, each piece bearing the carved symbol of the family he considers his victim. His hands are a map of scars from decades of stonework, and his dark eyes hold the patient intensity of someone who measures time in geological ages.

Grimjaw views himself as a philosophical artist whose medium is destruction rather than creation. He believes monuments to the wealthy are obscene displays while the poor remain unmarked in death. His vandalism follows aesthetic principles - he destroys with the same care others use to build. Despite his criminal activities, he maintains genuine respect for skilled craftsmanship, often leaving subtle signatures that demonstrate his superior technique while mocking inferior work.

Once the most sought-after monument carver in Stonegaunt, Grimjaw spent decades creating beautiful memorials for wealthy families while his own people suffered in poverty. The breaking point came when he was commissioned to carve an elaborate tomb for a nobleman's pampered pet while children starved in the shadow of the monument. That night, he defaced his own masterwork and began a campaign of artistic destruction against symbols of inequality. Each act of vandalism became a statement about the impermanence of wealth and the meaninglessness of material monuments when living people are forgotten.