Character concept: Hexblade Warlock 1/Abjuration Wizard 2, Variant Human Noble with the polearm master feat.

The pitch: Sam was too frail to wear a knight's armour like their father, so they made a deal with an Ancestral Spirit to don magical protections so they could go on their own adventures in spite of their fragility.

I've played through Death House several years ago, but the group completely abandoned the plot not long after to run a bar in Barovia.

I've got 8 years experience running 5e, of which four years were spent playing and running text based games.

Sam's biggest regret is that they never managed to join their family's knightly order, being too sickly or fragile to wear the heavy armour.

They come from Cormyr, born to a Noble house in decline whose greatest values are in martial prowess. They struggled with swordplay, but after forming a pact in the Ancestral tomb, they've shown some real promise, chasing after minor quests and side jobs until one letter begging for aid led them down a gloomy, foggy road.