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Atomsk · 02-01-06, 07:46 AM

Full Name: Adderinn Swift
Age: 23
Class(es): Bard
Race: Human
Subrace: None
Alignment: True Neutral
Deity:
2 Domains (if cleric): N/A
Bio/Description:

This is the story of a young man named Adderinn Swift and how he came to join the adventurers in the world of Layonara. Adderinn grew up with his father, mother, and 2 younger sisters who ran a musical instrument shop in the grand city of Karthy. Adderinn's father Baird Swift had always hoped for his son to take over their family business and continue crafting instruments and maintaining the family shop 'Swift's Sweet & Seductive Watchmacallits'. The name of the shop always led to an argument between father and son, for Adderinn could hardly find a music shop in the name but his father felt very passionately about music and was stubbornly placid with the name. Regardless of their incompatability on the subject, Adderinn was never very pleased with the idea of running a small shop with not much future to it much less a shop that had absorbed all his childhood leaving him with only the trade to his name and no formal training in anything else but singing, for his mother Tara Swift taught vocal lessons to help lessen the strain of the budget the family lived on.

Slowly dawning on Adderinn that at 23 years in Karhty without any abilities short of what he gleened from his family business, his chances for getting out of this birthright burden were miniscule at best. Depressed from these thoughts Adderinn visited a local pub to have a bit of ale to help him forget and maybe even catch a glimpse of the barkeep's daughter Elsie Jenkins who he fancied. Of course Mr. Jenkins wasn't that interested in letting Elsie become the housewife of someone with so little ambition. Through a fortunate and quite unfortunate series of events involving too much ale, a horse, singing, Elsie, 2 soldiers from the local authorities, and a new law, Adderinn found himself within the solid walls of the city jail. Adderinn wasn't too sure of the details himself, all he remembers is laying in bed with Elsie and then 2 soldiers bursting through the door to drag Adderinn off to jail.

"Where am I?" said Adderinn to himself and then asking louder in hopes someone would come to his aid "Where am I? Is anyone out there?" he shouted and then from a cell next to his a quick voice replied "'n jail ya half wit an' stop yer yellin' it'll do ye no good.." "Wha? Jail? But I..er..why? And who are you!?" he exclaimed. "Nah my pro'lem issit an' the name's none o' yer bisnis but ye can call meh Locks" and then there was a metal clank from the cell next to Adderinn's. "Becuz thas meh game, see ya." said Locks as Adderinn could hear footsteps running off and a door open and shut. "Well that's just lovely, stuck in a jail alone...what could possibly happen now.." he said to himself. With nothing but the hard floor as his comfort Adderinn laid there trying to remember the previous events although some were a bit hazy no thanks to the alchohol which he consumed. "Think Add..think. I fell onto Elsie's bed and passed out..there were 2 soldiers. Right! The 2 soldiers, what did they say again? AH! How could I be so stupid..?" and Adderinn could hear the words of the 1st soldier in his head "Adderinn Swift you are to be bound by law for breaking a law passed last Wedlar. One may not bed those below the age of 18 Munari through Freas before the Night of Flesh and Magic has been celebrated." "What a stupid law. I thought there was talk of abolishing it." thought Adderinn in silence. "Well now what do I do? I didn't even touch her, although if I hadn't passed out I surely might have. Boy, what a night..what a night." Adderinn continued to reflect on the days events although still a little hazy on the details he slowly drifted off in an unrestful slumber.

Adderinn then abruptly jumps to his feet startled and in front of a large dragon, apparently no longer in jail where he passed out. Is it real, a hallucination, or just a dream? He wasn't too sure, but the dragon seems real enough, watching him watching it, the dragon opens his mouth...

And that my friends, should help you understand how Adderinn came to be in this land.
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So this is my first character submission, I tried to get some information to base my story on. Honestly it's my first time developing so much history to a character. I'll understand if you have some questions and hopefully I'll be able to elaborate if there's more that's needed. The biggest hurtle I see is the law that I made up, although there's not really a set of laws that I can find to make it more intertwined with the story but as I read Karthy changes suddenly and it could just as easily be changed by the king of Karthy.

02-01-06, 07:46 AM	#1
Atomsk Goblin Welp Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Adderinn Swift Full Name: Adderinn Swift Age: 23 Class(es): Bard Race: Human Subrace: None Alignment: True Neutral Deity: 2 Domains (if cleric): N/A Bio/Description: This is the story of a young man named Adderinn Swift and how he came to join the adventurers in the world of Layonara. Adderinn grew up with his father, mother, and 2 younger sisters who ran a musical instrument shop in the grand city of Karthy. Adderinn's father Baird Swift had always hoped for his son to take over their family business and continue crafting instruments and maintaining the family shop 'Swift's Sweet & Seductive Watchmacallits'. The name of the shop always led to an argument between father and son, for Adderinn could hardly find a music shop in the name but his father felt very passionately about music and was stubbornly placid with the name. Regardless of their incompatability on the subject, Adderinn was never very pleased with the idea of running a small shop with not much future to it much less a shop that had absorbed all his childhood leaving him with only the trade to his name and no formal training in anything else but singing, for his mother Tara Swift taught vocal lessons to help lessen the strain of the budget the family lived on. Slowly dawning on Adderinn that at 23 years in Karhty without any abilities short of what he gleened from his family business, his chances for getting out of this birthright burden were miniscule at best. Depressed from these thoughts Adderinn visited a local pub to have a bit of ale to help him forget and maybe even catch a glimpse of the barkeep's daughter Elsie Jenkins who he fancied. Of course Mr. Jenkins wasn't that interested in letting Elsie become the housewife of someone with so little ambition. Through a fortunate and quite unfortunate series of events involving too much ale, a horse, singing, Elsie, 2 soldiers from the local authorities, and a new law, Adderinn found himself within the solid walls of the city jail. Adderinn wasn't too sure of the details himself, all he remembers is laying in bed with Elsie and then 2 soldiers bursting through the door to drag Adderinn off to jail. "Where am I?" said Adderinn to himself and then asking louder in hopes someone would come to his aid "Where am I? Is anyone out there?" he shouted and then from a cell next to his a quick voice replied "'n jail ya half wit an' stop yer yellin' it'll do ye no good.." "Wha? Jail? But I..er..why? And who are you!?" he exclaimed. "Nah my pro'lem issit an' the name's none o' yer bisnis but ye can call meh Locks" and then there was a metal clank from the cell next to Adderinn's. "Becuz thas meh game, see ya." said Locks as Adderinn could hear footsteps running off and a door open and shut. "Well that's just lovely, stuck in a jail alone...what could possibly happen now.." he said to himself. With nothing but the hard floor as his comfort Adderinn laid there trying to remember the previous events although some were a bit hazy no thanks to the alchohol which he consumed. "Think Add..think. I fell onto Elsie's bed and passed out..there were 2 soldiers. Right! The 2 soldiers, what did they say again? AH! How could I be so stupid..?" and Adderinn could hear the words of the 1st soldier in his head "Adderinn Swift you are to be bound by law for breaking a law passed last Wedlar. One may not bed those below the age of 18 Munari through Freas before the Night of Flesh and Magic has been celebrated." "What a stupid law. I thought there was talk of abolishing it." thought Adderinn in silence. "Well now what do I do? I didn't even touch her, although if I hadn't passed out I surely might have. Boy, what a night..what a night." Adderinn continued to reflect on the days events although still a little hazy on the details he slowly drifted off in an unrestful slumber. Adderinn then abruptly jumps to his feet startled and in front of a large dragon, apparently no longer in jail where he passed out. Is it real, a hallucination, or just a dream? He wasn't too sure, but the dragon seems real enough, watching him watching it, the dragon opens his mouth... And that my friends, should help you understand how Adderinn came to be in this land. -- So this is my first character submission, I tried to get some information to base my story on. Honestly it's my first time developing so much history to a character. I'll understand if you have some questions and hopefully I'll be able to elaborate if there's more that's needed. The biggest hurtle I see is the law that I made up, although there's not really a set of laws that I can find to make it more intertwined with the story but as I read Karthy changes suddenly and it could just as easily be changed by the king of Karthy.