New Character Submission - Sloan Ornir

[devnullboy]

Character: Sloan Ornir
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Class: Ranger
Race: Half Elf
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Deity: Folian S'pae


Biography:

sloan was to start at the begining, a bastard child.
the product of the rape of his wood elf mother by a man from a roaming band
of outlaws.
Selaini, sloans mother had been in the forest for only a few months. she was trying to prove a point to her parents that she was old enough to marry, by going to a remote forrest and establishing herself for a short time. she thought it might only take a few years to convince them. then on a late evening she was careless and was caught by one of the outlaws. thankfully greedy and not willing to share his new find the outlaw did not tell his comrades of what he had done. and so she survived, beaten and batterd and badly disturbed. Sloans mother fled even deeper into the forrest seeking its protection. and of course 9 months later I came into the world, a small crying half breed a constant reminder to my mother of what had been done to her.

my mother was all of my world. she taught me all I needed to know. how to hunt, trap, make what I needed from the earth and survive in the forrest and mountians. I learned of our patron in the forrest Folian S'pae year after year I grew and learned from my mother. A little at a time over the years I had learned of the situation of my birth from my mother. the shame of her situation and her sense of duty to me that had kept her from her homeland for the entire length of my life.
I did not see another human or elf untill I was nearly 12 years old. it was an old man, his name was baily. odd that just baily, I never knew if he had another name or if he had any past other than his time in the woods. it took nearly three months of him being near us before my mother would allow me to even talk to him. he was a human after all. it turned out he was a ranger in the service of Folian. slowly over the next few years I began to learn more and more of the ways of the woods and of nature and the ways of the rangers. baily was like a father to me. seven years later the day after I burried baily at the base of a elm tree just as he had asked me. I told my mother I was going to leave. we didnt speak much not even growing up. I spoke her tounge, and thanks to baily I spoke the common tounge as well. she had been speaking of going home for a few years. but didnt know how to deal with me, I was not going to be exactly welcome to her family. but by telling her I was going to leave and not asking to come with her to her family she was relieved of the duty of taking with her.
I kissed my mothers cheek five days later took my pack, sword and short bow, and stoped by baily to ask him to look after my mother on her journey home before I left.

[Rowana]

Hello again Devnullboy,

This is a great submission. I have only two questions. First, the submission seems to hint that you will want the Ear of Elvish, but you do not have it requested here. Half elves begin with the ability to understand but not speak the language. If you are needing the Ear I'd like a bit more development on that score.

The second is mostly a question of one of the most important world events, the fall of Bloodstone causing the 18 years of darkness, famine and wide spread deaths. If you could elaborate on that (as much of the land suffered during this time) a bit to fit with the lore of the world, you should be well on your way!

Thank you in advance for this!
~row

[devnullboy]

No problem.
the ear is not important, to understand elvish is enough. i do not need to speak it. that can come later in case he tries to find his mother later in life. either way. common is good enough. ok here is an updated bio


Biography:

sloan was to start at the beginning, a bastard child.
the product of the rape of his wood elf mother by a man from a roaming band
of outlaws.
Selaini, sloans mother had been in the forest for only a few months. she was trying to prove a point to her parents that she was old enough to marry, by going to a remote forest and establishing herself for a short time. she thought it might only take a few years to convince them. then on a late evening she was careless and was caught by one of the outlaws. thankfully greedy and not willing to share his new find the outlaw did not tell his comrades of what he had done. and so she survived, beaten and battered and badly disturbed. Sloans mother fled even deeper into the forest seeking its protection. and of course 9 months later I came into the world, a small crying half breed a constant reminder to my mother of what had been done to her.

my mother was all of my world. she taught me all I needed to know. how to hunt, trap, make what I needed from the earth and survive in the forest and mountains. I learned of our patron in the forest Folian S'pae year after year I grew and learned from my mother. A little at a time over the years I had learned of the situation of my birth from my mother. the shame of her situation and her sense of duty to me that had kept her from her homeland for the entire length of my life.

I remember well the sky's during my child hood. the darkness that seemed to be all there was to it. mother told me of a time when the sky was clear and blue and the sun shone brightly in it. it was hard to believe. there had been a dimness to the sky as long as I had been alive. and oh how the world suffered. we did well mother and I, we never went hungry. the forest provided all of our needs, I still prefer wild game and grains to that they serve in the cities now that I have seen one. but just to let you know, please no mushroom soup. when its dark all day long and they are the most abundant source of food, you tend to fix them every way you can and still you get tired of it.
I did not see another human or elf until I was nearly 12 years old. it was an old man, his name was bailly. odd that just bailly, I never knew if he had another name or if he had any past other than his time in the woods. it took nearly three months of him being near us before my mother would allow me to even talk to him. he was a human after all. it turned out he was a ranger in the service of Folian. slowly over the next few years I began to learn more and more of the ways of the woods and of nature and the ways of the rangers. bailly was like a father to me. seven years later the day after I buried bailly at the base of a elm tree just as he had asked me. I told my mother I was going to leave. we didn't speak much not even growing up. I spoke well enough, but thanks to bailly I spoke the common tounge as well as any man. she had been speaking of going home for a few years. but didn't know how to deal with me, I was not going to be exactly welcome to her family. but by telling her I was going to leave and not asking to come with her to her family she was relieved of the duty of taking with her.
I kissed my mothers cheek five days later took my pack, sword and short bow, and stopped by bailly to ask him to look after my mother on her journey home before I left. Oddly enough soon after I left home, withing the year even. the sky slowly began to clear. yeah bailly would be proud of me. I just know it.

[jrizz]

Thank you for the extra work.
Your character has been approved.

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