Zen's Search

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Background:
I never met my father and Mom never told me anything about him even when asked. Mom was a HalfElf and I had heard differnt roumers about Dad. I guess I had a pretty normal childhood for a HalfElf even though I do look different from all other HalfElves that I have met. I have dark skin the color of ash smeared on fair skin and light brown hair. I have asked mom about my coloring but she just says that I am what I am and that she loves me.

The adults of my Elven friends in the village (between Redstone and Pranzis on Dregar) were the only ones that answered any of my questions about my dad and that was after much prodding. I was told that they (mom and dad) had lived in town for about half a year before the village elders made him leave this I was told broke my moms heart. They said that dad had the coloring of a Drow elf but he was much too tall to be one. He had very dark skin, and white hair, with almost pointed ears (I was told they were rounded at the top) but he was as tall as a human so they said that these made him look like a human they had never seen before. That and the fact that he didn't speak any Elvish convinsed the Elves that he was human.

However the Village Elders still drove him out (mom said he left on his own). It was soon after that that the villagers noticed that mom was pregnant. Mom had said many times that dad left when he found out that mom was pregnant. The villagers that did talk to me also told me that mom would dissapear into the wood for a week at a time almost ever month. And that she even gave birth to me in the woods.

When I was about 12 years old mom got very sick. Over the next year she would get better and worse, I tried to take care of her but she thought that School and Playing with others my age was more important. So I did what I could for her trying not to upset her. Just after I turned 13 mom died. After that the village elders sent me to Pranzis to learn to be a guard.

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Upon arriveing at the guard barricks I was forced into debt by having to buy all the things I needed to live and learn. But that was not the bad thing as all had to do that. What was bad was the training Sargent a human male that was very mean to me and let all others treat me bad due to my dark skin. After 5 years of being the Sargent's punching bag and training very hard I became a lessor guard. It was at that time that I herd others say that the Sargent followed Corath, I don't know if that was true but the way he treated me I beleaved it. Over the next 2 years I worked every shift I could and repayed my debt and Left at the first chance that I could.

Over the next year I did what I needed to taking the odd job protecting merchants during travel or distroying the odd goblin encrochment to help a village. I never returned to the village where I was raised. It was during this time that I learned of Az'atta from another "Protector" as he called himself. Then sometime after I turned 21 I had this strange dream, saw my first Dragon a gold asking for my aid and transporting me to a town called Hlint on Mistone. I arrived without my sword, sheild, and armor. It was replaced with lessor Items, I found jobs around town and met a nice Dwarf named Lorki and an Elf named Brisbane that aided me and showed me around. They also told me to lookup a Darren Valhaikor a preist of Az'atta.

[Zen]

I found Az'atta's Preist Darren Valhaikor and his wife Jil. Prest Valhaikor has told me to just call him Darren and I will as that is wish.

I have bought Copper fullplate from him and an Iron bastard-sword from him. The sword was used but it still looks good and holds an edge very well.

I bought an Iron heater sheild from Lorki and Yossarian. I have asked Sir. Darren if I can put Az'atta's symbol on my sheild and he said yes.

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I was repremanded by Daren today as I have decerated my armor and new helm in the wrong colors. I begged for his forgiveness and he said that their is no reason to beg just go and fix it (he even offerd gold to me if I did not have enough). I of course turned the gold down. and went to redye my armor and helm in the colors of blue and silver. Daren also asked me how I was protecting others in their travles and I told him that when I see evil I kill it! This I have also found out is the wrong way to do things, that I must give all a chance to depart in peace and then if they do not heed the warning and attack to then destroy them as to make an example of them.

Daren has introduced me to a Drow fallower named Ael and he has been nice to me. I have been invited to his home and talked with other Drow there. After our lunch I asked Ael if I may talk to him in private and he aggreed to this. At that time I showed him my skin coloring and he had seen my hair. I asked if he had ever seen a HalfDrow or even heard of any? I was told that he had never seen one, I then told him my story and Ael like many here got upset at the way my training Sargent beat me daily. He did say afterwords that he had heard roumors of HalfDrow walking Layonara but, he had never met any until me. He welcomed me in Drow but I did not understand him and I felt ashamed. Ael said because I was not raised that way he was just wondering if i spoke or at least understood Drow? I did not so he welcomed me as his Brother in common. He also warned me that not all Drow were good like the ones I had met that day and to be cautious of any I don't know as the Underdark Drow will take pleasure in killing me due to my mixed blood. I then felt comfortable enough to ask about the hand movements that he and the other Drow were using and if that was some code or something. He asked me why I thought that and I told him it was the nodding and shaking of thier heads after some of the movements. Ael told me It was and was called Drow Silent for lack of a better term. I asked if he could teach me it and he aggreed showed me a greeting and a fairwell to practice.