PCs:Aramil Hanlen

Name: Aramil Hanlen
Race: Avlissan Elf

History: Aramil was born on the road. His father, Laucian Hanlen was a ranger. Laucian was well known by his unique attire and woodland call, though not by name. Aramil's mother was an elven merchant who often found herself in trouble only to be saved by Laucian. The two fell in love and decided to leave T'Nashi in order to explore the world.

Five years later, Aramil was born in a small grove of tree. As it is hard to raise a child in the wilderness while on the move, they decided to stop in some villages during their travels for brief periods of rest.

Once he turned fifty, Aramil had learned almost everyting about the forest. He learned the names and appearance of many helpful plants and herbs. It was then that his father thought him learned and mature enough to commence training as a ranger.

It was barely a month after Aramil's training had began, when the Hanlens arrived in a town. They intended to stop only for supplies, but what they saw disgusted them.

The town was ruled by a cruel wizard and his lackeys. The people were bascially slaves. Laucian intended to do something about it, but he did not want to endanger his family. He told his son and wife to remain near the outskirts of the town and he went in alone. But Aramil followed him.

Aramil kept his distance as not to alert his father to his presence. Laucian fought his way up to the wizards stronghold. Aramil was scared and he stayed outside.

A few minutes later, the wizard ran out the door at the top of his stronghold, Laucian was not far behind. The wizard began to cast a spell, Laucian charged but stopped suddenly. One of the wizard's lackeys materialized in front Laucian. He began to slump to the ground.

Even from below, Aramil could see the glee in the wizard's eyes, he would make Laucian pay for his actions. While in the final throes of his powerful spell, Laucian used his last bit of energy and lashed out at the wizard. The wizard had forgotten to raise any defenses and Laucian's sword drove deep into his gut as he finished the spell.

It misfired terribly.

There was a large outward force that emenated from the wizard. Aramil saw his father's body fly off the keep to be sucked through some dimesional rift. Many more rifts started to appear. Everything within 50 meters of the stronghold was thrown back and then sucked back into a rift.

To Aramil's mother, it seemed as if everything within 50 meters of the stronghold dissappeared in a massive explosion.

It took Aramil, several moments to recover from the shock. He found himself floating through some strange pocket dimension. Seconds seemed like days, minutes like months and days like years.

Two months later (in Avlis), Aramil found himself back in Avlis, in the city of Mikona but to him it had been about 60 years. He did not remember much about the past 60 years, but he remembered his father's fate. He began to establish himself in this place so close to his parents home so that one day, he amass what he needed to find his mother.

Motivation:

Aramil wishes to find his mother, but he has not completed his ranger training and would not survive long enough in the wild to find out where that fateful day occured. He would have to search far and wide since he had no sense of where he was in the world that day.

He also wanted to find the remains of his father, Aramil needs closure. In his heart he knows that his father is dead, but he still hopes that the magic saved him. In anycase, he wishes to find his father's longsword, bow, cloak, armour and boots. They had been in the family for generations. This is the second reason he wishes to complete his ranger training. He wishes to be worthy enough to wield his father's equipment. To handle them with the same grace and skill that his father did.
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