omg,now i will kill every snake worshipper scum i will see (now it's only like...80%
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anyways,on topic... (i did some...travel in time,so in my game year is about 230,not 245,i hope that this is not a problem?)
Calathar was raised in Pendor,and that's the only thing that he knew for sure,until he managed to find his father grave. But first things first. He was raised in orphanage in Rane,and beacause being weak and cranky, he was beaten by the older kids, so he bear hatred for all humanity deep in his heart.When he grew older, he felt that he need to know who was his parents, but anyone in orphanage didn't knew anything about it, besides that he was bring to the orphanage in 203 after the founding of pendor,and he was about 1 year old back then. Since he was 16 now, Calathar decided to live on his own,and while not being a bad person, he certainly didn't like other people, cause they didn't gave him any reason to like them, so he joined some outlaws band and started his bandit career. Times when he was weak and onstantly sick where over, he grew as a healthy, strong and extremly agile man, and his mind was full of ambushes, battle tactics and so on. Soon he was elected as a leader of the band, and decided to move camp a little to the south, nearer trading roads in Ravenstern kingdom. With his cunning mind he managed to wipe out many caravans and patrols while avoiding any contact with lords and strong military units. Now he was 22 and he was arrogant and savage to his victims, but deep in his heart, another war has started. War beetwen his true nature and his position as a vicious outlaw band leader. When seasons passed,this war was starting to corrupt his mind, and it lead him almost to his death. Night was short and rather warm,as it was july. He lead his men on some band of farmers-but it was a trap,set by local sherif. His men was killed on sight,and he,as a wanted criminal, was transported to (geez,i can't remeber name,sry folks),capital of the Ravenstern Kingdom. He was sentenced to death, but for some strange reason, days passed and he wasn't hanged. Than one day, some noble came and gave him proposition-he will be granted new life, as a kingom's mercenary but he must tell them positions of the other outlaws camps and names of their leaders and contacts in cities. At first he refused, in some wicked way he was nonourable and loyal to those bandits,but after some time, he gave up, and told them everything they would like to know. He felt sick of his betrayal, but in that time, his true nature was starting to winning war in his mind-he felt that betraying bandits,murderers and rapists isn't bad at all, in fact he should do this earlier. He was free now, and he was given some gold and a horse and he was proclaimed Ravenstern mercenary captain,but he was all outlaws most wanted man,so his life was rather hard at that time. Some day, when he and his quatermaster,female named Maxine (^^) were buying some food, bolts and arrows for his company, some old beggar started to stare at him. After few minutes he came closer and said "You look just as someone i knew,long long time ago". Calathar didn't pay any attention at first, gave beggar some silver and go his way, but after few days he started to think bout what that old man said... "you look like someone i knew long time ago" floated in his mind for many many days, and he decded to find that man. He was lucky. At first, old man refused to tell Calathar why he said things like that, but when time passed and Calathar was patient with this half-crazed old man, he told him story, that changed Calathar's life. Once, that old man was revered knight in the Order of Griffon. Beacause of his sickness, he couldn't stand with his brothers in Larian forests,he was crushed after that win which lead to the anihilation of the whole order. And one of the younger knights face looked just like Calathar's. Old man-Benhir was his name,told him that he had a son,only 1 year old at the day of the battle, and his wife died while giving birth to his son. Calathar was crushed, pieces of facts was starting to make a perfect image-he was put in orphanage in 202, in the year of battle at Larian forests, he was about 1 year old back then in the opinion of sisters from the orphanage, and while he didn't have any proofs about it, he knew that it was truth. He made his way to that forrest, found battlefield and claimed that he will be the one who will restore Order of the Griffon or he will die trying. 2 years passed, he became knight and a vassal to the Ravenstern Kingdom, and when he was given Talon Castle as a fief, he knew that his time has come...
BTW:sorry for my terrible grammar,i know i suck with english