Therian Von Novolester was born in a smaller part of Celia'nor in a tiny cottage with his hard working but struggling parents, his father worked in the mines and often came home with only enough food for the day since he spends most of the money he gets on drinks to fuel his harsh temper. His mother would distract herself by working around the house and making wool clothes from their sheep to sell. Therian was always a generous child, though his parents were still strict, he was compassionate to the people he met, helping sell the clothes with his mother and and making sure to not ask for anything more. One day however, while playing with his wooden toys, he came across a trapdoor underneath his bed. With some push and shove, he was able to move his bed over and open the hatch, revealing a plethora of recorded family history. being able to have been taught to read at young age so he could count money and write prices, he was able to go through one of the large purple and gold plated books containing the information that his family history used to be dukes and duchesses, and even royalty at some point! He was baffled to see that he was even named after his greatest grandfather, a man so wealthy he owned ten manors.
Therian felt lied to about his history, his parents never spoke of their early family history, and if they did they made something up that they were all humble and poor like them. So that night, at the dinner table, Therian could not contain himself any longer and berated his parents for lying to him about their past. His father was quick to shut him up with threats but Therian had quite enough of the silence and dishonesty. After dinner he was told to pack his things and leave his parents behind if he was so keen on reliving the unobtainable past of wealth, and so, he grabbed as much as he could from his room and left them behind, making a new journey for himself to regain his inheritance.
Whilst on the roads and the waters, he gained a sort of knack for making small folded paper objects or just any little cheap trinket that he could sell to people he met or passed by. He never made enough to keep him properly fed however, and went through days without food as he was trying to save up enough money to move into a bigger town and hopefully get a proper education. He thought that with proper knowledge he may be able to apply a sort of temporary role for himself so they he may be able to persuade others to give him higher ranks. He tried several different techniques of making money, resulting to scamming and thievery at some point as he was starting to lose hope, sending him into more episodes of depression as the days went by. As if by a stroke of luck, in the lowest point of Therian's life, he came across a well dressed man who seemed to look back at him, this fellow definitely carried a sense of pride and with a couple persuading words he lead Therian back to his shop to put him straight to work. Therian hated the job of polishing shoes and making quick remedies but he started to eat properly again and eventually the gentleman helped him set off to a cheap school.
Nowadays Therian is able to find himself wealthy work, and still finds time to lounge around and feel like royalty again. Although he has no rank to his name, he plans to find himself a wealthy partner to suck up to and eventually manage to marry, regaining his long lost status once more. Currently he hasn't tried to make any new friends and for his fear of losing what he has he does plan to try his best. He became a very uptight person, hardly bowing his head to anyone less than him yet treating others higher than him with his best manners.
Therian was not used to such a crowd, his hometown being small and pretty connected but this was massive and loud. Even so, he pushed aside his anxiety and let himself lie about his pride, fake it till you make it.
"Move aside good sir I have places to be!" Therian exclaimed with an arrogant scoff in his tone, puffing his chest out and holding his head high. "I am here to make a name of myself! I am Therian Von Novolester, named after my greatest grandfather, a man of wealth and purity! Do not waste my time with bleak greetings. I make haste to the biggest city in Almaris!"
With no further introductions, Therian pushed past him, intending to put his name into some history and make sure he was remembered.

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