((Share your character’s backstory! Please ensure it’s at least six sentences, written in third person, and references to the server lore, including a current realm in our map.))
If you’re stuck on what to add, consider the following:
- Your character’s family (parents, siblings, etc.)
- Where your character is from (include a real place on the map)
- What kind of environment was your character raised in
- Why your character left home
Kaelen Vey was born beneath the shadow of the Iron Vale Mountains, where bitter winters and endless forests forged hard people with harder faith. His village belonged to the Red Faith, the monolatrous faith devoted to the All Father — divine incarnation of growth, order, endurance, and the eternal struggle against the Long Dark.
From childhood, Kaelen was raised beneath the teachings of the Three Tenets:
Suffer not the Unworthy.
Spread the Flame.
Stand against the Long Dark.
Every child of the Red Faith eventually underwent the Cleansing — the sacred rite where they would choose a patron Paragon to guide their soul and purpose. Some chose Paragons of war. Others followed saints of harvest, wisdom, healing, or mystery. To walk without a Paragon was unheard of.
But Kaelen never chose one.
At thirteen years old, during the night of his Cleansing, Kaelen entered the Hall of Embers where the faithful communed with the honored dead. Tradition held that the initiate would feel drawn toward one Paragon above all others. Some heard whispers. Some received visions. Some felt warmth from a shrine flame.
Kaelen felt nothing.
No voice answered him.
No vision came.
No flame stirred.
Weeks passed. Then months. Kaelen prayed until his knees bled against stone floors blackened by centuries of ash. He fasted. Studied scripture. Slept beside the sacred pyres. Yet the Paragons remained distant, as if refusing him entirely.
Whispers spread through the village.
Some claimed he was spiritually hollow. Others feared the Long Dark had touched him unseen. A few believed the All Father Himself had withheld judgment for reasons beyond mortal understanding.
Though he was allowed to remain within the Faith, Kaelen became an outcast among many of the dedicants. Children avoided him. Priests watched him cautiously. Even warriors viewed him as incomplete — a man without guidance, without divine purpose.
Yet Kaelen never abandoned the Red Faith.
If anything, his faith became stronger.
This lead to Kaelen leaving the village to find the Paragon that fit his faith.
The traveller has just arrived in a small town. As they look around, their gaze is met with run down houses and shops. They duck into one of the shacks, illuminated by a series of candles suspended in the air. At the back of the small room, an old hag raises her head, “What brings you to this dingy town?" She begins, then pauses to study their face—”Ah, it’s you. I’ve been expecting you. Sit,” she gestures at a chair, “Where do you come from? What do you hope to make of yourself?”
((How does your character respond? Please ensure your response is at least six sentences long, and uses at least two actions.))
Example: (delete this when you add your own)
Slowly, Kaelen pulled the chair back and sat down across from her, the leather straps of his bow creaking softly as he leaned forward.
“Most towns don’t expect me,” he replied calmly. “Usually they just stare until I leave.”
He glanced briefly toward the cracked window where the dying town could still be seen beyond the glass. Then he folded his hands together and lowered his voice.
“I come from the northern valleys beneath the Iron Vales. A place that still keeps the Red Faith, even if the world beyond it has begun to forget.”
His thumb brushed absentmindedly across the crimson flame symbol stitched into his cloak.
“As for what I hope to become…” He paused, exhaling slowly. “I don’t think I was meant to become anything grand. The Paragons never answered me."
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