Aradnor

Alden’s family hails from a mountainous region north of Haelun’or. He was born in a small wooden cabin in a small community to a loving family and from a young age he always knew love and care from his Mother and Father. Growing up he learned to hunt from his Father and learned to read and write from his Mother, along with a basic knowledge of history, art, laws and the writings of famous literature. At the age of nine he was taken on a hunting trip with his Father. During their outing they were caught in a storm and lost their bearing, unintentionally crossing into an area known to be ruled by the high elves. They sought shelter from the storm inside of a fallen oak tree. His Father told him to stay put as he scouted the area for a trail or marking to find their way back home. He never returned. After the storm abated, Alden ventured out from his shelter inside the fallen oak tree. He followed the faint tracks his father had left in the muddy terrain of the forest, whereupon he found his father’s body with a peculiar sword planted squarely in his chest, right above his heart. The sword was not of any kind he had ever seen. It gleamed majestically in the daylight. It was graceful, with flowing curves and detailed markings. The next thing he knew he was running from that forest, down the mountainside. There he happened upon a group traveling in a caravan. He was taken in after telling them of what happened and they said they would return him to his home. Upon returning to his small village upon the mountainside, he found the small cabins burned and the people killed. The kindly people from the caravan helped to bury the dead and he left with them the following morning, never to return to his home. From there he found his way to the Kingdom of Haense. After arriving there he continued to travel from town to town, eventually ending up as a blacksmithing apprentice in a small town. Where he made his living until the age of 22. From there he packed his small bag, bid farewell to the blacksmith and ventured out, hoping to find fortune and start his own business somewhere else.