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Sparky · 25th November 2008, 07:07 AM

Male, "Tiefling," Paladin
Lawful Good
Medium, 5'11" tall, 187 wt, ~20 years old
Speaks Common, one more undetermined

Orthanach O'Cionaith
/UR han ach/ /O KEN ee/

He is a young, sturdy man who isn't exactly sure how old he is. Probably under a score of years, but maybe over. He was born some time in midwinter. He has short dark hair that lays in loose curls against his head. He has intense, clear brown eyes. His hands are heavily calloused from cutting peat and working kilns.

Orthanach is an indentured servant. Originally from a family of freeborn peat cutters and kiln workers, the family was stripped of their freedom and Orthanach's service to the family's liegelord was commuted to an indenture that the lord then sold off. Orthanach would only speak of any of this under persistent inquiry over long periods of time... he does not trust or share easily.

The first any of you met this quiet, pious young man was as a soldier at the Outpost. His indenture had been sold to the lord whose lands included the Outpost.

There he tried to keep his head down and not draw attention to himself. He didn't make any real friends. He was a dependable and hard-worker who spent much of his leisure time in prayer. Occasionally chinks in his grim demeanor would appear, sometimes as violent outbursts of temper or sometimes as displays of deep compassion and empathy. As an indentured servant, his rights are few, so he tries to stay out of trouble, but these displays of anger and compassion usually end with him getting into trouble that could be very serious. He was lucky to have come under Jarod Hornheim's command. The Captain was sympathetic to the boy.

Recently Jarod brokered the sale of Orthanach's indenture to the Raftman.

Perceptive individuals would note that the boy's actual defining characteristic is a deep sadness.

Crunch

Equipment (not a secret)