[MENTION=15132]Steve Gorak[/MENTION] Looks good! And look forward to reading your background. A few small changes I'd suggest:
Age: how old is Ethian?
Languages: it might be wise to swap one out for Dryad, since no one knows that language yet.
Background: both you and [MENTION=4936]Shayuri[/MENTION] have the Sage background, so if one of you would like to swap out the background feature "Researcher" for something else that would be fine by me. Or if you like the doubling up that's also fine.
I do like how you listed spells normally prepared!
Hi [MENTION=20323]Quickleaf[/MENTION]!
I'm catching up on the in-character thread, and we can assume that Ethian was quietly cooking in the ranger's hut. He introduced himself (first name only), and listened as the ghost started talking.
To answer your question, I was envisioning Ethian as about 24 years old. Old enough to have traveled the lands and acquired some wisdom, but still young enough for him to find his true path. I'm fine with replacing a language, say Skellige, with Dryad. How common is Dryad and does their society differ from the typical Dryad from the MM (i.e. tied to a tree)? We can assume that he learned Dryad as a druid acolyte.
I'm also open to changing his background feature to the noble's "position of privilege", but I want to keep the sage's skills and languages. Here is what I propose as a history:
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- Ethian was born to a noble family in the Northern Kingdom of XXXXXXXX.
- When he was a ten, his family's castle and lands were conquered by Nilfgaardian troops as they were marching north. His father was killed and his injured mother fled with him. She managed to live long enough to bring him to Elrond the Crow, a druid that later became his mentor. Ethian's parents, keeping with the family's traditions, were believers in the old ways, and had kept close ties with the druids.
- Elrond the Crow brought Ethian to the Circle of Tagha Bough in the Posada region, where he spent many happy years living among the druids, becoming an acolyte himself.
- This is when he was first contacted by his Elven great-great-great-great grandmother, Lady Thallasa. He had kept abreast of his family's history, and indeed, his noble human great-great-great-great grandfather had married an Elven noblewoman. Elven Bards still sing of the love between the two, since humans have forgotten the story, and the marriage was then heralded as the first Human-Elven alliance. The human husband died, and Lady Thallasa moved back to live with her people in Dol Blathanna as her own children and grand-children died.
- At first, he exchanged many letters with her, some being brought by crows, other by elven travelers. He met her in person when he was fourteen, when Lady Thalassa traveled to his druidic circle. He also visited her in Dol Blathanna on several occasions, and met with his elven kin.
- When he was eighteen, the Circle of Tagha Bough's was destroyed. He later learned thrhough his investigations that Nan the Hag, with the help of her two sisters, desecrated the his Tree of Life. His mentor, along with many druid companions died. The few that didn't fled to the wilderness, most becoming mad.
- Not knowing what to do, he traveled to Dol Blathanna. The elven homeland was no place for a young human to reside permanently, so Lady Thalassa arranged for him to study with the Conclave of Mages based in Ban Ard (Kaedwen). He perfected his understanding of arcane magics, of history and his family's legacy, while still studying the old druidic ways.
-He remained there until the age of 24, when he received a letter from Lady Thalassa asking for his help in accompanying Odvara Kringen to the elves of Dol Blathanna.[/sblock]
If the history is ok, I'll need the name of his ancestral region in the Northern Kingdom.
Should I assume that his Elk mount (from find steed) has the same stats as a warhorse?
I think I'm getting close, and hopefully, will be able to make a first post, when relevant, asap.
Cheers,
SG
