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<blockquote data-quote="eabha" data-source="post: 2291101" data-attributes="member: 23738"><p>I'm very interested in an Eberron pbp. I was involved in one a while back that just barely got off the ground before it stalled, and I'd like to revive the character I played in it. Is that done? Reusing a character? Anyhow, she was just first level, so she'd need some serious work, but the basic idea remains the same.</p><p></p><p>Her name is Aalin Ranohrel. She's a human artificer (and given her love of stories, probably with a level or two of bard by this point), originally from Aundair, though she relocated to Sharn. Here is what I wrote about her when I first created her:</p><p></p><p>"Aalin is a farm girl with a dream, and it isn’t to be a blacksmith. But then, apprenticing with the local smith, Maril, was just a cover. In fact, Maril wasn’t exactly what he appeared to be, either. </p><p></p><p>Aalin met Maril at age 11 when she accompanied her father to the workshop with a plough blade that needed to be repaired. The older man and the child struck up a friendship which lead to an apprenticeship in more than just blacksmithing.</p><p></p><p>In Maril, Aalin felt she had found an intellectual equal (such was her ego, even at that age) and he knew things...he knew about faraway places and strange creatures.</p><p></p><p>And magic.</p><p></p><p>Maril was not just a blacksmith. He was an Artificer, long since retired from a life of adventuring across Khorvaire and beyond, and now settled just outside the village of Bluevine in Aundair to live the quiet life of a smith.</p><p></p><p>He recognized the girl’s talent for magic almost immediately and realized that he might now have the chance to pass down some of his knowledge to someone else. He could also see that Aalin was not like other girls her age. She was pretty, charming and well-liked, but not well-understood. Maril knew Aalin would not be able to find a place for herself in the small community. It would have been different had her parents the resources to send her to school. But this was not to be.</p><p></p><p>Thus, she spent the next six years working in Maril’s workshop. There, she learned blacksmithing. She also listened raptly to his stories about exotic locations - the Pond of Shadows, Taer Sadaen, Dreadhold - and studied the languages of distant peoples and creatures. </p><p></p><p>And she learned about magic and began to dream of an adventurer’s life. The farm would no longer do. When she wasn’t at Maril’s, she was in her own workshop, in the hayloft of the family barn, where she practiced and worked on her own magical creations. Her parents despaired and the townspeople continued to talk.</p><p></p><p>Though he was clearly advancing in age, Maril had always seemed healthy and strong. So it was a shock to Aalin when, after a minor accident in the shop, her master fell ill. Local healing and Maril’s own skill with magic were not enough to overcome the infection, which continued to spread. Maril eventually died."</p><p></p><p>At this point, Aalin left her village to seek fame and fortune in Sharn. I imagine that between first and seventh levels she had some great adventures, lost a little of her naivete, became more worldly and probably more arrogant...but I'd like to think she's also retained a little of that sense of wonder at the workings of magic. </p><p></p><p>I can add more about her later (specifically what has been happening with her for the last several years) but right now I am at work and will have a meeting any second!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eabha, post: 2291101, member: 23738"] I'm very interested in an Eberron pbp. I was involved in one a while back that just barely got off the ground before it stalled, and I'd like to revive the character I played in it. Is that done? Reusing a character? Anyhow, she was just first level, so she'd need some serious work, but the basic idea remains the same. Her name is Aalin Ranohrel. She's a human artificer (and given her love of stories, probably with a level or two of bard by this point), originally from Aundair, though she relocated to Sharn. Here is what I wrote about her when I first created her: "Aalin is a farm girl with a dream, and it isn’t to be a blacksmith. But then, apprenticing with the local smith, Maril, was just a cover. In fact, Maril wasn’t exactly what he appeared to be, either. Aalin met Maril at age 11 when she accompanied her father to the workshop with a plough blade that needed to be repaired. The older man and the child struck up a friendship which lead to an apprenticeship in more than just blacksmithing. In Maril, Aalin felt she had found an intellectual equal (such was her ego, even at that age) and he knew things...he knew about faraway places and strange creatures. And magic. Maril was not just a blacksmith. He was an Artificer, long since retired from a life of adventuring across Khorvaire and beyond, and now settled just outside the village of Bluevine in Aundair to live the quiet life of a smith. He recognized the girl’s talent for magic almost immediately and realized that he might now have the chance to pass down some of his knowledge to someone else. He could also see that Aalin was not like other girls her age. She was pretty, charming and well-liked, but not well-understood. Maril knew Aalin would not be able to find a place for herself in the small community. It would have been different had her parents the resources to send her to school. But this was not to be. Thus, she spent the next six years working in Maril’s workshop. There, she learned blacksmithing. She also listened raptly to his stories about exotic locations - the Pond of Shadows, Taer Sadaen, Dreadhold - and studied the languages of distant peoples and creatures. And she learned about magic and began to dream of an adventurer’s life. The farm would no longer do. When she wasn’t at Maril’s, she was in her own workshop, in the hayloft of the family barn, where she practiced and worked on her own magical creations. Her parents despaired and the townspeople continued to talk. Though he was clearly advancing in age, Maril had always seemed healthy and strong. So it was a shock to Aalin when, after a minor accident in the shop, her master fell ill. Local healing and Maril’s own skill with magic were not enough to overcome the infection, which continued to spread. Maril eventually died." At this point, Aalin left her village to seek fame and fortune in Sharn. I imagine that between first and seventh levels she had some great adventures, lost a little of her naivete, became more worldly and probably more arrogant...but I'd like to think she's also retained a little of that sense of wonder at the workings of magic. I can add more about her later (specifically what has been happening with her for the last several years) but right now I am at work and will have a meeting any second! [/QUOTE]
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