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<blockquote data-quote="The Digger" data-source="post: 4403641" data-attributes="member: 73964"><p><span style="color: white">It looks like I'll have some free time coming up so I might have a tickle. I haven't played a wizard in many's the long year so I thought now might be the time.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white">Joshua Dar Rhest, Human wizard</span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">When an orc raid swept into his home valley some 10 years ago Joshua was one of its many victims. Suffering from many and severe sword wounds, the boy’s life hung in the balance for several weeks before he finally recovered. His mother died trying to defend him and his father, a local swamp eel fisher, although injured himself, struggled to care for the injured child. A year later ,when Joshua was still only 9 years old, his father died suddenly, presumably from the effect of his own injuries, leaving the child an orphan. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">As the townsfolk were still struggling to recover from the attack there was no one willing to foster a young lad, still not fully recovered, who had thus few skills to recommend him. He was shipped off to a small local temple of Sehanine as a possible lay brother.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">This was not a success. Joshua felt a deep anger and resentment at the death of his parents, and the rigid, regulated atmosphere in the temple only served to bring out the rebel in the boy. He was almost constantly in trouble and was regularly beaten for his sins and transgressions. He was also subjected to other punishments too brutal to mention here which at least had the effect of building up his stamina and his strength. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">One day, during a particularly violent beating, a flame burst from his fingers and scorched the robe of his assailant. Fortunately the clerics at the temple recognized what had happened and, with a sigh of relief, sent Joshua to a local wizard, to see if he might be trained in the arcane arts.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">For 8 years Joshua studied hard and was at last allowed out on his own to practice what he had been taught. But hardly had he set out upon his path than he was engulfed in yet another invasion, this time of undead. Although the battle went very much against the people Joshua was fortunate enough to get tied up with several other adventurers and for the first time in his short miserable life there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white">Joshua is 5’7” and weighs 145lbs. He is wiry and agile with a body hardened by the trials he has undergone in his life so far. His complexion is very pale and no amount of exposure to the sun seems to change it - he never seems to tan. He has blue eyes, very short light blonde hair and a neatly trimmed beard, and small hands with long thin fingers. Unfortunately his past experiences have soured his outlook on life. The death of his parents, his being shipped off to the temple, the harsh discipline at the temple and finally the rigorous training regime set up by his master have all come together and left him a bitter young man, scarred both mentally and physically. Hopefully his new ‘friends’ may help to change that!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Digger, post: 4403641, member: 73964"] [COLOR=white]It looks like I'll have some free time coming up so I might have a tickle. I haven't played a wizard in many's the long year so I thought now might be the time.[/COLOR] [COLOR=white][/COLOR] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Joshua Dar Rhest, Human wizard[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]When an orc raid swept into his home valley some 10 years ago Joshua was one of its many victims. Suffering from many and severe sword wounds, the boy’s life hung in the balance for several weeks before he finally recovered. His mother died trying to defend him and his father, a local swamp eel fisher, although injured himself, struggled to care for the injured child. A year later ,when Joshua was still only 9 years old, his father died suddenly, presumably from the effect of his own injuries, leaving the child an orphan. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]As the townsfolk were still struggling to recover from the attack there was no one willing to foster a young lad, still not fully recovered, who had thus few skills to recommend him. He was shipped off to a small local temple of Sehanine as a possible lay brother.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]This was not a success. Joshua felt a deep anger and resentment at the death of his parents, and the rigid, regulated atmosphere in the temple only served to bring out the rebel in the boy. He was almost constantly in trouble and was regularly beaten for his sins and transgressions. He was also subjected to other punishments too brutal to mention here which at least had the effect of building up his stamina and his strength. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]One day, during a particularly violent beating, a flame burst from his fingers and scorched the robe of his assailant. Fortunately the clerics at the temple recognized what had happened and, with a sigh of relief, sent Joshua to a local wizard, to see if he might be trained in the arcane arts.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]For 8 years Joshua studied hard and was at last allowed out on his own to practice what he had been taught. But hardly had he set out upon his path than he was engulfed in yet another invasion, this time of undead. Although the battle went very much against the people Joshua was fortunate enough to get tied up with several other adventurers and for the first time in his short miserable life there is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]Joshua is 5’7” and weighs 145lbs. He is wiry and agile with a body hardened by the trials he has undergone in his life so far. His complexion is very pale and no amount of exposure to the sun seems to change it - he never seems to tan. He has blue eyes, very short light blonde hair and a neatly trimmed beard, and small hands with long thin fingers. Unfortunately his past experiences have soured his outlook on life. The death of his parents, his being shipped off to the temple, the harsh discipline at the temple and finally the rigorous training regime set up by his master have all come together and left him a bitter young man, scarred both mentally and physically. Hopefully his new ‘friends’ may help to change that![/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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