Looks fun and I'd love to play. My submission:
Aram Al Tarik
Rogue 4 // Fighter 2 // Dervish 2 -or- Rogue 5 // Fighter 2 // Dervish 1
In combat he'll be a tumbling, twin scimitar fighter who looks to flank the enemy and score lots of sneak attack damage.
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Personality
Aram was once quite selfish and greedy, always looking out for himself first. This was how his father had taught him to be, and that he could never rely on others. Since meeting Najm, though, Aram's personality has began to change. He has come to learn trust, and more and more thinks about things as they benefit the greater good. He believes in the concepts of honor and justice, though he realizes that man's laws are not always just. While he believes in defending the weak and oppressed, he is still a bit slow to react...the offer of coin motivates him much quicker, a holdover from his earlier life.
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Aram grew up in the city of Ylaruam, raised by his father Tamir, an accomplished cutpurse and thief. Tamir raised his son in that tradition, teaching him the skills needed to be a thief, and the agile young boy was a quick study. About the time Aram came into adulthood, his father was caught stealing jewels from a wealthy qadi, and quickly executed for his crimes.
Aram continued his thieving ways, but his game was off after his father's death, and he made the mistake of picking a half-blind man by the name of Najm as a target. Najm caught Aram in the act, and then proceeded to defeat the young man in combat, leaving him bruised and bloodied. Still, Najm didn't call upon the law to deal with Aram; instead, he took it upon himself to teach and train Aram in hopes of bettering the lad's life. It turned out that Najm was formerly a soldier, and an elite guard of the Caliph.
Aram, anxious to learn something the would give value and meaning to his life, proved himself a talented and dedicated pupil, and quickly began to pick up the fighting techniques that Najm taught. Not only did the martial lessons stick, but Najm taught the young Aram about honor, and how it is the duty of the strong to protect the weak. These were things that Aram had certainly not learned from his father, and the young rogue soon found that these teachings gave him meaning and motivation.
After several years of study with Najm, the two came to the decision that Najm had taught Aram all that he could, and that Aram should go out into the world, seeking his own fortune and making his own life. Aram left Ylaruan
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