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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5620227" data-attributes="member: 92305">BRANOC TRUEBLOOD <img src="http://images.wikia.com/lon/images/9/94/Barbarian_Warrior.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />     In the last year, Branoc has been training with the Watchmen. Who are the Watchmen?  This is a group of warriors who have no other vocation but to protect the clan.  The clan supports them, and they serve the clan as the elite protectors. Sure, all men in the clan are warriors, and all warriors serve the clan.  All the men make up the fighting force of the Blue Fox when the need arises.  And, all men spend three months out of the year serving on the Watch.  During the rest of the year, though, these clansmen go back to their normal, daily lives and whatever profession they've learned to do. Each of the player characters are like this.  Caelis is apprenticed to the town's smith.  Thrallan is a new hunter amongst the clan.  And, Silaigne is a trapper.  For a quarter of the year, each of them will serve on the Watch, once they become accepted as warriors.  Once their time on the Watch is completed, they will spend the remaining 9 months going about their normal lives. But not Branoc. Branoc, as of last game session, has become a warrior in the sight of the clan.  He is now a Watchman.  His entire life, now, is devoted to the safety of the clan. It's not easy to become a Watchman.  There are only nine Watchmen, total, led by Eanbotha.  That's three groups of three, all lead by the clan's warchief.  In order to become one of these nine, there has to be a space open.  And, if there is a space, the recruit trains with the remainig Watchmen for a year, at which point a vote is taken on the recruit's admitance. Branoc made it.  He was the Ar Graiis.  He is the chieftain's son.  And, he's proven himself in mortal combat against a fair enemy as a warrior to be reckoned with. You see, Branoc's deasghnath was much more than just impressing a girl.  Branoc would not speak of it.  He wanted to tell Thrallan, but he couldn't.  His honor would not let him.  And, he hoped that his real brothers, Thrallan and Caelis, would eventually see why he did what he did. Branoc had to show the Watchmen that he had what it took to be counted an equal among them. That, more than his love for Girdra, is why he did what he did. But, he'll never tell you this.  It's something that he hopes you will figure out on your own.     Branoc knew he was accepted among the Watchmen when someone threw that axe into the ring after Branoc had defeated the Grath warrior.  Branoc didn't even have to look.  He knew it was one of the Watchmen.  And, with that axe, he chopped at the Grath's neck until he separated the head from the body and held it in his hands.  At that moment, Branoc knew, he was a Watchman. This could be one of the most important days in your brother's life.  He has been accepted as a Watchman.  He has asked the woman he loves to spend the rest of her life with him.  And, he has become a man--a warrior--of the Blue Fox Clan. Don't think that he doesn't know of the risk he's taken to gain what he wants. Like what everyone else in the clan is thinking but not verbalizing, Branoc hopes that the Grath do not learn of what happened to their wayward warrior. Thrallan was right when he said to Branoc, "This could start a war with the Grath that would threaten us all."     You are starting to hear people call Branoc something else than his given name.  They're calling him "Trueblood".  Branoc Trueblood.  This started among the other Watchmen as Branoc has trained with them over the last year.  Most of the Watchmen (most are around 6th level) have little respect for Branoc's twin brother, Caelis, whom everyone calls "Redbirth". But, blood is blood, and Branoc defended his brother everytime Caelis was slighted.  One of the Watchmen recognized the honor that Branoc displayed  defending his brother and called him "Trueblood".  The name has since stuck, especially since some recognize Branoc as Finn Elder's "true blood", unlike his brother, Thrallan. So, now, the boy, Branoc, is no more. In his boots strides the man, warrior, Watchman:  Branoc Trueblood, of the Blue Fox Clan.</blockquote>

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