Great ty.
Okay, here is the basic idea:
Malachite Shalesen is the son of a miner, grandson of a smith, and child of miner and smith ancestors for generations. His family has always revered Blerred, and Mal is no different. While Mal learned the family craft from his grandfather, it was the more war-like aspects of Blerred that really fascinated him. Especially he was entranced by the legend and stories of Blerred's great hammer. When his parents were killed in one of the raids the recent turmoil spawned, he decided to turn from the life of a smith. As he began his adventuring career, a faction of the church of Blerred, focusing on Blerred's duties as husband and protector of Beory, formed a military order, whose purpose is to counteract this turmoil and the damage it is doing to mining communities. Mal became a lay member of this order, and has earned both himself and the order some fame from his heroic acts.
Mechanically Mal will be a Scout 2/ Fighter 2/ Barbarian 2, and will probably be straight Scout for the rest of his career. Because of his fascination with Blerred's hammer, Mal's ultimate goal is to earn/find his own Hammer of Thunderbolts (not that I expect him to get one). For this reason, his weapon of choice is a Large Warhammer (used 2handed only). Assuming that you are using the penalties using large weapons, I was wondering if you would allow a feat to counteract those penalties.
If this basically sounds ok, I will write up and post Mal tonight. Let me know which mining community would be easiest for him to be from, and I will try to incorporate some of your backstory into his "heroic" history.
