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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 4794169" data-attributes="member: 9026">RE: Background, I have some questions for the Other PC'sAre there a few mages out there who would like to work together on our backgrounds?  My idea for this character is that he was specifically raised and trained as a protector for his country's nobles and/or mages.  Transfering this to Forgotten Realms is somewhat difficult without goign evil and being Thayan..Perhaps <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halruaa#Halruaa" target="_blank">Halruaa</a> would be an acceptable substitute?  Don't know much about the system unfortunately.Anyways if anybody's curious, this was my original background for the character when I made a higher level version of him (Level 20 game).  Several things need to be changed, but this should give a general idea.[sblock]Background : Whin Zacharius Roe was born to human parents, Father a great General, Mother a powerful mage, both patriots.  They had been specifically bred together in the hopes of producing a powerful weapon for their country.  From the moment of his birth, the burning eyes and scaled skin let the powers that be know that they had suceeded.  Whin was raised not by parents, but by the country itself, his every want and need looked after as he was trained many hours a day.  He was outfitted with a Ring of Sustenance while still young, to maximize the time he could spend training.  As such, Whin does not eat or drink, neither as habit, courtesy, or for pleasure.  When he reached 13, he received a rather unusual surprise... A powerful devil had been summoned by the High Mage to bestow a present on the young prodigy, and Whin was taken away for a week.  When he returned, having recovered from the diabolic surgery, his arms and legs had been replaced, he had large bat wings, and any childish innocence he may have retained had been whiped away by the evil influences.  By the time he was 17, he could best his father in martial combat, and was nearly the equal of his mother in spellcasting.  Over the next years, whenever he had spare time Whin would read through the extensive library on his quest for more.  He taught himself the basics of martial arts, and soon learned of secret ways to harness truley powerful abjuration spells, as well as various forms of instantaneous transportation.  He learned of other's like himself, of an entire Spellscale race, and set about learning all he could about them, attempting to fill in the holes he felt in himself.  He realized that he shared much with them.. Curiosity, drive, a love of magic, and he also learned of their sacred rituals, which he realized he had been performing for years without even knowing it.  Once he had learned what he could, he secretly destroyed the books to keep them from being used against him, and then continued with his training and work.  On his 20th birthday, Whin was presented with a speciall crafted gift, a "ForceLance" they called it, it was just like him... a custom combination of martial and magical power.Soon thereafter, Whin was called to perform his duties for his country.  His first assignment was to destroy a tribe of trolls holed up in an old dwarven mine that the country wanted to reopen.  Next was a dragon; then a band of adventurers trying to 'overturn the corrupt and evil government'; a powerful Lich; a coven of hags; A Baron planning to take over; etc, etc. Most recently, he was sent to destroy a tribe of Ogre-magi.  When he got there, however, it had allready been destroyed, and all that remained was a rather unusual goblin.  Desiring to know who or what had done this, in order to discover if it posed a threat, he began questioning the goblin.  To his surprise, the goblin claimed it had been he, 'Meekor', that had destroyed the tribe.  Enraged by the goblin's incredulous lies, Whin moved to strike him down, only to discover much to his surprise that this goblin was, indeed, very skilled in the divine arts.  This being something Whin had no experience with, he decided instead to learn what he could about this 'Meekor', and his powers.  They travelled together for a short time, becoming strangely close allies for their divergent lives.. Both desired the same things above all else... power, and to be in control of their own lives.  When he returned to his country, Whin lied for the first time, omiting the existance of his friend... And of the God, Boccob, that he had come to worship.  A year later, Whin awoke during the night from a dream... He had seen Meekor, and a figure he knew to be Boccob, beckoning him to the Oceans, to an island.  After a week of the dream repeating every night, Whin decided to figure out some way of leaving, but as it turned out, he didn't have to.  The Fiendish being that his King (And parents, and most of his country) worshiped had decreed that all of the best warriors and mages were to be sent to sea, to deal with a problem that had arisen.  Though they did not tell him explicitely, Whin knew from his dream that this problem extended beyond their kingdom, beyond his parent's false god and his King's desires.  He also knew that on this quest, he would find true power.  Appearance : Whin is a rather creepy looking individual.  His face is hollow and harsh, his scales seem angry, his eyes show a soul tainted by evil since birth, and his long, silver hair is spiked.  He wears no armour, and his clothing consists of Red&Black shorts and vest, revealing his fiendish appendages, which have been his so long that his scales now cover part of them, making them look as if they've always been a part of him.  Large Bat-like wings extend from his back, unhindered by the jewelry embroidered cloak he is so accustomed to wearing.  A pair of black gloves fit his hands like a second skin.[/sblock]I'm also putting a skeleton build in the Rogue's Gallery.</blockquote>

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