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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 2246177" data-attributes="member: 16739">Cool.  My Character's name is Martan.  His background is pretty straightforward.  Martan was the seventh son of a reasonably successful (but by no means wealthy) farm family.  At the age of 12 he was helping his brothers bring the cows in from a sudden, violent thunderstorm.  As he ran after a frightened calf he was struck by lightning and nearly killed.  Weeks of recuperation followed during which it became clear that something had happened to the boy.  He became sullen and argumentative, even paranoid.  Also, strange things kept happening around him.  This went on for several months until a wandering sorcerer passed through the village and recognized Martan's emerging powers.  He helped Martan understand what was going on and said the lightning had "awakened the dragon within".As he grew up, Martan found that his magnetic personality often caused people to want to be close to him.  Nevertheless, he never felt he fit in and eventually struck out to find his own way.  Now he seeks to learn more about his apparent Draconic heritage, and help out othes who might be in the same situation he was in.  If he can accumulate some wealth and power along the way, so much the better.Martan's family is still alive and well, and he visits regularly.  Needless to say, they are much more prosperous now, and his parents have hired hands to do the physical work, but they still manage the farm and several of his brothers and their families still live and work there.</blockquote>

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