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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brakkart" data-source="post: 2107741" data-attributes="member: 19617">Lord Edward Hamilton's (Ash) HistoryBorn some twenty five years past to the Noble family of Hamilton. His father Lord Robert Hamilton and his mother the Lady Francesca Hamilton  Born in the port city of Athkatla. The Hamiltons lived there until Edward was five whereby they moved to Lantan so that Lady Francesca could be near her beloved sister a cleric of Sune by the name of Kirianna Suzanna.  Lord Robert Hamilton had been born into an old line of nobles and a very extensive family fortune. The families money having been gained centuries earlier then invested in a series of small businesses in Athkatla to keep the family in money.Robert wasn't what you'd call a handsome man but he had a certain charm to him that had won him the love of his wife. Francesca on the other hand had been born to a well to do family in Lantan and was raised with her older sister Kirianna by their mother who worked as a scullery maid to a Noble family in Lantan. Francesca and her sister grew to be the most beautiful young women in the land of Lantan. As they grew up Francesca and Kirianna found they had completely different interests as Kirianna became involved in the hedonistic ways of the church of Sune, Francesca found herself apprenticing to a seamstress.It was this apprenticeship that took Francesca from her home in Lantan to Athkatla where she met Robert Hamilton and fell in love with his wit and charm. They were married witthin a year and Francesca was with child within two. The move to Lantan introduced the young Edward to his aunt Kirianna for the first time. At the age of eighteen Edward who had turned into what could only be described as a pretty young man was known around the local taverns not only for his looks but also for the wit and charm he had inherited from his father. Having a young girl on his arm where ever he went Edwards activities came to the attention of his aunt who asked him to come to a meeting of the church of Sune. The High Priestess of Sune in Lantan was the direct superior to his aunt. Upon attending this meeting much to his fathers disgust it was discovered that Edward had in fact been touched by the Goddess Sune herself and had been granted the power to be a holy warrior for her. Now Edward had always been a lover and not a fighter and the news that he had been chosen by the most Beautiful Goddess ever was both a blessing and a curse to him. The blessing came in the way that he learnt to fight and defend himself from jealous husbands whose wives had fallen for Edward who was not entirely innocent in these liasons. Taught to respect the sanctity of anothers marriage Edward found himself being taught more about art, beauty and sexual acts than he was learning in combat.The curse was that the touch of Sune alienated Edward from his father who had always intended for Edward to carry on the family line. Trying to break the idea of his son becoming embroiled in the church of Sune, Robert took his son to the main temple of Gond the Wonderbringer. Hoping to show his son that all gods had things he could learn. Asking for someone to show his son the ways of Gond one of the caretakers of the temple beckoned for a young cleric by the name of Zamtap to show Edward around. Edward hoping to humor his father followed Zamtap around for a day or so and found a strange liking for the gondsman but no interest in what he was saying. It was at the end of the second day Edward spent in the temple of Gond that Zamtap showed Edward his pistol and what it did Now this was something that Edward became interested in and he asked Zamtap to teach him the use of the weapon Unfortunately Zamtap was only able to weild the pistol through the use of magic so Edward left the temple, purchased his own pistol and set abot trying to find someone to teach him how to use it. A year later a visiting Techsmith taught Edward how to use the pistol until he became proficient in its use. continuing his training at the Temple of Sune until his twenty fifth birthday By now his father had disowned him and forbade him from using his name ( Lord Edward Hamilton ) until such time as he forgot about this Paladin rubbish and returned to his fathers side. Everyone had taken to calling Edward, Ash on account of his use of the pistol and the piles of ash powder he always seemed to leave. Everyone that is apart from his mother and aunt who still used his birth name. Just a week ago a runner came from the temple of Gond seeking council from some of the church of Sune a group of 5 followers of Sune went to meet with the Gondsmen including Ash and his aunt Kirianna. The Gondsmen had recieved word of a Yuan-ti plot to artificially clone mighty warriors in a hope of building an army. This news had worried the Gondsmen and although they had a cleric on the track of those responsible he had lost his pistol and had no-one to spare to send him a new weapon. It was Kirianna who asked the name of the brave cleric combating this threat to the beauty of natural life. Upon hearing that it was Zamtap who was on the trail of the Yuan-ti, Ash stood and announced that he would go and aid the efferts of the Gondsman in combating the threat that the Yuan-ti posed. Given a new pistol to give to his old friend Ash arrived at the temple of Gond the following morning to discuss how he was to find Zamtap. The clerics of Gond led Ash to a portal and after telling him the name of the ship Zamtap travelled on and the inn he was likely to stay at told him to step through. Ash seeing no danger stepped through the portal and arrived in the temple of Gond in Calimport. The Gondsmen there already seemed to know who he was and his purpose there, so not wishing to delay, Ash left the temple and headed for the port.</blockquote>

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