Sunelf Bladesinger Backstory
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Ryujin
Legend
Well he's an Eladrin, so that automatically makes him better than everyone else in the party. It's not their fault, and they shouldn't be looked down on for it. It's simply the way of things. As a squirrel cannot be a human, a human cannot be an Eladrin
Music and song are what formed the universe and, being of the old race and having been apart from the corruption that later came into the universe, his magic is pure. Perhaps he has been sent, by some reclusive Sun Elf enclave, to see and report back on just how screwed up the universe has become?
Eladrin give you a unique opportunity to explore some background options that are very seldom used.
My favorite is for my guy to be a non-combatant originally. I like my character to be run a winery, or be a carpenter or something. He is a couple of hundred years old and despite the fact he is a non-combatant by Eladrin standards, he has done more militia training in his life than most human warriors will in a lifetime.
The same goes for magic, it is quite reasonable for an Eladrin tinker or artist to know a few spells, after all, they might have spent 20 years at the university before deciding what to do with their life.
I like to play up the racial superiority aspect of the Eladarin, not by being a showoff or making out that my character is unreal, quite the opposite. I like to show off the Eladrin people, by constantly pointing out that I am not even a fighter and only made it to yellow belt in my martial training. Combined with "well of course I am better than those guys, they are not Eladrin, that is not saying much". I like to be condescending through dismissing praise, rather than seeking it.
That speaks towards a person character though, not a background story. I think you need to give some guidance yourself about your background, it really should come from you, with only a bit of help from others to spice it up.
My favorite is for my guy to be a non-combatant originally. I like my character to be run a winery, or be a carpenter or something. He is a couple of hundred years old and despite the fact he is a non-combatant by Eladrin standards, he has done more militia training in his life than most human warriors will in a lifetime.
The same goes for magic, it is quite reasonable for an Eladrin tinker or artist to know a few spells, after all, they might have spent 20 years at the university before deciding what to do with their life.
I like to play up the racial superiority aspect of the Eladarin, not by being a showoff or making out that my character is unreal, quite the opposite. I like to show off the Eladrin people, by constantly pointing out that I am not even a fighter and only made it to yellow belt in my martial training. Combined with "well of course I am better than those guys, they are not Eladrin, that is not saying much". I like to be condescending through dismissing praise, rather than seeking it.
That speaks towards a person character though, not a background story. I think you need to give some guidance yourself about your background, it really should come from you, with only a bit of help from others to spice it up.
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