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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ealli" data-source="post: 3338845" data-attributes="member: 804">Cyron of CyreCyron was born in Cyre in the year of the king 965.  Born to a humble, but not poor, family in the capital city of Metrol.  Cyron's father Barthandus was a minor bureaucrat in the king's court.  Far to low in the palace to have his loyalty and fervor  tainted by corruption or greed and at the same time far to low for a decent salary. However he brought this loyalty home to his housewife and his only child Cyron.  With Cyre at war, Barthandus did the best thing that he could imagine doing for his home, he enlisted his son in a devision of clerics housed within the military of Cyron to be a combat medic and field healer.  He did this because he knew that although hard it would be a good life for his son it was more important  that he would be able to serve Cyre.     Cyron's being an unusually wise and relatively intelligent student quickly developed into a competent healer and medic and was dispatched to the field hospitals of Cyre on the northern front against Karnath.  The Fifth Legion of Cyre was commanded by the brilliant leader Gernadan Ardel.  Ardel's reputation preceded him and was known for his brilliant, sometimes risky, unusual, but always successful planning.  By 987 YK Cyron became the youngest major in the whole of Cyre's armed forces and at that time came to command the Fifth Legion's clerical division.  This was not purely due to Cyron's own abilities however.  He had managed to catch the eye of Commander Ardel inadvertently fast tracking himself to his rank of major.     Cyron was no fool and knew why he had reached such heights so quickly but didn't care.  He trusted Ardel to have made the right decision and felt proud to be able to serve Cyre better.  Inherent in his new post was the position as Ardel's personal healer and cleric.  In this position Cyron quickly became Ardel's friend and confidant.  Cyron listened to Ardel's stories of his son and how some day he would take his place and was impressed by the stories of the young man.     One day Cyron's leader fell on the field of battle.  While fighting the northern front against Karnath half the army was beset by some undead plague, Commander Ardel was among the afflicted..  Cyron worked night and day in an attempt to keep the men alive and hopefully cure them. It was a powerful magical disease though and Cyron could cure very few.  Ardel refused treatment until, at very least, his battalion commanders were cured first.  When finally the time came to aid his commander the disease had progressed too far and Cyron was powerless to stop it continual march through what remained if Commander Ardel's body.  On the eve of his death Ardel called Cyron to his bedside.  "Cyron, my son, he needs guidance.  I have one last thing to ask of you.  Care for my son as I have.  I know you have no family of your own, let my son be yours."  Those were Grendan's final words.  Although he never heard it, Cyron made a vow that he would protect and serve his son as loyally as he had served him. Under the extenuating circumstances and the near total loss of the Fifth Legion Cyron was allowed to resign his commission.  His military days were not over as he served Romann in his day's of service fighting for Cyre on other battlefields.  Although he never resented making the vow Cyron often found himself wondering how Grendan could be the father of Romann.  They share many traits but good leadership and a wise mind were not among them.  Cyron never regretted though for he could still serve Cyre along with Romann and that was enough to keep Cyron happy. Then, they day of mourning.With Cyre gone Cyron became an almost broken man.  The only thing that kept him going was his vow to Grendan.  His actions in serving Romann were nothing but habit to him now, the only thing he had left.  What little family he had was gone, Grendan was gone, Cyre was gone, all that remained was Romann.  Both Romann and Cyron knew that all they had were each other but at the same time they almost hated each other for a time.  Romann recovered from his stupor faster then Cyron did, he had decided to find the answers to the Day of Mourning, he had a mission; Cyron only had Romann.  Slowly with time Cyron came out of his oblivious state.  Just as he had happy served Cyre and Grendan before he would serve Romann. Cyron and Romann have traveled and researched long together.  Rather, Cyron researched Romann followed rumors.  Cyron had become convinced that the Mourning was arcane in nature and not likely an act of any of the human nations but little more.  He was no wizard and was not trained in their ways.  Romann on the other hand was convinced (by a gypsy that charged him 100 gold) that the artifact that caused the day of Mourning could be found and it's destruction would lead to the reversal of the waste laid on Cyre.  Cyron attempted to convince Romann otherwise but the boy was set and they have been searching for this artifact ever since. Cyron continues what little research he can do without arcane knowledge but gets very little out of it.  That is, excepting Romann's happiness from the thought that Cyron is diligently searching for this artifact..  For that boy had become everything to Cyron, foolish or not, Romann had become his whole world.  The end of Romann, would likely mean the end of Cyron. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm going to toss up inconsistencies or repetition on my lack of caring to proof read and having written this in several sittings.   Cyron probably hasn't shared all of this with your characters but I thought you'd find it interesting the way I see the life of Cyron having come about.  At the same time providing explanation of why a relatively powerful cleric is subservient to the reckless and unwise Romann.</blockquote>

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