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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GnomeWorks" data-source="post: 995182" data-attributes="member: 162">HistoryThe blind elf was born in the month of Belot, on a Taniday, though the exact date is unknown - none felt that it was important to scribe the date.  However, the year was the only thing accurately recorded: 42 AV.  After all, the child would not live... and tombstones needed a year of birth and of death.Forsaken elves have had many problems with children since the fall of their deity.  Most are often stillborn... Samahtar, however, was merely crippled.  His frame was very weak, and he was without eyes or even any trace of such organs.  But he survived.A name?  Of course not.  He was refered to directly, or simply as "the blind one".  Few thought it appropriate to name him, as he would surely die within the week... within the month... within the year...Within the century...But he did not.  Samahtar did not die... physically.  However, his social life was non-existent.  Family?  His parents rejected his existence, and only acknowledged him long enough to ensure that he was eating what little he could.  Friends?  Who would befriend such a strange elf.  Few young elves were around to accompany Samahtar as it was, and those few did not have the patience to deal with a blind child.But he needed a name, something to call himself as he talked quietly to himself.  He knew that, one day, he would need something to differentiate himself from others.  He chose the name Samahtar, which meant "Mind Warrior" in the elven tongue.But the real reason they didn't go near him, was because they... feared him.  The strange capabilities that Samahtar had locked away in his mind sometimes manifested themselves physically, and strange things happened.  The young elf learned how to speak without moving his mouth, and that was the final straw.The elves of his hometown decided that the young elf with the abnormal abilities must be removed.  They kicked him out, simple as that: he didn't have the physical ability to fight back.  They left him for dead in a forest.However, his mental prowess proved more powerful than they believed... he lived through the forest.  Through the sheer might of his mind, he lived through the dangers of the outside world.Leaving such feral settings, he decided that he could no longer be counted as one of the forsaken elves.  he recalled an ancient tale of his kind, telling of a race that posessed abilities that seemed similar to his own: Slarecians.  He began a hunt for information concerning these creatures, learning of their ways and the lore of their power.For many years, Samahtar wandered the world, always on the move, searching for information on the creatures called Slarecians.  For a time, he searched only for lore and relics related to them; failure to find much, however, has made him generalize his search to anything dealing with his unusual powers.Rumors in older texts spoke of Slarecians having come from an island some several hundred miles off the mainland.  Whether or not this is true does not concern Samahtar - that something could be there is reason enough to go.  He would not go there until there was a reasonable colony established, however; his weak frame was not built for a frontier.Once the island had become inhabited, and Samahtar could find word of a town found there, he used his skills to book himself passage on a ship headed there.  If there was anything related to the Slarecians to be found there, then he would find it.</blockquote>

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