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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Breezly" data-source="post: 995619" data-attributes="member: 12847">Finneas backgroundFinneas was born on Wildday on the 22nd day of Tanot in the year 124.  Born on the island named Tanil's Salvation on Wildday in the month of hunting seemed to predestine Finneas.  The community of Tanil's Fields was a small farming community on the island, but Finneas showed little interest in farming.  He showed little interest in fishing either.  What captivated Finneas, seemingly from his first steps, were the jungles.  His parents Ryltis and Jacura tried as best they could to bring him up as a proper halfling on the community.  Each halfing served the community in some capacity as farmer or tradesman.  But Finneas could not be swayed.  Many times he wandered off from an apprenticeship to meander through the fields and jungles far from home.  His brother Jared, his only sibling, would constantly tease him about his wander lust.  Many of his childhood friends simply ceased to understand him and could not grasp why the jungles held so much of his attention.  Finneas spent almost all of his childhood wandering through the forests and jungles observing the natural surrounds.  He found that he had quite an affinity for noting the slight changes in smell, the feel of the breeze, the track of an animal.  Hunting came easy to him, but he did not hunt for sport.  Occasionally he would serve his family by bringing home a game animal.  But, most of the time, he would climb trees and run along the branches chasing after whatever caught his eye.  As he grew older he found that he would wander much deeper into the jungles, many times staying out all night, listening to the sounds and looking at the canopy of leaves that seemed to surround him.  He was truly at peace.It was on one of these longer journeys that he discovered that the jungles hold far many more secrets than he knew.  There were dangerous creatures and strange ruins almost lost for all eternity.  Finneas found that through careful approach he could sneak about these creatures, listen to their speech, and observe their movements.  He found that he was exhilarated by the danger.  Emboldened, he tried to learn more from them but he was discovered.  It was only his quickness that saved him on his first encounter.  Preparing himself with sword and bow, the next encounters he used his hunting skills to his advantage, felling many of the dark creatures.  He told his parents about the things he found and they scoffed at him and thought he was playing out one of his adventures in his mind.  Discouraged, but not dissuaded, Finneas continued to make journeys deep into the forest.  His only remaining childhood friend, Dolbi Greentree would accompany him.  Dolbi too had an affinity for the forest and he would often tell Finneas that he could hear the trees and plants speaking to him.  Most of the journeys Finneas made were on his own.  A recent trip into the forest brought him to an old ruin.  Within the ruin he found remains of a small humanoid wearing a beautiful amulet and a pretty bright metal shirt of armor.  The metal was unlike any he had ever seen.  Feeling as if Tanil himself directed him to this spot, he removed the coat and amulet and fastened it about himself.  He found the metal to be extremely strong, yet lighter than his leather jerkin.  Placing the amulet about him, he thought he could sense a stronger sense of protection in his skin and bones.  Finally, Finneas picked up the small backpack and upon starting to search through its contents, he realized that it was no ordinary backpack.  He had heard of magic before, some of the elders wield strange powers, buthe had never seen a sack such as this.  Finneas realized he could put more than he though possible within the sack and when reaching for something, simply thinking about what he wanted brought it immediately to reach.  "Thank Tanil", he whispered believing this to be a gift of the God himself.With his new equipment Finneas became more active in what he calls, the defense of Tanil's Fields.  Finneas actively wanders the jungle and surrounding areas, knowing every tree and blade of grass.  When danger approaches, he silently goes about removing it.  The villagers think him foolish and his mind is full of fairy tales.  But Finneas has seen things and he knows the truth.  Strong of purpose and devotion to Tanil, Finneas answers the duty that was set forth before him.</blockquote>

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