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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gargoyleking" data-source="post: 7793542" data-attributes="member: 6865745">Dedrick DarlamageDedrick grew up entirely surrounded by halflings. His mother had come to visit the shire heavy with child and under an assumed name. Shortly after giving birth had dissapeared in the dark of night. Unbeknownst to any, his father had been executed for crimes against the state. And his mother had been protecting her reputation by hiding ger involvement with a known traitor.For his part, Dedrick felt crowded in the small confines of an already crowded halfling house. The community was at once polite, and standoffish to the young human a race whome they had little contact at the time. He was well educated, but learned early that those around him were rather gullible and had a tendency to play practical jokes on them, or trick them into doing things for him. At one point Dedrick was sent to the temple of Abadar, in hopes of reforming his behavior. He seemed to have changed while he was under the tutelage of the priests, but once returned to his home, quickly got back to his old antics, only with a few new tricks up his sleeve.One day, an elderly halfling wizard Horral Proudfiot, the great uncle of his adoptive father, came to visit. Having been warned of Dedrick's tendency towards chaos, he observed the boy for some time and even contrived to trick Dedrick instead, giving him a ring that once worn, couldn't be removed without the word of command and which turned the wearer invisible and mute.Dedrick thought he'd pulled off the coup of the decade at first. He wandered around the shire, playing tricks on anyone and everyone he could. It was less than a day however, before he realized that he wasn't feeling satisfied by his chaos. He wanted to be praised, or at least scolded for his antics. And it simply wasn't possible as nobody knew what, or who to blame. Most of the halflings seemed to think they'd been invaded by fey. In the end, Dedrick came back to the wizard to beg for release from his 'curse'. Horral had been expecting this, and lectured him on the importance of community and civilization. A lesson that Dedrick took to heart. After a short time of repentance, and proving that he could and would follow follow the rules set before him, Dedrick was apprenticed to Horral where he learned the arcane arts.</blockquote>

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