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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightingale 7" data-source="post: 2558845" data-attributes="member: 13883">And here is the never-before-seen background of Gippedor Barnackle!He is a 10 level rock gnome sorcerer,ever ready for a mageduel!Even since he was born,in a small rock gnome farming community in the Silver Marches,Gipp's wild red hair and vibrant green eyes marked him as an oddity.As a child he was frail,and not fit to do farming work,though he was very social and outgoing.While growing up,Gippedor showed a powerful aptitude for magic.At times of great stress strange things appeared to happen around the young gnome.He could move small objects,extinguish candles and change the taste of foods or drinks.Once he managed to produce a tiny flicker of flame,and almost burnt his mother's favorite dress! .His father,concerned about his son's future took him with his cart to Silverymoon,to be tested by the mage guild.The kindly old wizard that examined him revealed that he had great magical talent,but the Art could not be taught to him by spellbooks.He had it inside his blood,and in time it would fully surface.At the return trip they were waylaid by two orc bandits.His father was a decent warrior,and he managed to drop one of the orcs,but the second flanked him and dealt him a tremendous blow with his club to Gipp's father's back.At that time of desperation Gipp cast his first spell.Slippery grease coated the ground under the orc causing it to fall.Seizing the advantage,Gipp rammed his dagger down the orcs throat,killing the brute.When the two gnomes reached their village the healer deduced that his father's spinal cord had been so badly broken by the orcish club,that he would not be able to walk again.Gipp vowed revenge to the orcs.Some time later he joined with an adventuring group at Silverymoon,under a mission to exterminate some orcish outpost that threatened the Marches.They passed many adventures together,but they ultimately broke up after the group was almost obliterated by a white dragon.The rest of the group retired,but Gipp's wanderlust about the world,and especially his hatred about orcs had not been extinguished.His travels have brought him to Kedi's Killing Grounds.He was intrigued to find a place where he could test his mettle and his sorcerous power against other combattants,and so he entered the tournamentGipp is a gnome of average height.He dresses casually,and he could easily pass up as an ordinary gnome except for his eye and hair coloration.His red hair that are almost continuously unkempt and his vibrant green eyes are a clear sign of the magic coursing through his blood.He is friendly and jovial to most people,but he immediately takes a serious approach of his magic.Anyone taunting his spellcasting will find a very serious and potentially deadly opponent.Although he hates orcs with a passion he is open minded and will allow a particular orc or half orc to prove that he is not a murderous savage as most of his kin.He even had a very good half-orc friend in his adventuring group,that was among those killed by the white dragon.He feels bad about not being able to save him."I've only met half an orc that was worth it,and now he is dead" he says some times.Half joke and half lament for his old friend</blockquote>

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