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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EvolutionKB" data-source="post: 3819856" data-attributes="member: 47833">Here is my background for Oliver, a binder.  I'll have the full character sheet ASAP.[sblock]Oliver grew up in Thrane, in the shadow of The Silver Flame.  His mother was a Priestess of the church and it was she that initially kept him from practicing his art.  She found him in the alleyway outside their home.  They lived in rundown building in the bad, but not dangerous part of town.  Oliver’s mother didn’t believe in niceties or personal wealth.  She found Oliver at the tender age of five drawing in the dirt in the alley outside their home.  Upon seeing the dark symbols that Oliver drew, she grabbed the boy by the wrist and dragged him inside, making the sign of the flame over her chest as she went.    “Where did you learn that!”  His mother, Diana cried.  The woman’s long golden hair seemed more like the mane of a great lion to the child that was Oliver.      “My friend,” he said meekly his mother’s rage filling him with fear.  “The Shadow Man.”    “Oh, I see…” Diana said.  “You’ll not be seeing any of your imaginary friends for a long time.  You are going to go to a monastery, where the Brothers and Sisters will instruct you in the discipline of the Flame.  You’ll come back a better boy, one that would be fit to lead a church, not slinking about in alleyways with imaginary friends, and the Flame knows who else!”     Her words were not harsh, but they seemed so to the young boy.  With his Mother gone on church errands most of the day, her promises were shattering to the young boy.  But he had no choice, so he went to the secluded monastery, and learned from the monks.  There he learned discipline but he didn’t forget the harshness that his Mother always seemed to carry about her, even though she was a good mother at heart.OOC:  He learned the N part of NG from his mother and the L of the LG from the monks, resulting in his LN alignment.  The church near his home was predominately NG, while the monks were strictly LG.He learned discipline alright.  Secretly while the monks were asleep, he carved the drawings he had learned from the shadow man into the wooden floor under his simple wooden bed.  Many years passed in the monastery.  The Shadow Man returned.  Oliver, now a young man still practiced the things he was taught many years ago, but by now he dismissed The Shadow Man as just a figment of his imagination.  The Shadow Man came when the moonlight didn’t illuminate the grounds.  Here he taught Oliver the secrets of the drawings, how to unlock their power.  If Oliver continued to practice, The Shadow Man whispered promises of power and wealth, everything the young man didn’t have while growing up in the shadow of The Silver Flame.  The Shadow Man also praticed with Oliver the art of swordplay, and Oliver discovered, at least in part, why he was so named.  Oliver however was so entranced with the idea of gaining power from things outside the Gods, he carefully tucked away the techniqes that The Shadow man taught him into the back of his mind.  They might be of use later, when he has more time to practice them.Eventually the monks found Oliver’s secret.  It was when an influx of new students came to fight in what would be known as The Last War.  Oliver was changing rooms, and his old room needed more beds.  They moved his old bed and found the scrawled artistry on the oak beneath.  Oliver escaped, with only the help of The Shadow Man.  The Shadow Man commanded powers Oliver could only dream of.  In the forest outside the monastery, The Shadow Man bade Oliver to go and find his destiny, but know that they would meet again.Oliver joined up with some adventurers, ones that weren’t put off by his practices.  They battled the forces of evil in the name of gold.  Sometimes the forces of evil offered more gold though.  Oliver was no fool though; he knew a life under a good king would be much better than a life under an evil baron.  He took his blood money and used it to fight evil in its forms.  Sometimes the rules must be bent a little in order for good to prevail.  Then the dreams came.  Oliver wondered if it was a message from The Shadow Man.  He left his contracts behind heading straight for New Cyre.Oliver tries to keep his bindings as secretive as he can.  He knows The Church of the Silver Flame doesn’t approve, and he doesn’t want to make unnecessary enemies.  I could see Oliver going straight Binder, though I am unsure, I’ve never played one at higher levels.  RP wise he wants to continue to explore his abilities, but in the back of his mind he looks for the promises The Shadow Man told him:  Power and Wealth.  The dreams and the promises of The Shadow Man are all Oliver needs to go to New Cyre.  Allies and enemies could go several or both ways.  The Church of the Silver Flame has bent several rules before, they might not persecute him on sight(once he has proven his worth to them).  The Shadow Man is intentionally vague, he could be an ally and valuable teacher, or he could be using Oliver for his own ends.  The Shadow Man is a binder but who he is and who he works for(if anybody) is anybody’s guess.  The biggest fear Oliver would have would be meeting his Mother once more.  Edit:  I would like to gain a level of swordsage(to mimic the abilities more like The Shadow Man), and take levels later in Knight of the Seal.I am more familiar with Taint than Sanity, but neither would bother me in this game.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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