Alandis

Alandis Darksoul

His origins are not known to anyone. The only notion that he has is that in the year 463 he was rescue by his adoptive family.

Alandis was rescued by a gypsy family, in the forest that borders Alfheim, Elfenburg and Borovia! His adoptive father was Yulian called the 13, and renowned for beating Larken called The Dragon at a game of dice.

Mariele la Veggente was his adoptive mother. She was an adorable fortune teller from the duchy of Toscana. She always enjoyed the company of elf, who she thought were fascinating.

They all lived a life of petty crime and felony. They spent their time travelling through, the Westerns Kingdom, Borovia, the Duchy of Toscana, and Ranke. It is in Ranke, and more precisely in the town of Sanctuary, that Alandis got trained by the Thief Guild.

The guild existence is unknown to non-members, and does not have a name. The only admission is by permission of the reigning Thief King, and only after the potential apprentice has unknowingly accomplished the tasks assigned to their mentors. Alandis mentors were his father and his mother. He was a very young but promising Thief, thanks to his elven silent footsteps, and dexterity.

He brought his parents joy and wealth, as well as becoming renown within the guild as the Gypsy royals. Because of their fame the usurping Thief King Loky Ravenkron, demanded payment of unjustified “Protection Money” which Yulian refused.

His family got assassinated in the spring of 504. It all unveiled on the day of Alandis 41th anniversary of his rescue. Upon their death, with no place to call his own except his family wagon, Alandis swore vendetta and for the following 20 years he pursued his goals to eliminate the the members of the thieves’ council. For this purpose, he trained as an assassin, and subsequently proceeded with the methodical elimination of the council. King Loky concerns for his life brought him to abdicate, run in a self-enforced exile, and vanishes form Ranke never to be heard or seen again.

Alandis desolation brought him almost to the edge of insanity during his desperate and vain search for Loky. From time to time he visited the crypt, where he had buried his parents as well as the content of the wagon. During one of those visits he discovered a scroll, in a secret compartment of her mother jewellery box. The scroll talked about an old elf called Bronovel friend of Mariele, his mother. After lot of self-searching, he reluctantly decided to abandon his futile vengeance, and set out searching his own origins, past and maybe his real family. Someone who could help, he thought, is Bronevel, so he began another adventure in search of the Elf. The search however proved almost impossible, and it occupied him for the next 89 years. No one seemed to have heard of the elf for centuries, and believed him dead.

One day on his return journey from the kingdom of Jotunheim, Alandis got ambushed and capture in one of the little valley of Elfenburg forest. He was captured by a lone and old elf ranger. The captor held him tied up for 2 weeks with little to no food. During his captive time Alandis was interrogated and tortured until he could no longer resist, and broke down. He told the old elf his tale of what he had done; his original mission, and how it came about. Also who he really was and who is adoptive family was.

At hearing Alandis mothers name the old elf exploded in an uncontrolled cry and released Alandis from the shackle that hold him captive. After apologising profusely for his mistake the old elf treated the inflicted wounds and assisting with re-establishing Alandis welfare by providing food and drinks of any kind. He later explained and apologise for his eremitic life style and his hate for intruders. He also reminisced of past friendship and the special bond he had with Mariele, Alandis Mother. His name was Bronovel.

Boronovel open invitation to stay and share his humble hut was warmly accepted by Alandis as he thought it might discover more about his family. During the following months Boronovel talked about his life and what brought him here. Alandis shared his story with the old elf and questioned him on his knowledge of his family history. However the old elf could not help Alandis as he did not know of his origins. He only had knowledge about what was shared between the old Elf and Mariele, before losing contact with her.

Alandis loses all hopes. Boronevoel recognising the dark shadows on Alandis and the desperation in his eyes offers him a place to stay as well as an offer to train as ranger. “This could be a way to keep you occupied and distracted” Boronovel suggested. Alandis gladly accept and spend the next 70 years learning about all the secrets of the forest. Boronovel also trains him on the way of the elven people, as Alandis had little contact with.

After this period Boronovel encourage Alandis to join the elven military as he thought he will benefit from the army training as well as having more contact with the elven population. Alandis was dubious of the idea as he always despised the authorities due to his criminal past. After a couple of years he made his way into Elfenburg and enrols in the army. Is here that he will spend the next 40 years training as a ranger in their diverse camps. During this time he is recognise for his skills and his encouraged to train in a spy camp.

Alandis will spend another 40 years in training, and another 20 on various missions. He reigned only to be able to travel in search of adventures, and during his traveling times he heard of the guild. He will take him another 30 years approximately before making his way to the guild.

Alandis is happy to use all his left over money to pay for the 6 month training, and subsequently he is ready for his first assignment. A Brick wrapped in a prophecy.

Ambitions

• To Master the magic arts
• To become infamously known as the top sword for hire
• To meet a dragon in combat
• To travel to Kinlu and learn of their culture and sword fighting skills
• To Invent something

Assignments

A Brick wrapped in a Prophecy