- Erendil -

AnnieBee · March 2nd, 2009, 2:08 am

Name: - Erendil -

Age:- 20

Gender: - Male

Skills: -
Swordsmanship: Erendil is a skilled swordsman. He learned the mastery of the blade from a very early age. He had to observe older boys learn, before he was of age for learning. Having been as an observer, he was able to learn from the mistakes others made. Being ambidextrous, he is quick, precise, strong, creative and always a step ahead of his opponents.
Wood Carving: Erendil learned to carve from the elders from his beloved Narda. He was taught to pay attention to detail and that less is more when carving. This skill has been his best therapy in the loneliness of the Spine. He had been able to carve the utensils he has needed while in his self imposed exile.
Archery: As carving, archery was taught to Erendil as a young child. When he mastered stationery targets, he then learned to use the bow and arrow with moving targets. As a result, he learned focusing on the intended goal and having a true aim.
Navigation: Erendil learn all there is to know related to navigation. He had hoped someday to take over his father's business. The skill is there, though his hoped died the day his parents were slain. As a fugitive, he cannot take over the business.

Race: - human (to eventually be bonded to a dragon)

Hair: - Long dark brown hair. Usually held at the nape of
his neck with a strip of leather

Eyes: - Erendil has slanted green eyes, shielded by long brown eyelashes. When angered, black specs appear on the green irises.

Home Village: - Narda

Parents: -
Mother: Enya; daughter to a merchant from Teirm. She taught her son Erendil to read and write
Father: Bowen: a humble, but hard-working man, who owned a small shipping business in Narda.

Siblings: None

Character Personality:
Erendil – was born a curious, avid learning soul. He was in awe of the love his parents professed to each other and the love they expressed for him. He was taught to read, write, sail, fish, spar, carve and many other subjects in which he showed curiosity. Erendil was loved by Narda’s elders. He was a compassionate, honest, hard-working child. Erendil grew up with many and varied interests. He would drink in any kind of information which he considered interesting. He learned to value love, friendship and honesty from a young age. He also learned to be independent early on. He enjoyed teaching the small children of his town to read. He knew this would give them a better station in life if they learned their letters. As he grew he would help his father in the small shipping business he father had started shortly after he married his mother. Other days he would help his mother with the chores, just to spend time with her and listen to her talk about her own childhood.

The slaying of his parents marked a turning point in his life. He had learned firsthand about hatred, slaughter, pain, revenge. After he killed the last soldier that horrible day he lost his parents, he fled into the Spine. He had learned how to fend for himself in the Spine. But he also learned about loneliness and isolation. Within a year of living as a fugitive, Erendil had changed. He did learn to hunt for food, to cure skins for leather and blankets in the cold bitter winters. He learned which animals to befriend and which ones to avoid. He learned which plants were edible, which ones were for healing and which ones were poisonous.

Time moved on, but his desire for revenge had not dwindled. He wished he could join the Rebels. If only he could figure a way to contact them, to go to them and help fight the Empire. At times his anger and pain would burn inside his chest like a hot cast iron. His determination to seek the Varden had been growing inside his chest. He plotted, and broke into what used to be his father’s business and stole the maps he needed in order to plan his journey south. All the skills he had learned through his happier years would come forth to finally avenge his parent’s murder.

Character History: Erendil - was born in Narda, therefore he learned to love the sea. He would spend many long hours leaning the secrets of manning a boat, learning about fishing and how read the sea currents. Erendil was and is an avid learner. He had the advantage of being one of the few lads to read and write at an early age. While growing up, his parents were determined to give their son all the tools necessary to help him have a good future. His mother taught him compassion towards the less fortunate, and would often send him to deliver warm meals to the elderly of their town. In exchange he learned to carve wood from one of the old men, who also taught him to use the bow and arrow.

Erendil enjoyed watching the swords master of his town teach his apprentices the art of sword fighting. Everyday he would show up and eagerly watch the lessons proffered to the older boys of Narda. On his eighth birthday, his father presented him with a sword. At last he would no be watching at the sidelines. He would truly learn the art. Erendil had observed the masters teach other youngsters for two and a half years. He had heard their instructions, he had seen the moves and he had seen the results of over-confidence. Erendil proved to be an apt, serious and skillful student. Soon he would apprentice with the older boys.

At the age of 17, his parents were killed by the Empire’s soldiers. This happened when his father arrived home after a day of work. The soldiers had broken into his house and were in the process of forcing themselves on Enya. Crazed with fear and anger, Bowen unsheathed his sword and slew three of the five soldiers. One of the two soldiers turned and stabbed Enya, just when Elendil had entered his house. Bowen was then stabbed by
the other soldier, but Bowen skewed the man before falling. Horrified and irate by what he had seen, Erendil retrieved one of the fallen soldier’s sword, and killed the last soldier who attempted to flee. The word got out that Erendil had killed a soldier; before the Empire could arrest him, he fled into the Spine with the help of his neighbors. He has been on the run for almost three and a half years. Ever since, Erendil, swore to fight the Empire, and those who serve the King. His hatred was not a blind one, though. Erendil knew not all soldiers were mean, savage and abusive. He had childhood friends whose fathers had been forced into the Empire’s service.

In the Spine, he learned to survive in the wilderness. He learned which plants would heal and which ones were poisonous. He learned to hunt game and to avoid the larger predators. He would inhabit in the Spine for the next three years of his life. He yearned to reach Surda and serve the Varden, but he had no idea how to contact the elusive rebels.
Little did he know, his heart’s desire would be met in the depth of the Spine. He would meet the one person who would help him in his quest, and later on he would discover a lone hidden dragon egg which would turn the table against the Empire.

Weapons: Bow: Erendil carved this bow while living in the wilderness of the Spine. The upper and lower limbs of the bow had tiny carved vines and leaves. He made the bow strings with sinew (animal back or leg tendon), rawhide, or gut. Occasionally, he would use, plant fibers, such as inner bark of basswood, slippery elm or cherry trees.
Arrows: He mad the arrow shafts out of shoots, such as dogwood, wild rose, ash, birch. He also used reeds from common reed grass. Erendil would use the feathers of wild turkey eagle, crow, goose, and hawk on the tips of the shafts.
Sword: The hilt has a leather-wrapped wood grip with a contoured guard and pommel. His sword has a sleek tapering, wide blade and a very strong point, good for thrusting between armour and chainmail.
Scabbard-His scabbard is a simple black leather backhanger with no adornment or embellishments. He made this one in the wilderness, since he had no time to collect many belongings when he fled Narda.

Likes: - Erendil loves to learn. He loves Nature, the sea, the mountains, the open skies..
He loves making things with his hands, it soothes him. He enjoyed seeing the love between his parents and hopes to find that same kind of love one day. He is a believer of justice, compassion, friendships and honesty. He has become extra cautious, observant, and distrustful. He misses reading and teaching the children of his hometown.

Dislikes: - Injustice, the Empire and power-hungry abusive soldiers. He understands not all soldiers are evil, so his thirst for revenge is targeted to those soldiers who are cruel. He loathes slavery, and the suffering of innocents.

Animal Companions: - (Eventually a dragon egg will hatch for him)

Character's Physical Description:
Erendil stands at a stature of six feet. He is lean, and muscular thanks to the life he has led in the Spine. He carries his brown hair, beyond the length of his shoulder and is usually tied with a leather strip behind the nape of his neck. His green enigmatic eyes, shadowed by his long lashes, once avid, merry and curious are now shrouded with sadness, and at time with a cold, determined fierceness. Erendil has become a very fast runner. He has a scar on his left calf, in the shape of a half-moon, token of a bite from a raccoon he was trying to heal.

Dreams for the Future: - Erendil dreams are simple. He wants most than anything to locate the Varden. He wishes to join them in the fight against the Empire and avenge his parent’s death. If he manages to accomplish this, he would no longer be a wanted man. He would then want to find a nice girl to love and raise a family.

Reason for Dreams: - The slaughter of his parents, by the Empire’s soldiers has haunted him for the better part of these past three years and a half. His need to avenge them is as necessary as the air he breathes. If he should come out alive from the war, the memory of his parent’s happiness and love for each other would give him the strength needed to find that same kind of happiness.

Alignment/side: -At the moment he will offer his loyalty to the Varden if he could locate them.

- Erendil -

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