Raltin Avarr

Raltin Avarr
"Home is where I find rest, no matter how short it be. Friends? they are the only family i need, and I will always be there when they need me." ~Raltin~

"It is not the north that makes the Fremennik, but our long standing traditions and values" ~Raltin~

"Raltin Avarr! master of beasts!" ~Alrekr Ormr~

History
As a child, Raltin was a restless one, and always looking for some way of adventure. He has no siblings, finding friendship with many other children in Rellekka while growing up. When came the time that he passed the trials at age fifteen, his restlessness compelled him to leave his homeland in search of adventure and some great truth. For five years he roamed gielinor, becoming efficient in other ways of combat rather than the traditional sword or axe of his people, but during those five years he saw many injustices and was in many a conflict, tearing at him on the inside and eventually turning him bitter and cruel. He eventually fell in with some unsavory group and began a career of murder. He carried on with killing for coin, but he was not in the group for money, in it he found brotherhood, he found a new family in the lands away from his home, for just before he joined the cut-throats he had recieved news of his parents death, killed by dagannoth while out fishing for the anual tuna. The death of his parents had been the last straw for Raltin, and finally broke his good nature inside. For five more years he stayed with the killers, but a twist of fate brought him back from the brink of evil. He had fallen in love with a woman from Burthorpe, and they enjoyed a brief time together before the trolls burned her home while he was away. He returned to the wreckage and felt the pain of loss once more, and in his grief he went alone to the barricades to take as many trolls as he could, he fell eventually, but some soldiers managed to drag him away. When he came to, he was in a hut in Taverly, being tended to by druids. Broken inside, he stayed in Taverly, not wishing to go back to his brotherhood. In the time that he stayed he began to see light in honerable living again, for the druids took him in, a stranger that they had never met before and shared what they could with him, at no thought of their own gain. He stayed with them for a time, learning what he could from them on the art of summoning, at which he became a natural, better at it than most other skills he had learned in his life. Summoning did not interfere with his personal belief on runes, of which nearly all fremennik share, and he accepted without hesitation. The time came when he finally returned to Rellekka, finding his old family hall dusted and with no others in it since his parents died, he was welcomed back to Rellekka by old friends and quickly reaserted himself into the fremennik way of life, living as honerably as he could to atone for his past misdeeds. Eventually he began to learn from Thorkir Bravery an ancient bit of knowledge held by the Bravery and Avarr clans since they first came to the new world, in which both clans took turns "stoking the fires", and he carried on with that tradition. He met his wife Jikuri at Rellekka, soon after his return, and the two are now happily married. With his training in the art of summoning, he quickly found he could communicate with beasts and soon found a role in keeping his homeland safe of dangerous animals, not by killing them, but by taming them so that they would obey. During his time back home he gained political power and was eventually put on the jarl seat on Jatizso when the fremennik had control of it again for a brief time, gaining his council seat before earning the title of jarl of the isles, and he continued to hold his position long after that with his wise yet bull-headed decisions. He remained in rellekka til came the age of thirty, having returned at age twenty, and soon after reaching his tenth decade, great fighting began over the land of Rellekka. He fought in many of the wars which eventually lead to the great battle with the Rovin clan of the islands and Kandarin to the south, of which was an underhanded attempt at invasion by both sides and the fremennik were put on the defensive. They were forced to surrender, but not before the death of some of his friends, Alrekr Ormr and Thorkir Bravery included. Rellekka remained in fremennik possesion but with great limits to freedom, and many fremennik abandoned the north for the invading warmongers. Raltin was among this group, and he began his wanderings again, with his wife at his side and his good friend Grimvarr the raven, of whom he hatched from an egg a short time before meeting his future wife. He now roams Gielinor again, calling home wherever he finds it and staying with the splintered groups of his nomadic bretheren, which now form villages dotting the south.

Family History
His family name goes back to when the fremennik first arrived on Gielinor, along with the Bravery family. His family and the Bravery clan have long "stoked the fires", a mysterious thing in its own right, involving both clans long standing traditions in seership and leader roles. His name is derived from his hero ancestor Avarr, whos exploits were long since lost to time and are remembered by few. His family colors are blue deep to moderate blue with ivory white trimmings around flags or the cloaks which his few family members sport.

Personality
Raltin is at many times grim yet determined, but his general mood is friendly. He is outgoing in the pursuit of peace, and does not like the hardships war brings, having felt enough pain and loss from such conflicts. Though prefering peace, he wont hesitate to try and bring down those who threaten the people he cares for. Due to his complicated past, he has a multitude of characteristics that sets him apart from others.

Abilities
He can fight with any sword or axe, be it big or small, and can shoot a bow and be a sneaky sort when required. His connection to the seer like qualities his family has long since held and with his druidic training, raltin prefers to fight along side trusted companions he brings from the spirit plane to aid him in battle. He is a tamer of animals, another ability he picked up at his time with the druids, and has enlisted the aid of creatures during war that he took time to train, such as wolves into vicious war animals. Away from combat he is a decent smith, but not with normal materials, but with odd and rare metals. He is a bard of good skill, and can play memorized songs on a lyre.

Appearance
Raltin is of average height with brown hair and hazel geen eyes, he wears his standard family colored cloak most times while switching to different attire on most other occasions.