Post by smoo on Dec 1, 2007 0:00:08 GMT -5
Rolian Feyro is a warrior of the age of thirty-six, hailing from the Elwynn Forest area. He was born into a poor family, one that served no lord and therefore had to make it's own way. His mother was a blacksmith and his father a warrior like himself. Rolian greatly admired his father, who boasted a strength unknown to him as a boy. His father taught him how to use an axe when he was only ten years old; Rolian enjoyed being able to help with such bodily-demanding tasks as woodcutting and assisting his mother with her smithing. When he was fourteen, he was taught how to hunt and to live off the land.
His happy days of playful wrestling and showing off to the boys in the nearby farms quickly came to an end at the age of seventeen. It was then that, from the mountains just north of his place of residence, came several men brandishing weapons and screaming war cries. The local militia, thinking it only to be a group of particularily rowdy young bandit-types, took up their foresting axes, their hunting bows and their kitchen knives and set out to quell the upstarts. Unfortunately for them, the men were much more well-armed than your typical gang of robbers and quickly made their way into the village. Rolian and his mother were instructed to flee by their father as he deemed the area would soon be overrun. He assured his wife and son that the invaders would soon be under control and went quickly back to the fight.
His body was found the next day amid the remains of the old village. On top of it was the corpse of a Troll warrior with a spear driven through the man. It's head was laying off to the side in the dust. Several other Trolls were discovered dead around the area, with many more militia accompanying. It was then that Rolian found three things.
The world is a horrible, cruel place.
Only the strongest warriors can live through the wars that engulf it.
And most immediately, Rolian discovered his hatred for the Horde, and especially the Trolls.
Since then, Rolian has devoted his life to the way of battle. Convincing himself that the only ones to die are those who give themselves to weakness and carrying his loathing for the Trolls of Durotar, he seeks to never meet his match, and to constantly better his ability to protect himself and, secondly, others. He has learned a great deal of axemanship in battle, as well as how to survive in the wilderness. It is with this he seeks combat with the mighty Horde.
His happy days of playful wrestling and showing off to the boys in the nearby farms quickly came to an end at the age of seventeen. It was then that, from the mountains just north of his place of residence, came several men brandishing weapons and screaming war cries. The local militia, thinking it only to be a group of particularily rowdy young bandit-types, took up their foresting axes, their hunting bows and their kitchen knives and set out to quell the upstarts. Unfortunately for them, the men were much more well-armed than your typical gang of robbers and quickly made their way into the village. Rolian and his mother were instructed to flee by their father as he deemed the area would soon be overrun. He assured his wife and son that the invaders would soon be under control and went quickly back to the fight.
His body was found the next day amid the remains of the old village. On top of it was the corpse of a Troll warrior with a spear driven through the man. It's head was laying off to the side in the dust. Several other Trolls were discovered dead around the area, with many more militia accompanying. It was then that Rolian found three things.
The world is a horrible, cruel place.
Only the strongest warriors can live through the wars that engulf it.
And most immediately, Rolian discovered his hatred for the Horde, and especially the Trolls.
Since then, Rolian has devoted his life to the way of battle. Convincing himself that the only ones to die are those who give themselves to weakness and carrying his loathing for the Trolls of Durotar, he seeks to never meet his match, and to constantly better his ability to protect himself and, secondly, others. He has learned a great deal of axemanship in battle, as well as how to survive in the wilderness. It is with this he seeks combat with the mighty Horde.