Pane Balt
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Pane Balt was born in northen sembia outside the city walls of Yhaunn at his fathers farm as their first born son. His father wasnt a rich man and had to work hard which meant Pane had to help him with his work already from the age of 10. Pane wasnt the brighthest boy but he was considered quite charming and was always willing to help those in need.
All the hard work resulted in that Pane grew strong and was at the age of 16 offered training as a sembian guard. At the age of 18 he was sent to Ordulin where he was to serve as a guard for two years. He was faced with many problems in the merchantile city ordulin and when he left at the age of 20 he was already considered a expirenced guard.
Pane didnt dream of being a guard his whole life though, his greatest dream was to travel around in fareun and see as much a short lived human can dream of seeing. He set off toward the dalelands and after two months of travel arrived in a small village situated on the road from Scardale to Harrowdale.
The villagers where in dire need of protection and begged Pane to help them. Pane joined their small guard force and soon grew fond of the village. He stayed there for 6 years and became respected for his skill as a smith and for his kind spirit. One day Panes life was ruined. A band of orcs chose to attack the village and soon the village was nothing but a flaming ruin. Pane himself had fought for his life with all his strenght but had been knocked out by a perfect hit from a club in his head. When he waked up he found out that everyone that he had befriended the last 6years had been slaughtered without mercy, even the childrens and the old.
Pane was a broken man after that expirence and set out on his former adventure. He sailed from the port in harrowdale to procampur in the continent Impiltur. Here he became a sailor at one of the many cargo ships. He wasnt considered a good sailor mainly because few really befriended him because he had isolated himself and also because he had began drinking large amount of alchoholic beverages. He sailed around for several years between the ports in the sea of fallen stars until he reached the northren port Ilmwatch.
At Ilmwatch he befriended a caravan master which hired him as a guard for his next caravan toward the northren continent Narfell. All was going well and Pane began to lighten up a bit from the new work. after three months of travelling they came close to the Rawlinwood and was suddenly ambushed by bandits. They managed to fight the bandits off but it was apparent that thee caravan had suffered some critical damage and that the bandits would return again.
The caravan travelled on despite of the damage and reached the giant spire mountains. Here they where attacked by mountain bandits that was firing at them from the top of a large canyon. The caravan had no choice but to send the guards toward the top. The guards fought off the mountains bandits but to their own horror they saw how they had been cheated. While they stood on the top the other bandits made their move and pillaged the caravan. When the guards at last reached the caravan it was too late. all the men was slaughtered along with the childrens. Most of the womans had first been killed after the bandits had taken advantage of them.
This expirence broke down what was left of Panes spirit. He and the guards travelled on and when they at last reached Narfell they slowly began to desert each other leaving Pane alone in a foreign country in the end.
Now Pane was staring at the cold continent Narfell. He didnt care more about adventure now and only wished to settle down or maybe meet his end at the blade of a bandit. He wasnt young now and as far as he remembered it was 17 or 18 years since he left Yhaunn to begin his little adventure. He sighed to himself and went toward the town to drown his sorrow with a few bottles of spirit. He looked at a sign showing that a few miles away the town Norwick could be found.