3. The past of Caranthir Senodel

The past of Caranthir Senodel


  • Character: Caranthir Senodel
    Username: RichardYuen

    The past is sometimes best forgotten but for Caranthir it is all he has..

    Thousands of leagues North West of Jiyyd lies a village. The village in unamed and unmarked on any maps in existence. Why? Because it is a secret to all.

    Two years earlier the elven village of Thaliyandor was peaceful and looking bright for the small community of elves had struck alliance with the orc clan of Falling Hammer. The dwarf clan resided in a large mountain near the village and finally after many days of coversing a deal had been made.
    Of course this deal had not brought a smile to everyone's faces, for a few individuals of the elf village though themselves to be above all races, including dwarves. On the flipside, one elf thought the deal to be a very important and rejoiceful event, his name was Caranthir Senodel.

    Caranthir, and his family had lived in Thaliyandor for all their lives and with the new alliance they knew that their lives would continue to be bright. Caranthir the eldest son had been trained by the finest ranger in the village and he had been told that he would outshine any of the other elves of the village.

    On the following night when the alliance was made a great feast was had and the elves and dwarves made merry and all was good, except one thing. The sound of yells, weapons, and warcries were heard near the village. When the watchmen first say the to-be raiders it was a nightmare….

    Orcs!

    The battle itself was too fast for Caranthir to remember, all he could recall was cries of the women, yells of anguish from the few fighters of the village...and his name being called....

    "Noooo!" Caranthir startled from the ground.

    "It's ok Caranthir, it's ok...it's all over.." came a voice next to him.

    "Mother?" Caranthir started seeing the form of his mother, K'dala.

    After half a day of talking, Caranthir leared of how a elf had shunned the village for allying with the dwarves and that this elf had fled the village and made a deal with a passing orc warband. The elf had made a deal with he orcs that he'd tell them the location of the elf village in exchange for his life. Of course the orcs took the deal and had turned Thaliyandor into burnt ruins. Caranthir also learnt that most of the village had escaped by the use of the magical escape tunnels that the village's mages had created in case a hasty retreat was needed. However many women folk and almost all the soldiers had been slaughtered...

    After hearing this Caranthir couldn't bear the idea of a elf betraying his own people! So he told his mother that he was leaving the village to hunt down this elf.

    His mother wept.
    He told her it was not out of revenge but out of justice.
    His mother wept.
    He told her that this would bring peace of mind to those of the village.
    His mother wept.
    He told her he would never forget his parents and the home he lived in.
    His mother had hope.

    It took Caranthir several months to hunt down the elf. It took another few months to drag the elf back to the village.
    During the time Caranthir spent outside of the village to see new things and experience feelings of freedom and joy did he feel that he no longer had a spot in the village when it was remade. When told, his mother had a look of sadness but also a look of recognization and trust.

    "Go my son, seek the world and it's wonder and some day comeback to us of the village and tell us of the wonder we shall never see..."

    For the moment Caranthir Senodel walked out of town did the mages of the village weave a dweomer to conceal the village from all who did not come from the village.

    Caranthir wondered if he had done the right thing, but it was too late for doubts now, and so Caranthir did strike out into the world to find the adventurers he seeked and to quench his thirt for freedom.

    I just noticed this is quite big....sorry XD


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