Name: Randy Rogers

Age: 28

Race: Human though traces of giant in his lineage

Appearance: He ha sharp green eyes and light brown hair. He has a heavy muscular build. He stands at about 6'8.

Role: Ranger/hunter/survivalist

Bio: Randy was born to a woman out of wedlock and with an unknown father. All he knows is that his father came around the small town where his mother ran an Inn and she was seduced by the suave man and then left out to dry when she was with child. The village where he was born and raised is a remote northern village. While it isn't a lawless land it is a wild land. Much of the food he got was either through hunting or snares.

He ran across a huntsman one day during his daily snare checks and found that the man was stealing his rabbit. The man apologized and began to teach him a few useful skills in exchange for the rabbit. He continued to learn from this man in secret for a few days every few months when he would return. It was odd to him that he never came to the village but the man said that he pretty much only lives in the wild now.

By the time he was 13 he was already as tall or taller than most of the men in his village. He had accumulated much knowledge from the strange man in the woods that he met with. He has learned how to craft a bow among other things. He had made his way as a hunter for the most part and on occasion gathered herbs and other plants from the forests. He had a talent with animals as well. It was almost as if he could communicate with them in some kind of primal way. He could sense them when they were near; especially predators. He felt a kinship with them in some way. When he locked eyes with a wolf or a bear there was some kind of...understanding that was shared. He was never attacked by them and nor did he become aggressive towards them. The calm and quiet of the forest soothed his soul. He managed to learn how to blend in with the rest of the wild and hide his presence.

Still at 13 he returned to see his village in flames. Bandits had ransacked the place. His mother was taken. He used his tracking skills to find the bandits before nightfall. Many of the men had captured cattle, valuables and of course the women of the village. While keeping hidden he sniped many of the men with his bow and overpowered the ones that he had to take out with his hands. He found his mother dead with a knife wound in her side. Her hands were still bound behind her back. A white hot rage engulfed Randy. This wasn't like the wild. People...people were wrong. They were cruel. They didn't kill his mother for food or for survival. They did it out of evil. For ...fun. He tracked down the last few bandits over the next few weeks and never looked back. All that he took with him from his childhood was his bow and a hawk chick that he found stolen by the bandits.

Ever since then he has devoted his life to the life of a ranger. He is a hunter who specializes in big game. Traveling across the lands he also gained a sense of adventure for discovery. He has a bound book of blank parchment in which he draws new creatures he comes across. When he heard about this new land that is undiscovered he felt drawn to it.

Skills: Archery, foraging, hunting, falconry, trap setting, tracking, rudimentary swordsmanship, bow/arrow crafting.

Magic:
Animal Empathy- To varying degrees he is able to communicate with wild animals. They don't understand language so it isn't like a conversation or telepathy but just a shared understanding of intentions. His Hawk, Greyfeather, for example he has an incredible bond with and can follow complex directions or provide accurate information about an area or creature.

Shared Senses- Usually only one at a time. Roger can link senses with another willing individual but far more likely Greyfeather. This is only an expansion to his animal empathy and cannot use animal empathy through the bird.

Guided Arrow- When concentrating he increases his accuracy unconsciously and his arrow is guided sightly to his true target. This helps against things such as wind or other factors that may throw off his accuracy.

-Drill- The arrow head is drill like and the arrow spins rapidly creating a tunneling effect for the arrow that can help it pierce thick armor or hide.

-Ricochet- The arrow bounces off of the first surface it hits at the appropriate angle.

-splitting- The arrow splits into two mid flight to either hit two different targets near each other or to hit a single target twice.

Equipment: Darkwood Hunting Longbow. Quiver full of seemingly mundane arrows. A claymore. Birdfeed.

Other: will add later.