Roan was born in a pretty peaceful seaside village to the east of Venne, the capital of Estival. His family consisted of his mother, Lea, his father Grezen, and his two siblings Trey and Calum, 4 and 5 years younger than Roan respectively. His father worked as the sole blacksmith of their village, supporting his family of four decently well. Despite the fact that with the money his father earned, he could be the sole earner of the family and they still would not have problems living a respectable life, Roan's mother insisted that everyone should contribute however they could. Due to this, Roan and his siblings learned the value of work at a very young age.
By the age of 12 he had become an apprentice in his father's smithy, helping around and learning from him the art of the blacksmith. Of course, his father's skills would never measure up to the standards of dwarven metallurgy, but Roan nevertheless loved doing what he did and, or course, his father loved teaching him. This peaceful life lasted for about 4 more years before the incident happened.
The incident is what Roan has dubbed the sudden disappearance of his mother and his two siblings. One fateful day, the then 16 year old Roan returned from the smithy to celebrate the end of his apprenticeship, only to find his home ransacked and empty. The front door had been broken down, the inside of the medium-sized house vandalized and his family members where nowhere to be found.
The incident changed Grezen, and Roan saw a side of his father that he had never seen before. From the proud, stalwart man that treated everyone around him with kindness and hearty laughter, Grezen turned into a deadbeat alcoholic that squandered all their money to feed his newfound gambling addiction. Roan pained to see his father in such a state, however, and tried his everything to keep a semblance of the life they previously had. Since his father had quit working the forge, Roan took up the mantle of village blacksmith. For a few years, he supported his father and himself with his work, and even managed to repair all the damage that their house had been subjected to. Alas, fate had more in store for Roan, however, as one day his father decided to leave as well. Suddenly, one day while he and his father were eating dinner in silence, as they always did after the disappearance, his father pushed his chair back, stood up and walked out the door, never to be seen again.
For several days after, Roan functioned almost mechanically, waking up in the morning and going to work before returning home. He made dinner for himself, ate it in silence and went to sleep. Rinse and repeat. Finally, one day he too realized that he had nothing tying him to the village anymore. His family was gone and the blacksmith position could be easily replaced by someone from the capital.
He boarded up the house and the smithy, bundled up a set of clothing, collected the last bits of gold he had and one of the swords he had made and took off as well. He wandered around, traveled to multiple towns, cities and villages within the borders of Estival, and eventually he found himself passing through the gates of the country's capital. He made his way to the Adventurer Guild's building and joined up. The rest is history...
