(*cough I sent you a pm with the history I wrote up for Southreach. Halfway through writing it, I realized it wasn't part of the application. Normally I would just scrap it, but I was on a roll and I realized that you wanted players to help write the lore at some point. So I finished it and sent you a pm with it in it. *unconvincing cough.)
All I could imagine is you coughing, saying this as fast as you possibly could in a mumble, then coughing again... I laughed too hard xD
Name:
Aeon Bedlam
Gender:
Male
Age:
16
Appearance:
Aeon is a tall (6'2", he's done growing), slender young man. He has a tan complexion and often keeps his dark brown hair short and clean cut. He has a pointed chin and a long face along with his slightly large, ice blue eyes. His limbs seem longer than his whole body and he often wears simple clothes such as his white linen shirt or his red linen shirt, which would always go with his brown linen trousers. He never wears anything on his feet. Aeon usually always has a bright smile on his face and he tends to try and keep clean and organized. The one feature that stands out on Aeon is a large and long scar that travels from the left side of his forehead to the right corner of his jaw.
Village:
Arkney's Vale is a village named after a heroine who first settled in the territory long ago. According to the legend, she was part of a civilized group of people who were nomads. Arkney, the heroine, is known to have slain many beasts and ended the lives of many bandits. It is said that she could end a mans life before he could even finish blinking. Eventually though, her and the group of nomads settled down and built up the small village, now known as Arkney's Vale.
Arkney's Vale lives right smack in the middle of a large, hilly plain known as Ubehle Steppe (u-bel step). To the north, there is a large mountain range that is not named. To the west, south-west, and south is a large, thick woodlands. Also known as Sacred Grove, the encouragement of staying out of this large territory is highly enforced. Men, women and even children have gone missing and those that have survived stated that they have the odd feeling of being looked upon. To the East of Arkney's Vale is a large body of water. The village refers to this body of water as "The Sight" due to its seemingly never ending, deep blue horizon.
Arkney's Vale itself has a trade based economy and has a complication of contacting others on the outside. The village lives off of the wild animal that roams the plains. The animal runs on all fours and can be seen in an array of colors. Brown, black, white, grey, tan, and even a golden-brown fur color has been noted by the hunters of the village. Hides are used for the harsh winter and the meat is used to feed the village year round. Often, the small farm that is in the northeast side of the village is hit or miss. Some years the crops fail to grow, but most years the crops grow fully and feed the village just as well as the wild animal does. There is a small textile shop along with a blacksmith, library, a Hall, and an extremely comfy Tavern where outsiders can spend a night or two. They are often welcomed anyways and surrounded by the curiosity of young children.
Background:
Aeon's parents have known each other from the beginning. They grew up together and they ended up getting married around 15. The standard age in Arkney's Vale. Aeon's father ended up getting heavily involved with the small group of hunters while his mother got heavily involved into politics. As a result Aeon would be given to a caretaker and would learn how to do much on his own. No one has seen Aeon's first steps, heard his first words, or watched him learn how to read quickly and efficiently. Aeon also learned how to cook and feed himself. This lead to the caretaker that was hired to leave and move on to the next child in the village. Because of his mother and father, Aeon's name was known pretty well. His appearance, not so much.
From the time that Aeon was thirteen, he has practically lived on his own. He took up a small job at the library and was able to do one of his favorite pass times, read. Aeon first learned about magic when he was twelve, when he took the job at the library to contribute to the community, he saw it as a chance to read up on magic. He often focused on finding out about Blue Magicians and read up on the best of the best. Blue magic always grabbed his attention but Aeon didn't see the use in reading about it. He doesn't believe he will ever get to learn the chance of magic as it is, so even though he continues to read on it and can only daydream, he focuses on finding other ways to contribute to this village. He was going to attempt to become a lore master.
Aeon had few friends, the few that he had talked to him whenever they ran into him or whenever they could find him. There was a girl in the group very small circle of friends that he really liked. Arrangements were made for her to marry at fourteen though. Soon, his other two friends were married as well. Aeon was left at the age of sixteen with no one but himself. Aeon kinda felt insecure about this and kept it to the side. He didn't want this to stop him from becoming a lore master, his greatest, well second greatest, dream. For now though, the celebration of Arkney is and upcoming event that needs to be prepared and ready within the next few days, thus Aeon is left helping prepare food for the large celebration's feast with his father.
Personal Aspirations:
I generally like going with the story and seeing how things play out. So whatever happens happens. Just take note that Aeon can be a tad over protective.
Kazz made sure that the other three caught up but he stood in the back of the four, especially when the audience was in his view and some odd looking fellow. There were too many people and he was extremely uncomfortable with that. Kazz let out a sigh when the challenge was mentioned. Out of all things a cooking challenge is part of this. This is already looking to be a waste of time. A forest began to form from underneath their feet. Kazz stepped to far behind the group and had to move out of the way before a tree took him to the sky. Well at least we are in a setting I can adapt to. Kazz fixed his eyes on Iwa as he spoke. He looked around at the group and noticed that Kit most likely didn't want to participate in this. Finally, the unsettling eyes of Kazz rested on Ash. He made a scene rather quickly and gripped his bow tightly, as if he was ready to take off.
Kazz knew the group probably already thought he was strange, everyone did. Thats why he liked to work as a lone wolf the best, there was no one to judge him, especially by his cover, and those that didn't were the ones that quickly trusted him after finding out he was a worthy ally. Kazz hoped something in these challenges would allow him to do such a thing. He hoped that the group would be able to relax with one another and work together to scale obstacles, no matter how large they were. After a few moments of silence Kazz spoke up. "I'm in. He stood to Iwa's side. He stared at the others, who were probably not quite ready to count on others for the upcoming challenges. However, it was certain none of these challenges would be cleared without the help of all of them.