Post by AnvilX on Oct 14, 2004 17:56:15 GMT -5
(Repost from old site)
Description:
Velkyn Velve is a moon-elf with light blonde hair and sky blue eyes. He is taller than the average elf and appears to be of good health. He is quiet and introspective. He is distrustful of strangers and quietly watches all that goes on about him. He mainly solos on his outings, but has been known to join briefly with adventurers when their goal coincides with his own.
History:
One day long ago, there was an elven wedding festival deep in the forest of Cormanthor, which the elves called home. The festival was attacked by a roving band of dark armored black elves, the drow. The marauding drow were trying to reclaim a portion of the surface world and slew all at the party save one. That one being a small elven male child, the child survived by its mother covering his body with her own in death. The child laid beneath her in shock covered in his mother’s blood, holding tightly to her dagger. He lay there for hours, numb with fear, sure that the evil elves had left, but fearing to move. Then he heard people speaking in a language he could not understand, he lay still and waited as he heard them moving about the party area. Suddenly his mother’s body was removed from covering him, and he was shocked to see a black elf standing over him. He then saw that it was a small party of black elves dressed mainly in browns in green and they were piling the bodies in a group.
The black elf looked shocked that she had found a living soul left, the child looked at the dark lady preparing for the deathblow. She called to her comrades and knelt to the child and put her hand out, then she said in common “Come child”. The male child pulled his mother’s dagger from beneath him and slashed at the dark woman slicing her forearm just as one of her comrades shouted out “Velkyn Velve”. The wound would have been much worse if not for the warning. The dark lady held up her arm to halt the others and said in common “We mean you no harm little one, we are not like those that did this”, glancing about the area. “We have been tracking them for two days now. I am Rellizza, a priestess of Eilistraee. If I wanted to kill you, you would be dead by now. Trust me, I will take you to safety”. After much coaxing and assurances the followers of Eilistraee took the small pale child with them and gave up the chase of their evil brethren. They traveled back to their temple deep in the forest of Cormanthor.
The child could not remember its name after its ordeal and witnessing the deaths of all that he knew and loved. The followers of Eilistraee needed to call him something so Rellizza, named him Velkyn Velve to symbolize their first meeting. Velkyn Velve in the Drow tongue means “Hidden Blade”. She also hoped that the name would symbolize more in his future. Perhaps he could be a hidden weapon to use against the evil drow or bring them to the goddess. So,Velkyn grew up in the temple learning the ways of Eilistraee and becoming a foster son to Rellizza.
Because of the severe trauma Velkyn could not remember his name, past or the identity of his parents. Through the years he has met other surface elves, but could never find out whom his parents were. Most knew of the massacre, but since there were so many victims he could have been the offspring of any of them and there was no record of who attended the wedding feast. Many other elven groups offered Velkyn there kinship and home, but he stayed with Rellizza and her clan through out the years honing his skills and martial spirit.
Like many drow, he has perfected the art of fighting with two weapons at once. He has put this skill to good use hunting down evil drow and Zhent agents about the Dalelands. He has even helped the Harper’s on occasion and defended Myth Dranor from raiding drow seeking magical artifacts. He has been traveling outwards from the forest going to nearby cities and towns. He is presently traveling in the Cormyr region.
Description:
Velkyn Velve is a moon-elf with light blonde hair and sky blue eyes. He is taller than the average elf and appears to be of good health. He is quiet and introspective. He is distrustful of strangers and quietly watches all that goes on about him. He mainly solos on his outings, but has been known to join briefly with adventurers when their goal coincides with his own.
History:
One day long ago, there was an elven wedding festival deep in the forest of Cormanthor, which the elves called home. The festival was attacked by a roving band of dark armored black elves, the drow. The marauding drow were trying to reclaim a portion of the surface world and slew all at the party save one. That one being a small elven male child, the child survived by its mother covering his body with her own in death. The child laid beneath her in shock covered in his mother’s blood, holding tightly to her dagger. He lay there for hours, numb with fear, sure that the evil elves had left, but fearing to move. Then he heard people speaking in a language he could not understand, he lay still and waited as he heard them moving about the party area. Suddenly his mother’s body was removed from covering him, and he was shocked to see a black elf standing over him. He then saw that it was a small party of black elves dressed mainly in browns in green and they were piling the bodies in a group.
The black elf looked shocked that she had found a living soul left, the child looked at the dark lady preparing for the deathblow. She called to her comrades and knelt to the child and put her hand out, then she said in common “Come child”. The male child pulled his mother’s dagger from beneath him and slashed at the dark woman slicing her forearm just as one of her comrades shouted out “Velkyn Velve”. The wound would have been much worse if not for the warning. The dark lady held up her arm to halt the others and said in common “We mean you no harm little one, we are not like those that did this”, glancing about the area. “We have been tracking them for two days now. I am Rellizza, a priestess of Eilistraee. If I wanted to kill you, you would be dead by now. Trust me, I will take you to safety”. After much coaxing and assurances the followers of Eilistraee took the small pale child with them and gave up the chase of their evil brethren. They traveled back to their temple deep in the forest of Cormanthor.
The child could not remember its name after its ordeal and witnessing the deaths of all that he knew and loved. The followers of Eilistraee needed to call him something so Rellizza, named him Velkyn Velve to symbolize their first meeting. Velkyn Velve in the Drow tongue means “Hidden Blade”. She also hoped that the name would symbolize more in his future. Perhaps he could be a hidden weapon to use against the evil drow or bring them to the goddess. So,Velkyn grew up in the temple learning the ways of Eilistraee and becoming a foster son to Rellizza.
Because of the severe trauma Velkyn could not remember his name, past or the identity of his parents. Through the years he has met other surface elves, but could never find out whom his parents were. Most knew of the massacre, but since there were so many victims he could have been the offspring of any of them and there was no record of who attended the wedding feast. Many other elven groups offered Velkyn there kinship and home, but he stayed with Rellizza and her clan through out the years honing his skills and martial spirit.
Like many drow, he has perfected the art of fighting with two weapons at once. He has put this skill to good use hunting down evil drow and Zhent agents about the Dalelands. He has even helped the Harper’s on occasion and defended Myth Dranor from raiding drow seeking magical artifacts. He has been traveling outwards from the forest going to nearby cities and towns. He is presently traveling in the Cormyr region.
