Edmond |
Some days
after the world began, but more before now than after then, a half-troll was born to a
family afar off beyond the Azure Sea. His youth was uneventful, as adventures go, a brute
of a boy and raised to kill, and hunt, and eat all that he had, of course no different
than most half-trolls you might have heard of. His life was inexoribly changed though as
he approached his twentieth year and he met a young sea-elf.
The young sea-elf was an odd match for such a large creature, the two
of whom would not have normally met, save for the travelling of the young half-troll
across the Azure Sea to the land you are familiar with. Upon the shores of Ocean Keep,
they met, and over some further meetings of which there is not enough space to write, they
secretly left the city of Ocean Keep to wed and carry on. A more unnatural matrimony there
may never have been, though these days all nature of weddings have occurred. This is how
Edmond went from just plain Edmond, to Edmond Nomaihr, taking on the last name of Rhiamon,
as it was the custom of her family.
For some time, the family Nomaihr lived in peace and quiet, Edmond
slowly being accepted into the Nomaihr name, and soon enough was taken under Rhiamon's
mother's care as Rhiamon was soon to be named the Matriarch of the Nomaihr family. Sadly,
too soon after Rhiamon was made the Matriarch of the Nomaihr family, robbers came as
quietly in the night and slew her, seeking the trinkets about her neck and wrists. A hefty
price for the small jewels and things that would have quickly been given. This makes
another dissertation on things of crime and thievery which is not nearly the intent of
this tale.
The aging half-troll took to himself, and wandered the lands, seeking
those that destroyed his only real belongings with a wave of their daggers. During these
travels, he apprenticed in the mountains the augury now so attached to his name. To more
clearly understand these ways he descended the mountains into Darkhaven to study within
the Guild of Augurers. Here, he honed his skills, and learned the ways of the lands. He
became a professional and made his mark on the people about him.
Some time after the destruction and rebuilding of the Guild of his
nature, of which another book could be written, the hands of the gods reached out of the
heavens, seeing that he might be of use to them, either as a tool, or toy, one still
cannot be sure. That, now some many millenia ago, is how Edmond arose to immortality. |
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