Patrice
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STATS
Name: Patrice
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Description: Patrice is a human male with wide shoulders, strong
limbs and a tall stature. He has long, dark brown hair he keeps tied in a
topknot and a neatly trimmed ring-beard. His blue eyes stare defiantly
into the world. Patrice usually wears simple clothing in earthy
tones.
Personality: Patrice is a no-nonsense type of guy. He grew up in a
traditional human settlement where the men hunted and the women tended the
homes and livestock. He has met enough powerful women to know not to
expect the same in the outside world, but it remains his ideal. Patrice is
not someone who stands out, he is more the quiet, casual man drinking a
beer at the bar and keeping to himself. He tries not to over-indulge, but
he fails at times.
Family/Bio: Patrice grew up learning to hunt from his father and
older brothers. He never doubted he'd become a hunter too. Fate however
led him astray from his fellow men and he was in deep trouble (out of
arrows and surrounded by a couple of predators) when the elves of Wind
Chill found him. Seeing as they saved his life, Patrice feels he has a
debt to repay and he is not yet satisfied enough to return home.
Pets: --
Drak: ?? from Icehearth
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STORY
Era looked back and
noticed Patrice examining a trail. The two of them had different ideals
and that meant they were not exactly close friends. But Era still
respected her older companion as a hunter so she doubled back and waited
for Patrice to elaborate on his finding. When he didn't, she prompted:
"So?"
"I don't really know but something went by here."
"An animal?"
"Or something that wants us to believe that."
Patrice looked again at the faint tracks. They were almost unnoticeable.
Faint and very convincing, but something was off about them. The tracks
looked staged.
"I can hardly make them out." Era replied who now had picked up
on the faint trail.
"Which makes me wonder why someone put them here."
"It doesn't make for a good diversion, I walked right by."
"It might be a delay tactic." Patrice mused.
After all they were standing here talking and taking their sweet time when
they should in fact be hunting. WindChill was a young settlement and
everything they could add to it's cellars and storerooms was important.
More hunters would be joining them soon but recruiting them would take
time. The farmers were only just setting up and weren't expecting to
harvest in the first few months. They could buy supplies but no-one wanted
to use up precious funds when food could be hunted and collected in the
wild.
"Maybe it's an old trap?" Era offered.
The faintness of the track might imply that it had been left a long time
ago. Era took a step back, intending to continue their route but Patrice
felt uneasy. All his instincts were blaring their alarm.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else today."
Era shrugged and followed Patrice back from where they'd come.
"Are we just going to stay away from there?" the young
purple-haired hunter asked.
"I'll ask one of the knights to do a sweep past this place later. A
drak might pick up what we're missing."
"Let's hope we're not missing anything and it's just some old trap
that's been forgotten."
"Yes." Patrice agreed.
The two of them finally returned in the evening with a decent catch. Once
handled, cured and prepared, their efforts should be able to feed the
budding settlement for the better part of a week. If not too many people
joined in the next couple of days. There were about a dozen people at
present but there'd be many more.
Those thoughts appeared all too true when they were called in a little
later and were faced with both leaders of WindChill.
"Welcome." Sunsparkle Reflection
said while Essence of Moonbeam kept to
her task at hand while glancing over at them.
"We're happy to see a couple of extra hunters coming in in the course
of the next few days."
"It's nice to know we'll be getting more colleagues." Era spoke
truthfully.
Patrice nodded and waited. Both were wondering who would be coming and how
they would split the work. Would some hunt for small game? Would they form
a larger party to try and catch some of the really big animals? Or would
they just spread out more? There was a lot to consider.
"Which is why I feel it's time to send both of you to pair a drak
before the population really grow." Sunsparkle continued.
Now not even Patrice would stay quiet.
"Shouldn't we tell them what we know, Sir?" the quiet hunter
asked.
"I'm sure you can leave a message or instructions." Moonbeam
took over, "What Sunsparkle is trying to say is that we think you'd
be outstanding knights."
Sunsparkle coughed and added: "Don't worry, we have an outstanding
veteran hunter coming in. He'll be able to help guide the others."
Neither Era nor Patrice felt comfortable knowing that, but both remained
quiet about their worries. They couldn't deny the opportunity that had
been presented to them. They should probably feel honoured to have been
given the chance. Half a day later both had been handed a designated
Castle to report to and were taken away by portal with a small amount of
luggage and a promise there'd be someone to collect them after the mind
pairing. .
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MIND
PAIRING
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KNIGHTHOOD
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?? joined the ?? Armada as ??
Mate: ??
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