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Anryla
04-07-05, 06:47 PM Hi
This is my first serious attempt on creating a character background and would like to get some criticism on it. The setting is D6D Forgotten Realms.

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Growing up in a farm outside Calimport with my mother Anna and father Paul. Mother and father took care of the farm most of the time to pay for the land and the little food we can afford. As a child I helped out as much as possible and whenever I was not helping out I was out playing in the wilderness.

When I reached twenty years old a slave trader visited us I knew what would happen. If I refused to go with them they would either burn down the farm or kill my parents. Parents silently objected as they received a small payment wich will keep them alive during the harsh winter. I unwillingly got up on the wagon with other kids at the same age as me. There were several guards walking by the wagoon as we saw Calimport getting closer for each minute.

When we reached Calimport and we got of the wagoon we stood in a line. Several finely dressed men looked at us and a man came to me and grabbed my hand leading me to another wagon. The man payed the slave trader and the wagon set course north. Only a few minutes passed and the man told me to jump down and he showed me around his house and then my bedroom. It was dark and dusty and a bedroll on the stony surface.

For about three years I worked for this man (Eric Brockman) and had to do a number of different tasks. If I did something wrong he spent several hours torturing me. At first I could not do anything but cry out in pain but after a few years I learned to convert the pain into something more pleasant and I learned to enjoy the pain.

One day I got a hold on a vial of poison and put some of the poison in the food. He had a good apetite and chewed down the food in just a couple of minutes. I could see he being weakened as I sat in the corner. Many hours went past and he ordered me around. The poison was not enough to kill him but he seemed severly weakened. Later that night I took the chance to sneak out to the streets and ran through the dark alleys and out the city gates.

As I reached the forest outside the city I stumbled on a female druid that tought me to live in nature and talk to the animals. And as a spider bit me and I felt strange as I got poisoned. The blood ran warmer and sweat ran down my forehead I felt a new sort of pain, or joy, other than the physical pain. I could not bare to kill this spider and let it crawl on my hand. This spider has been with me my entire life and gave me more joy than any other woman has given me. When we were about the border north of Calimshan the druid thought I was ready to go out on my own. And with my companion Narux ( spider ) wich has grown walked north as far as possible. Going through every city to hide and search for new poisons.
jukar
04-07-05, 11:08 PM What is this character's alignment? Just wondering, they sound like they could go a couple different directions on the axis.

The backstory has a lot of potential for roleplaying, but I would be careful. The "tortured soul" type character can be played very badly. I like the poison-hunting aspect, it's unique and interesting. I've certainly never heard of it before.
Anryla
04-08-05, 03:59 AM What is this character's alignment? Just wondering, they sound like they could go a couple different directions on the axis.

The backstory has a lot of potential for roleplaying, but I would be careful. The "tortured soul" type character can be played very badly. I like the poison-hunting aspect, it's unique and interesting. I've certainly never heard of it before.

He will follow the Deity Talona, Lady of Poison wich is CE. Possible alignments is then CN or NE. I could add to the background that he would do anything to get a hold on a poison wich would fit a NE alignment.

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Anryla 04-07-05, 06:47 PM	Hi This is my first serious attempt on creating a character background and would like to get some criticism on it. The setting is D6D Forgotten Realms. --- Growing up in a farm outside Calimport with my mother Anna and father Paul. Mother and father took care of the farm most of the time to pay for the land and the little food we can afford. As a child I helped out as much as possible and whenever I was not helping out I was out playing in the wilderness. When I reached twenty years old a slave trader visited us I knew what would happen. If I refused to go with them they would either burn down the farm or kill my parents. Parents silently objected as they received a small payment wich will keep them alive during the harsh winter. I unwillingly got up on the wagon with other kids at the same age as me. There were several guards walking by the wagoon as we saw Calimport getting closer for each minute. When we reached Calimport and we got of the wagoon we stood in a line. Several finely dressed men looked at us and a man came to me and grabbed my hand leading me to another wagon. The man payed the slave trader and the wagon set course north. Only a few minutes passed and the man told me to jump down and he showed me around his house and then my bedroom. It was dark and dusty and a bedroll on the stony surface. For about three years I worked for this man (Eric Brockman) and had to do a number of different tasks. If I did something wrong he spent several hours torturing me. At first I could not do anything but cry out in pain but after a few years I learned to convert the pain into something more pleasant and I learned to enjoy the pain. One day I got a hold on a vial of poison and put some of the poison in the food. He had a good apetite and chewed down the food in just a couple of minutes. I could see he being weakened as I sat in the corner. Many hours went past and he ordered me around. The poison was not enough to kill him but he seemed severly weakened. Later that night I took the chance to sneak out to the streets and ran through the dark alleys and out the city gates. As I reached the forest outside the city I stumbled on a female druid that tought me to live in nature and talk to the animals. And as a spider bit me and I felt strange as I got poisoned. The blood ran warmer and sweat ran down my forehead I felt a new sort of pain, or joy, other than the physical pain. I could not bare to kill this spider and let it crawl on my hand. This spider has been with me my entire life and gave me more joy than any other woman has given me. When we were about the border north of Calimshan the druid thought I was ready to go out on my own. And with my companion Narux ( spider ) wich has grown walked north as far as possible. Going through every city to hide and search for new poisons.
jukar 04-07-05, 11:08 PM	What is this character's alignment? Just wondering, they sound like they could go a couple different directions on the axis. The backstory has a lot of potential for roleplaying, but I would be careful. The "tortured soul" type character can be played very badly. I like the poison-hunting aspect, it's unique and interesting. I've certainly never heard of it before.
Anryla 04-08-05, 03:59 AM	What is this character's alignment? Just wondering, they sound like they could go a couple different directions on the axis. The backstory has a lot of potential for roleplaying, but I would be careful. The "tortured soul" type character can be played very badly. I like the poison-hunting aspect, it's unique and interesting. I've certainly never heard of it before. He will follow the Deity Talona, Lady of Poison wich is CE. Possible alignments is then CN or NE. I could add to the background that he would do anything to get a hold on a poison wich would fit a NE alignment.