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[color=silver][b]Name:Aelrath Teasen'rretyn[/b][/color]

[color=silver][b]Age:[/b][/color] 
25

[color=silver][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] 

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[IMG]http://i65.tinypic.com/2yyt85e.jpg[/IMG][img]http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j266/der_kluge/cyn.jpg[/img]
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Aelrath is neither exceptionally tall nor muscular at the height of 6’2” and the weight of 200lbs. He has short relatively unkempt black hair crowning his head. A square jaw and prominent nose are quickly noticed, but are even more quickly ignored on seeing his unusual silver-gray irises.  His elvish blood is noticeable in his pointed ears. He inherited his tan skin from his father.
[color=silver][b]Class:[/b][/color] 
Arcane Swordsman
[i]Capable of using some basic magic and masters of using swords. Arcane Swordsmen generally prefer using magic to enhance their melee combat, though they are capable of some ranged magic.[/i]
 
[color=silver][b]Alignment:[/b][/color] 
Neutral Good

[color=silver][b]Weapon(s):[/b][/color] 

[hider=Father's sword]
[img]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l114/odingaard/Swords/Odinblade%20Morrigan/76725a13.jpg[/img]
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[hider=Self-made sword]
[img]http://www.swordsoftheeast.com/images/products/detail/medievalswords1329medievalknightsword.jpg[/img]
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[color=silver][b]Armor/Clothing:[/b][/color] 
[i]As seen in the pictures he wears a hooded cloak over a chest plate. He wears leather boots reinforced with a chainmail-like material and the rest of his clothing is cloth.[/i]

[color=silver][b]Personal trinkets:[/b][/color] 
(Really just a fluff thing but you never know when something could come in useful etc).
 Necklace with a silver-gray gem in the center of his mother’s family crest, a sword carried by an eagle.
[color=silver][b]Short History:[/b][/color] 
Aelrath has grown up shunned by many of those around him because of his mother. His mother was an elf who was the direct descendant of slaves. She had been relatively well off becoming a barmaid and saving money to leave her hometown of Lakeshore. It was around this time that she met a man who took a fancy to her, they were together for a few months until he found out she was pregnant. He disappeared that night leaving behind a sword and an old tome. After his birth his mother became a seamstress selling her wares to provide for her growing son. Aelrath was quite an intelligent child learning to speak before his first birthday. When he turned 7 his mother met an old scholar who was willing to teach Aelrath to read and write for a reasonable fee. He quickly caught on and was able to read fluently by age 9. It was around this time that his mother gave him the items left behind by his father, the old tome contained systematic instructions on how to wield the sword as well as a basic wind spell. Aelrath soon mastered the basic sword stances but it took until he was 12 for him to be able to cast the spell consistently. His mother arranged for him to be apprenticed to the town blacksmith, who was an excellent but strict teacher. Aelrath studied under him for 8 year learning all that he could. When Aelrath was 20 he had taken over the blacksmith's shop for the most part as his teacher was getting too old to forge. All seemed to be going well until one night the town was attacked by a large beastman warband. A group of rangers appeared shortly after however they were only able to drive the beastmen back after a tough fight were many townspeople died, Aelrath's mother and the old blacksmith among the dead. He joined the rangers temporarily as they continued to hunt down the warband. After they killed all those they could find he broke away from them roaming the country alone, honing his skills and learning new spells. He was in Galloway because he had heard there was a skilled mage there and he wanted to see if he could learn more spells from them.

[color=silver][b]Other:[/b][/color] 
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