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What can be said about Roan? His personality is pretty stock standard when one thinks about his up-bringing. He has been characterized as a gentle bastard by some of his more... unpleasant acquaintances, but don't be discouraged! He can be very accommodating if he's in a good mood. This usually happens after clearing a quest or making it big in one of the capital's many gambling dens he so loves to patronize - mostly they love him instead but that's a story for another time...

Aside from that, though, Roan is a decent communicator and as far as humor is concerned... let's just say that he tends to keep his wit about him around new people. To his friends and close ones, however, he's very open and straightforward, not beating around the bush when it comes to serious matters and pretty good company when it's time to be merry.

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Roan was born in a pretty peaceful village close to the eastern border of Estival. His family consisted of his mother, Lea, his father Grezen, and his two siblings Trey and Calum, 4 and 5 years younger than Roan respectively. His father worked as the sole blacksmith of their village, supporting his family of four decently well. Despite the fact that with the money his father earned, he could be the sole earner of the family and they still would not have problems living a respectable life, Roan's mother insisted that everyone should contribute however they could. Due to this, Roan and his siblings learned the value of work at a very young age.

By the age of 12 he had become an apprentice in his father's smithy, helping around and learning from him the art of the blacksmith. Of course, his father's skills would never measure up to the standards of dwarven metallurgy, but Roan nevertheless loved doing what he did and, or course, his father loved teaching him. This peaceful life lasted for about 4 more years before the incident happened.

The incident is what Roan has dubbed the sudden disappearance of his mother and his two siblings. One fateful day, the then 16 year old Roan returned from the smithy to celebrate the end of his apprenticeship, only to find his home ransacked and empty. The front door had been broken down, the inside of the medium-sized house vandalized and his family members where nowhere to be found.

The incident changed Grezen, and Roan saw a side of his father that he had never seen before. From the proud, stalwart man that treated everyone around him with kindness and hearty laughter, Grezen turned into a deadbeat alcoholic that squandered all their money to feed his newfound gambling addiction. Roan pained to see his father in such a state, however, and tried his everything to keep a semblance of the life they previously had. Since his father had quit working the forge, Roan took up the mantle of village blacksmith. For a few years, he supported his father and himself with his work, and even managed to repair all the damage that their house had been subjected to. Alas, fate had more in store for Roan, however, as one day his father decided to leave as well. Suddenly, one day while he and his father were eating dinner in silence, as they always did after the disappearance, his father pushed his chair back, stood up and walked out the door, never to be seen again.

For several days after, Roan functioned almost mechanically, waking up in the morning and going to work before returning home. He made dinner for himself, ate it in silence and went to sleep. Rinse and repeat. Finally, one day he too realized that he had nothing tying him to the village anymore. His family was gone and the blacksmith position could be easily replaced by someone from the capital.

He boarded up the house and the smithy, bundled up a set of clothing, collected the last bits of gold he had and one of the swords he had made and took off as well. He wandered around, traveled to multiple towns, cities and villages within the borders of Estival, and eventually he found himself passing through the gates of the country's capital. He made his way to the Adventurer Guild's building and joined up. The rest is history...

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In battle, Roan is used to being lightly-armored, just enough to have the basic protection needed in order to adventure. Below his hooded cloak and clothing he wears a stiff chain-mail vest that has protects his vital points. His sword, made of good quality steel, is one he had made himself years ago and had yet to fail him. Of course, he takes good care of it and thus it's still razor sharp despite its age. Aside from his weapons and armor, he also has a backpack with assorted adventuring items.

Roan is a Rank 5 Sword adventurer. He has been a part of the Guild for over 8 years and has built up some decent reputation as a quality swordsman. Although having received the basic training the Guild provides to all new adventurers, he's realistically all but learned his swordsmanship through the battles he's faced as an adventurer, slowly growing into the man he is today. He is agile and quick on his feet, able to jump from enemy to enemy with relative ease, while his years of training as a smith has built up a body full of strength, giving him the ability to explode with power whenever he needs to overcome a difficult opponent. His style of swordsmanship is one of relative unpredictability as he's always on the look to exploit a moment of weakness in his enemy's defense in order to finish the battle as fast as possible.

Aside from his fighting abilities, he's an actual quality blacksmith by trade, despite not really practicing the profession all that much in the last few years. His eyes still retain the keenness of one who knows his way around metal, and thus he can identify if a weapon or armor is of good quality from just looking at them for a few moments.

He is also a very bad gambler, but I don't know if this counts a skill or not... he certainly impresses those that run those gambling dens he frequents, he's basically a walking money bag for them, the gift that keeps on giving!
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