Klossner

Bodyguard to Richard Holdenhome, Klossner was born in 994 AE. She doesn't know her father's name. Her mother was a warrior named Axelle from Regis' Cairn, Coeur, far to the south of Aradia. 
Klossner remembers the first few years of her life in Coeur. A lot of violence, having a weapon at an early age, strangling another child to death. The memory is fuzzy, but she believes she and her mother were exiled for some reason. Possibly because of the murder... 
She was six years old in the Tropics when her mother was raped and murdered by a mercenary. She watched it happen. Axelle put up a good fight, and Klossner comforted herself with that fact. But growing up on the streets of Aruluent Quay, she began preparing for one and only one future: That she would kill her mother's murderer. He left the Tropics and she could not follow, so she worked and fought and trained. 
She was twelve years old when she heard news of where the mercenary had gone. Coiled with slim muscle, burning with hatred, she set out for Aradia. 
The mercenary had been hired on as muscle by Lady Morgause Holdenhome since she had come down with an illness and was unable to attend to all her duties. Morgause assumed she had been poisoned and wished the mercenary to be her bodyguard or take part in an investigation. She didn't know she had been poisoned by the mercenary on contract to an enemy of the Warthorne family - which Morgause was originally from before she became a Holdenhome. 
Klossner was unaware of the plot, but to get into the keep, she befriended the heir: Richard Holdenhome, 16 at the time. 
The poison wasn't doing its work fast enough. The mercenary's employer had ordered a proper assassination. The mercenary entered Morgause's chambers and a struggle ensued. 
Klossner appeared and leaped atop the mercenary, strangling him with a wire. She sliced his throat and Richard ran in as the man's body slumped off his frightened and wounded mother. Morgause received medical attention and she commended the strange girl that had appeared to save her life. Klossner was accepted into the militia shortly after, although Morgause died from the poison's affects a few weeks later. 
Klossner spent five years in the militia, dealing with criminals and bandits. She became known as a very vicious enforcer to those who didn't surrender. Infamous for her bloodlust. 
Lord Richard Holdenhome was forever grateful that he got to spend those few more weeks with his mother thanks to Klossner. The two became close friends, sparring partners, and eventually, Klossner became his bodyguard. Category:Kotorchix's Characters