Tobiath

Weapon Score: 8
Primary Weapon: Bastard Sword
Age: 17
From: Tear
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165
Brief History:
Appearance: Tobiath is of dark skin and has short
hair, neatly kept. He sports a small beard on his chin
with no other facial hair. He has a scar on the left
side of his face that comes from the top of his
forehead and goes all the way down to his chin,
crossing his left eye, and his nose is crooked from
too many breaks. He is of a normal build and is not
too tall. He is not one who would be picked out from a
crowd accept for his scar, and is not really looked
upon by people of the opposite sex. To be blunt he is
not very good looking. If he is ever seen without a
shirt on, his body is covered with scars and his ribs
have the look that they have been broken many a time.
Brief History: Tobiath was young when he received his
first beating from his father Calderin. He was four
years old at the time and he had knocked his dinner
off of the table, sending it smashing on the floor.
Tobiath had seen his mother beaten many a time but
this was the first time it had happened to him, and it
was not the last time. As Tobiath was growing up he
learned to hate the man that was his father, not just
for the beatings that he was given but for what his
mother had to endure as well, as she was a kind woman
who tried to protect Tobiath, generally leading to
them both being beaten. One time when Tobiath was 6,
he witnessed his mother get thrown down a flight of
stone steps in their house, because of this very
reason, and Calderin just spat at her and left her
there broken and unconscious.
Calderin treated everyone around him with as much
contempt as he did his family, he repeatedly abused
the servant girls and beat up anyone who did not do
their jobs properly. Calderin was as vicious in the
'Game of Houses' as he was in his own
house, and his
position as a lord in Tear meant he was able to carry
out this 'Game' very successfully, as he
had many
people murdered and others he just ruined.
Tobiath's father taught him how to use the
sword, he
was a good teacher, but when Tobiath did not learn
quick enough Calderin would make sure he would learn
it the next time. There were some lessons where
Tobiath came out covered in bruises and sores, made by
his father's wooden sword. When Calderin deemed
that
Tobiath had learnt enough of the sword to protect
himself properly they moved onto handling real swords.
Calderin handed this thirteen year old boy a heavy
non-descript sword that was difficult to wield and
drawing out his rapier, Calderin attacked. At the end
of this first lesson Tobiath was cut all over with one
long cut on the left side of his face that started at
the top of his forehead and headed down to his chin
crossing his left eye as it came down. This turned
into a permanent fixture on his face, constantly
reminding him of the hate he felt for Calderin, his
'father'.
As the lessons went on and Tobiath grew older, his
hate had swelled up even more for his father and he
was getting better at wielding this big sword. When he
was sixteen Tobiath managed to hold off his father in
one of these vicious sparring lessons and got through
Calderin's defence cutting a deep gash into his
fathers side, which knocked him onto the floor.
Tobiath then swung his heavy sword back, letting his
hatred and rage spill out into his mind, taking
control of his body, his sweeping swing, aimed for his
fathers head, was only just deflected by
Calderin's
rapier, which then snaked forward and pierced Tobaith
in the leg. giving Calderin the chance to stagger to
his feet and smash a fist into Tobiath's face,
knocking him out cold.
After that lesson, Calderin took teaching Tobiath more
seriously. Calderin also made him do some of the more
dangerous jobs for him in the 'game of
houses'.
Tobiath was made to kill his father's opponents
when
it needed an outside influence. This though did not
stop the beatings he received, but it stopped them
when Tobiath was holding his sword. Tobiath resented
the fact that he had to kill people, but only because
it was for his father, he actually started to get a
thrill from what he was made to do when he forced
himself to forget it was his father making him do
these things.
One day when Tobiath was seventeen he walked in on an
argument his father was having with his mother. The
argument was turning violent, but as soon as Calderin
saw his son he ran and tackled him knocking him in to
the door frame, sending stars flying across his
vision. Calderin got back up and headed over to his
wife and started to beat her, beat her harder than he
had ever done before, she crumpled to the floor with
one almighty punch as it landed on the side of her
head. Tobiath could do nothing, he could only stare at
his mothers lifeless eyes that looked at him. Calderin
turned to Tobiath and started an onslaught of kicks
that scored every time, screaming through tears,
'It's
all your fault! You did this!'
The next day Tobiath was sent away from an order given
to him by his father via a servant of the house.
Tobiath was to go to Tar Valon as punishment; he was
to live with the witches of the white tower and train
with their lap dogs, and become one of their number, a
lap dog to a witch. Tobiath told the servant to fetch
his stuff and then send a message back to his father,
that he will return to avenge his
mother. Tobiath
was given his clothes and his heavy sword and as he
turned he spat on the threshold of the house, his
hatred filled him making him shake and vowed to
himself to kill his father.
"Who is the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows him?"
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