Ronen

Ronen was born a member of the Barnagashi tribe and son of Broshanen. He was seen by the tribe leaders as a special kid and was therefore treated differently than most others. When Ronen turned 16 years old, his father suddenly disappeared. In pursuit to find his father he left his tribe and traveled on his own through the desert. In his search he stumbled on an abandoned temple and found the scroll of the sun, one of the six lost scrolls of Nazernold. The scroll caught his interest and Ronen became obsessed with learning more about its mysteries. He traveled through Sestiun in his pursuit for knowledge, but he could not find what he was looking for. He instead found two friends, Garawynn Redfire and Stupling, who later became the founders of the Order of the Ibex together with Ronen.

Ronen is featured as the Cartographer in the video "An Introduction to Tumiun | Tales of Tumiun".

## Background

### Childhood

Ronen is the only son of the cartagropher Broshanen. His mother died giving birth to him. His birthday was one of the hottest and sunniest days in the month bladfall ever recorded in the history of the Morghul desert. The tribe elders of the Barnagashi saw these natural conditions as a sign that Ronen was a special kid or "the chosen one". Although they didn't know what it meant, they gave Ronen a special treatment during his childhood. Ronen however, didn't like the time he had te spend with the Barnagashi elders. He mostly enjoyed it when he was together with his father. His father learned Ronen how to make and draw maps and told the most beautiful stories of the adventures his father had. The older Ronen became, the more time he had to spend with the tribe elders. When Ronen turned 16, he overheard a discussion from his father and one of the tribe elders. The tribe elders wanted to seperate Ronen from his father, because they thought Broshanen had a bad influence on the boy. That was the last time Ronen ever heard his father. The next day, Broshanen was gone with no one knowing where he went. After waiting for 2 weeks, Ronen didn't believe his father was going to return and he left the tribe to search for his father on his own.

### The Chosen One

Ronen roamed the desert for a long time. He knew how to survive on his own through the customs of the Barnagashi. But the more he searched for his father, the less sure he was of ever finding him. He started to think about why he was regarded as special. Why the Barnagashi elders treated him so different. It had to be something regarding the sun. His whole life he felt a connection with it. His birth was the start and even his tribes culture was based a lot on the sun and everything surrouning it. Even Ronen's skin didn't feel the effects of the sun as it did to his other tribe members. As he traveled through the desert in search of his father, he started asking people for information. Most people didn't say anyting but there were a few people who did start a conversation with the boy. Most of the conversations he had were useless in Ronens eyes, but when someone told him about the scroll of the sun, an ancient relic hidden somewhere in the desert, Ronen knew what his purpose was. He was the chosen one. With a new purpose he traveled through the desert to find the lost scroll of Nazernold. Although many people searched for it, no one succeeded. Ronen on the other hand was determined to find it. He traveled to the most remote places in the desert and faced many dangerous creatures and weather conditions. When he got trapped in a sandstorm in the middle of the desert Ronen lost his sence of direction and got lost. When the sandstorm faded, Ronen found himself in a valley he had never seen. far on the horizon, he could see a vague silluette of a ruined building. When he came closer he saw that it was an abandoned temple, left many years ago. Inside he found a lot of old manuscripts and depictions of the sun. Altough he did not know who made this temple, he did feel somewhat connected to this place. Deep inside the ruins he found a vault with inside a giant scroll. When he first read the scroll, he didn't understand anything it said. He tried to decipher some of it using other manuscripts found in the temple. but a lot was still a mystery to him. There was one scentance he did understand though. It translated to "Burning Shadow" and when Ronen said it out loud he saw the scroll light up. The light hit his arm, casting a shadow behind him. The shadow however did not look like his arm. He saw how the shadow of his arm turned into black flames. As he saw this happen, a feeling of death and darkness krept over his arm. he dropped the scroll and when the light faded, the pain eased. He knew that the scroll had a lot more power inside of it and wanted to learn more. He took it with him and found his way back relitivly easy. With this powerfull scroll on his back, he was determined to learn more about it. The desert however did not have the biggest cities and he couldn't find the information he was looking for here. He had to travel further. To the north of Sestiun where he could learn more.

## Order of the Ibex

In his search for knowledge, he happen to end up on a ship to the Fonden Isles, where he helped to investigate the reason why some ships never came back from their travels there. On this investigation he met Garawynn Redfire and Stupling who were also sent to help investigate the situation. During this expedition they found a lonely ibex on one of the islands. When they captured and tamed it, it sealed their friendship and they called themselves the "Orde van de Steenbok" (translation: Order of the Ibex). The problem with the missing ships turned out to be caused by a quantar named Gizit. He tried to sink all the islands in black whirlpools he created. He also captured a few travelers like Megan Ichmagick, who the Order of the Ibex rescued, after which she joined them. During their confrontation with Gizit, Ronen killed him by removing magical black stones from his eye sockets.