Aiden ir'Reinard

### Quote

"You've been [...] making squares fit in circle holes cause their roundness offends you." - Baz

### Affiliations

Wayfinder Foundation, formerly Knights Arcane

## Personal Details

### Known Relatives

Adera ir'Reinard (sister)Henri ir'Reinard (father)

## Sources

### Out of Core (incl. pg #)

Down Low feature (GoS p34), Earth Tremor (XGE p155), Green-Flame Blade (SCAG p143), Booming Blade (SCAG p142), Absorb Elements (XGE p150)

A former captain of the Knights Arcane who deserted after the Day of Mourning. Aiden ir’Reinard now pursues a career as an adventurer in an attempt to change the world for the better outside of the squabbling of the Five Nations.

## Appearance

Aiden is a stern Aundairian in the prime of adulthood, albeit one whom the Last War and adventuring alike has taken a toll from. While he lacks quite the broad build of some career soldiers, he has plenty of wiry muscle tailor made for sharp and dramatic action. His earthy brown eyes have a certain weariness with the world and can be frequently seen darting around as the former knight plans contingencies for every situation. His ash brown hair is kept in a relatively shorter cut; albeit one with just enough volume left for a flourish that clearly requires attention each morning. The most striking feature is perhaps the number of scars he has accumulated; while his carefully maintained facial hair hides some of the scars, his nose is slightly crooked from one-too-many melees and he has an old scar crossing down under his left eye. In fact, much of his body is covered with scars: his arms in particular criss-crossed with light scars and a more fresh one buried deep next to his right collarbone.

As an Aundairian-nobleman-in-exile, but no longer quite as concerned about being extradited back, Aiden has fallen back into his old styles of garments. He frequently wears colorfully dyed and embroidered cloaks, no small shortage of neck ruffles or lace sleeves, and carefully tailored shirts and slacks. Boots are a point where he deviates from style to comfort — leather boots are always favored for the versatility, as you never know when you may need to be quick on your feet. When necessary, a silver ring upon one of his fingers is sufficient to immediately bring him to armor: polished chainmail, thick leather pieces beneath, and a worn down shield. He is rarely seen without his weapon: a silver longsword, kept in the family sheath — a vivid blue piece decorated with gold thread embroidery.

## History

Aiden ir’Reinard was born the eldest son to a minor noble family in Fairhaven in 961 YK. With the Last War raging around him and a lineage driven in part by service to the Aundairan crown, he was a boy who had a future laid out for him brick by brick. Childhood games of knights versus skeletons evolved rapidly into long hours of practicing swordsmanship. His schooling focused extensively on attempting to drill the arcane arts into his skull so that he could eventually join the Knights Arcane. Family fortunes were emptied out to obtain access to a prestigious military academy to give a head start on a career. Aiden worked ever onward toward the goal that was dangled in front of him with filial duty.

Over the course of the Last War he ended up serving in multiple fronts. As a military cadet, he saw minor action in border skirmishes near Thaliost. In his first campaign as a member of the Knights Arcane, he saw significant action on the eastern front against the forces of Karrnath. It was there that childhood games failed to convey the horror that the undead shock troops could dole out; he nearly lost his eye in a night raid… and lost some of his companions on the battlefield as well. He still bears a grudge to this day toward the Karrnathi for his time spent on that front; his wounds finally forced an end to his participation in campaign and a promotion by the time of the next. He spent some time training new soldiers in Fairhaven while recovering.

If there was a single struggle that changed him as a person, it was one of the final hot streaks of the Last War. Aiden ir’Reinard saw the historical position of Aundair as ultimately honorable: the only one of the Five Nations not to betray Cyre. As such, when Cyre was beleaguered on all sides from approaching goes, he was more than eager to take his squad of the Knights Arcane to the frontline; deep into enemy territory for the cause of relieving their allies with a flanking motion. He was prepared for bloodshed and to potentially lose his men. What he was not prepared for was the Day of Mourning. In seemingly an instant, history was altered and a nation wiped from the maps of Khorvaire… and the response from Queen Aurala as the battlefields calmed only served to shatter his worldview further. Every sacrifice of life along the way to that moment felt futile; squabbling for nobles all wishing to grasp power for themselves and little care for the memory of Galifar. Upon seeing his men back to the Aundairan borderlands, he deserted the Knights Arcane and his commission.

Without the drive of duty before him, Aiden took to aiding the refugees of Cyre as they seized new lives for themselves. Making a name for himself as an adventurer began with incursions into Darguun, carrying out a number of raids to liberate refugees who had the misfortune of being forced to flee into the hands of Marguul slavers. One of these refugees would turn out to be a member of House Cannith with some clout. After a conversation over too many glasses of Aundairan wine, strings began to be pulled in order to obtain an invitation to the Wayfinder Foundation for the former knight. Aiden saw this as an opportunity to accomplish something meaningful and change the world for the better.

### The Last War

Aiden began serving in the Last War from 977 YK as a military cadet on more minor fronts against Thrane. The bulk of his service was on the northeastern fronts against Karrnath, where he earned his commission as a captain of the Knights Arcane. His final campaign was deep in Thrane territory to attempt a flanking maneuver right before the Day of Mourning in 994 YK. His experience throughout was colored by the need to see good men and women go to their deaths for some seemingly greater good only to feel that it was worth nothing more than noble squabbles at the end. He deserted the Aundairan military shortly after returning to the borderlands.

### Invitation

A House Cannith heir by the name of Alyria d'Cannith was rescued by one of his raiding actions against the Marguul in the aftermaths of the Last War. Their friendship in New Cyre eventually lead to strings being pulled to seek Aiden a position in the Wayfinder Foundation in order to give him new opportunities to make the world better; potentially larger in scope than dealing with common slavers on the borders.

### Experience

Aiden ir'Reinard is a seventeen year veteran of the Last War who survived conflicts with the undead forces of Karrnath, skirmishes with the templars of Thrane, and melees with the Dar. Despite being a potential liability when dealing with Aundair, he brings a carefully honed skill with the arcane arts and the blade alike to any group of explorers. His command experience means that despite a gruff nature, he will often do his best to keep some manner of order and see his allies to safety.

### Motivation

The world is significantly smaller as a single adventurer. Aiden hopes that as a member of the Wayfinder Foundation he can discover some means to heal the wounds that the Last War has left on Khorvaire... or at least leave the world a little better than the Last War left it. It also may serve as a means to use his skills and move forward from the past.

### Future Goals

Aiden has grown to share an affinity with the Cyran refugees whom he sees as abandoned by a world that should have embraced them. He will take dangerous risks if he thinks that it can raise Cyre back from the ashes in some way.

He also feels no small amount of guilt over leaving his family behind, after everything that went into pushing him forward. His father and mother are getting quite old and his own actions likely weigh upon them. He has not been able to investigate how badly things have gone, for concern of drawing the wrong attention. He hopes that being a Wayfinder could potentially give him the contacts to verify, or even place himself to the point where his deserter status is less problematic in Aundair.

### Allies

Alyria d'Cannith: a Cyran Dragonmarked artificer from House Cannith whom had the misfortune of being captured by Marguul slavers in the aftermath of the Mourning. She was the one to push Aiden toward something bigger than raids that would have gotten him killed sooner or later.

Kleris Merchiot: One of Aiden's command formerly, who at least keeps some of the worst of the fallout from his desertion from getting too hot.

Adera ir'Reinard: Aiden's younger sister, who is messing with powers that she cannot fully comprehend. Also may want to extradite Aiden to redeem the family name.

### Enemies

Elena ir'Brenith: Took advantage of Aiden with *suggestion* after escaping his unintended custody of her. Aiden has since sworn vengeance, though he does not know about the evil archon bound to her yet. She left him with a silver sword necklace.

The Knights Arcane: A member of this elite number deserting is bad. A decorated officer deserting both bad publicity and something that could come back to haunt Aiden.

Sora Laaqueel: Took Aiden's memories of his parents in a deal gone wrong.

Rygar ir'Wynarn: Aiden punched him. Rygar punched him back harder. Friends were not made and Aiden is now banned from Regalport. Aiden thinks he is as corrupted as the actual nobility.

### Secrets

Aiden's Spellbook: His new spellbook was granted to him by the Other Library, though Aiden does not recall the event in which this happened due to a gap in his memory created in the process. The book itself is Aundairian in origin and the original owner was familiar with common techniques used by the Knights Arcane, given the specific references to techniques such as the weapon bond.

## Personality

**Personality Traits**

* Aiden is particularly jaded after the Last War and has a tendency to snap at people who glorify it. This has also made him slow to open up to new allies; they could die at any moment.

**Ideals**

* Galifar. Aiden grew up with the (misguided) image of Aundair as a protector of the rightful heirs of Galifar. He thinks that the people of Khorvaire deserve better than the squabbling of nobles over a crown for all the hurt it did.

**Bonds**

* Aiden will not allow an ally to sacrifice themselves if he can save them. As a captain of the Knights Arcane, he sent men and women to their death for a greater good that was shattered in his head. *Never again.*

**Strengths**

* As a former military officer, Aiden is quick to take in new situations and stimulus and quickly arrive at a solution. He tends to act quickly and will move especially so if he can keep harm from allies or civilians.

**Flaws**

* As a former military officer, Aiden's solutions unfortunately tend to be on the more direct side. While well-meaning, he can be overly gruff and direct at times and that can cause problems.

## Completed Missions

### Trollmoot

Aiden's first expedition out was marked with many strange happenings. While he avoided having Sora Esma in possession of one of his items (to his knowledge at least), he did have a war trophy of his returned as a perfect mirror image: complete with inscriptions on the blade altered. He was also impressed with how much change that a small group of Wayfinders was able to accomplish relative to his own actions as an individual... though he is feeling that brute force alone will only see him so far in this world. He also felt the sting of being a pariah more, now that he wasn't around Cyran refugees he has helped and dealing more with Aundairians who recognized him as a deserter.

### On Deadwoman's Tides

Aiden's second expedition was deeply traumatic to him. His sister arrived with an intent to find him slipping up so she could extradite him to Aundair. He was almost forced to put somebody innocent to death. He gave up his memories to Sora Laaqueel in an attempt to avoid having to do precisely that. He was taken advantage of by an escape fugitive in disguise, possibly through magical enchantments that eroded his will. He had to even contemplate the idea of taking the egg of a sentient creature to a pirate as treasure. He punched Rygar ir'Wynarn in the face and earned a significant fine and risked the entire mission due to giving in to his anger. And the last thing on that list was the only thing that felt *right*.

After all that, he started turning to the Dark Six more, because the Host certainly weren't helping.

### Castle Crashers

Aiden's next mission was to go escort the nobleman Lord ir'Borsa on a journey to Thronehold for a gala. While assuming it was a punishment detail, the knight found himself embroiled in a complicated plot after visiting a diviner in an attempt to track down Elena ir'Brenith. Along the way to determining that the Emerald Claw had subverted some of House Deneith and stopping them, he managed to tear open wounds left and right as he lashed out in annoyance at every opportunity.

He decided that living in the past so heavily was only becoming a large burden by the end of this. When he let go of that, he was able to actually help people. When he clung to it he hurt people. Aiden turned back away from the Six and stopped concerning himself as much of what the was not in a position to change.

## Crunch

### XP & Gold Log

*This transaction list must include all finished expeditions and the gold/XP earned for each, as well as all expenditures (what you bought and for how much).*

### Inventory

* Longsword
* Silver Longsword (attuned)
* Byeshk Handaxe (attuned)
* Handaxe x2
* Chain Mail
* Shield
* Explorer's Pack
* Captain's Insignia (Knights Arcane)
* ~~Karrnathi Ritual Dagger (Mirrored)~~ (Sacrificed to the Fury by being dropped into Lower Dura)
* Set of Conqueror's Pieces
* Common Clothes
* Fine Clothes (from Deadwoman's Tide - never to be worn again)
* Belt Pouch
* Ring of Arming - Self Crafted

### Character Sheet

* https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=2145108