Aust Nailo

"To the horizon!"

## History

The wait and see mentality of many elves is practically absent in the Nailo family, perhaps wanderlust, the thrill of a challenge and the satisfaction of a job well done, just as much in the Nailo blood as pointy ears and striking blonde hair. Born to Faen Nailo and Tadennaass Yal outside of marriage meant that Aust was the inheritor of neither families holdings or titles, only receiving gifts from time to time from his parents, not to garner favor, but to show their affections for their child. Faen, Aust’s sire being an extreme adventurer was never around, but when he was he filled Aust’s head with tales of exotic lands and interesting people. His mother was a lot more of a staunch duty minded Captain of the guard, planted a firm understanding of right and wrong and though she was distant in public, alone with her child she was very affectionate. Faen and Tadennaass were a very odd mix as the two were constantly at each other's throats in public. Which made Aust’s childhood in the village, Thrandinmir,  high in the trees more of a child of the community than belonging to either family, not that it mattered to the boy. Staying no more than a night in any one family’s hammock before spending the day between the tree tops and the forest floor beneath them, playing with all the kids of all the families moving between them and really becoming a pillar of his generation was how Aust’s childhood went.

Aust was an unremarkable child, playing all the games and doing all of the things other elven children did. It wasn’t until his early adolescent years that Gunathir, one of the Thrandinmir’s half-elf rangers, took a shine to the boy teaching him how to handle a bow beyond the simple practices of what the children had learned. Gunathir was one of the first to see potential in Aust, pushing the boy to train more and more with the bow, drawing that excellence out of young Aust. Gunathir’s methods in training were very hands-off showing Aust the basics then giving him tasks to accomplish, and challenging targets to hit to cause the boy to expand his own skills. Before long Aust was accompanying Gunathir in his duties as a Ranger, hunting and trapping, foraging and tracking and generally caring for the lands around Thrandinmir.

That was when the Order of the Bow arrived, a loose collection of Adventurers, Rangers, Warriors, Guards found Aust. The Order’s mission being to further the training of individuals who have talent with all types of bows. The Order’s talent scouts arrived in Thrandinmir and were quick to tap Aust for his raw talent. Not only did the Order’ of the Bow’s training work on furthering the skills an initiate in Archery but in general adventuring as well. With Aust’s acceptance into the Order, he was whisked away, traveling through distant lands.

It was in these distant lands that Aust first met Amir Saizuki and his girl-friend Tithu both young like Aust but of much shorter lived species, quickly becoming good friends with the younglings during his training before leaving for years as he was shuffled around between the Order’s Members as no initiate was specifically assigned to a member of Master of the order.

It was a few years later that an older and more experienced Aust found himself in Amir and Tithu’s village, arriving just in time to attend their marriage. While finishing his training Aust stayed with the young couple, quickly becoming a sort of elven uncle for the pair’s daughters Natsume and Setsuna.

Having recently finished his Initiate training Aust became a member of the Order of the Bow and began his adventuring career in earnest!

## Appearance

Aust is tall and sinewy, his form his light and lithe. He has long platinum blonde hair, and brilliant emerald green eyes! The features of his face are very sharply Elven and he could be considered handsome by Elven standards.

Aust has a tendency to wear earth tones of varying colors and shades preferring to match the environment as much as he can. He tries to keep his gear light so he can travel quickly.

## Personality

Aust is a free spirit tempered by instilled repetitions and duties of his parents and mentors, not tending exclusively towards law or chaos, but having moments of either. He is very much a proponent of the idea that helping others makes a better world and will always benefit oneself, even if in a round-about or non-apparent way.

Generally considered friendly and eager to test his skills Aust is the quintessential adventurer,

## Loves

Aust’s first and foremost love is Archery, he practices daily and it’s the focus of most of his training. He’s always eager to try a new bow or different arrows. He’s an adventurer because it allows him to use his bow on a regular basis.  Aust’s next love is adventuring, seeing new places and meeting new people. Hunting new monsters, and figuring out ways to overcome those challenges. Aust is also a bit of a loner, something he’d picked up from a few of his mentors, He also very much enjoys the company of the opposite sex.

## Fears

Aust fears running out of new things to see, he fears that with the expansion of the “civilized races” there will be no more wilds for him to explore or new peoples to meet. He fears that he will grow “old” and inflexible which is one of the things driving him to face challenges.

## Hobbies

Aust is living the dream, his hobby of archery is put to good use, besides that he enjoys hunting and tracking. Besides that he’s been known to stop and smell the flowers and tend to the wildlife. Even taking and carving trinkets out of different types of wood he’s encountered and keeping them on a necklace.

## Family

Through his father Faen Nailo, Aus has Half-brother’s and Half-sister’s from Faen’s travels and indescresssions they are too many to list. Through Tadennaass Yal’s family he has four half-sister’s.

## Friends

While he’s loosely friends with many people in Thrandinmir foremost is Gunathir, his mentor. And while he made a few friends in his travels he’s closest to Amir and Tithu Saizuki and their daughters, Setsuna particularly as he’s currently traveling with her, and he hopes Natsume though he’s not had contact with the young rebel in a long time.

## Enemies

Aust currently has no enemies, at least none to really note yet.

## Aspirations

Aust wants to be the best he can be at Archery, he wants to see the world and hunt dangerous beasts. After that? Who knows? Maybe settle down on a preserve of some kind and raise a family?