Almeroc, Child of Winter

***"Winter comes for all, and spring shall bring life anew in its wake."***

## History

Almeroc was born in a tribal life within Forstfel. Living a quiet, although difficult life of a nomadic home in a harsh land, facing disease, starvation and the bitter cold day after day. At a young age, Almeroc had been seen to have magical capabilities over the ice and snow. As such he was put into a cast as a seer and healer, due to his affinity to the winter side of their religion, his life was seen as a caretaker of the dead. With it Almeroc, as well as the other winter aspects of his tribe grew a reputation of solemn respect, but likewise of a small bit of wariness as winter, the embodiment of death stalks with them. In response Almeroc lacked much of a social life as

Life was not easy, but it was generally not overly exciting either with the occasional days set for festivities in offerings to the Fae Wilds that run rampant within the borders of the forest. Spending most of his time in contemplation a he looked to improving his weather capabilities, the kitsune likewise performed his part in dances, singing in his tribe's rituals. He never had much of personal ambition as the tribe needed to do their part with one another just to make it through the months.

However in 11 DR, during the middle of winter near the end of the year Almeroc's tribe was caught up in a blistering blizzard, the winds whipped tents, ice and rock tore them open and even Almeroc's magic along with the other aspects were unable to prevent it as the tribe was scattered throughout the forest. In the morning after it subsided, Almeroc woke up under three feet of snow, emerging from it the kitsune looked but found no trace of his former tribe other than torn tents and destroyed hearths. Alone in Forestfel during winter being a death sentence to the cold or from a predatory animal, Almeroc left the forest and found his way to Edyn, where he is more or less content to stay in for the time being.

## Personality

Almeroc has generally been blunt and cold in his response with people. The occasional bit of dry humor spread throughout his conversation, while he finds death to be tragic he sees it more as a natural state of things. Lately as he has opened connections more to the Fae magic he has coursing through his veins, his personality has changed to be more jovial and lively, though similarly to winter court fey it is with a more capricious nature.

Having a more community driven mind, Almeroc focuses more on what he and others can bring to a group, and rarely finds acting with one's own self interest to be a wise mood. Almeroc has several practices he finds abhorrent, unnatural and outright evil including necromancy, demonic and devil worship, and a few various others.

## Early Days in Edyn

Almeroc has had a moderately interesting time in Edyn. He has joined the Crafter's Guild and the Mage's Sanctum to use his powers and help compact them into something productive for the community, helping fuel his goals to make him a stronger person of value for the community.

Proving himself within the early days of coming to Edyn before the Mage's Sanctum and setting himself as a wielder of natural and fae magics. Later being called upon to help deal with a group of raiding orcs lead by a half-orc, Almeroc helped by using his magical powers to freeze and lock down select members of the raiding party while his party took out the rest of them.

Finding himself enjoying a day of a councilor's daughter's birthday with a spectacle in the town's coliseum, Almeroc found himself forced into a battle as dwarves ripped through portals formed in the city streets attacking the area to abduct the councilors. They were protected but Almeroc found himself nearly felled twice onto the ground as he was put into the line of the dwarvish fighters. Taking that resolve with bitter salt, Almeroc found himself aiding in uncovering some form of ancient ruins, fighting several constructs upon entering did what he could to help keep the enemy on their back foot though he made a note of how skilled the other adventurers seem to be.