Slayer of Beasts

Portrait of Arwin

Name: Arwin Venroara

Occupation: Founder of the Beastiliri and
slayer of Gauldra the green

Characteristics: Resolute, passionate and strong willed

Oakenheart wasn’t always the tranquil
and peaceful town it is known as today. Once it and the area around was
controlled by an adult green dragon called Gauldra. Who would use the
Oakentrees powers for its own selfish gain. Gauldra and his minions of kobolds,
lizard folk and some humans would reek havoc on the forest and anyone who was
foolish enough to live inside them without offering fealty  to the dragon. Arwin was once just a common
hunter who was exceptional with a bow but would only hunt small pray to feed
his family, but when his town couldn’t come up with the offering Gauldra
demanded they were made an example of. The green dragon destroyed half the town
and was told to give them double next month of face his wrath. Another month
went by and the small town clearly couldn’t keep up but this time Gauldra took
his anger out not on the town itself but on the people and a large number of
people were killed, Arwins 2 kids included. This pushed Arwin over the edge,
having enough he announced that he is leaving to go kill that beast, maybe not
today maybe not tomorrow but he will kill Gauldra and if anyone wanted to do
the same they can follow him. To Arwin's surprise only a handful of people
stepped forward and went with him. Without knowing this was the start of the
beastiliri. Arwin and his band fought a kind of guerilla warfare on Gauldra
minions using their skills as hunters to disrupt supply runs from range,
raiding camps and going village to village freeing people of its oppression.
After months of successfully thawing the dragons hold on the region and Arwin
men growing word started to spread that a group and belief was increasing.
Gauldra noticed this uprising and whatever mercy the green dragon had went away
destroying anything and everything with rumored ties to the group. However this
only helped the beastiliri and after 2 years or so Gauldra drew all his forces
back to the Oakentree Arwin thought the dragon was gearing up for something big
and knew his and the beastiliris time was now. He send out a message to any and
every large or small village or town telling them its now or never to march on
Oakenheart and take back their forest and their home. Hundreds of people from
all races and ways of life showed up ready to fight. A huge battle ensued and
while the people of Oakenfree fought for their freedom so to did the green
dragon fight for its power and dominance over the land. Like most green dragons
Gauldra set up traps which caused the rebels to take serious casualty's.
However the dragon also took a large amount of damage and left his army to
carry on fighting and retreated. Arwin had waited too long and fought too hard
to let it get away, him and its men stormed the tree to kill the green dictator
for good. They found him in his lair syphering the trees natural properties to
gain its power back but Arwin and his men arrived before he could fully heal.
The deadliest fight on their life ensued with the dragon killing a few of
Arwins longest allies and even taking his eye however with his exception skills
with a bow Arwin fired the killing shot right through the dragons throat.
Cutting off its scales the leader of the beastliliri ran out to show his forces
that the battle had been won, all there pain and suffering was for something.
This largely ended the battle and many of the Kobolds and lizard folk ran if
they could. After the dust had settled many groups tried to get Arwin to lead
the people of Oakenheart and the forest around but he knew that wasn’t the role
for him. He would protect the forest and people from the creatures that still
remain and would grow in numbers now the dragon wasn’t there to oppress them. A
few ages have past since that day but the Beastiliri and even the Venroara
bloodline are still slaying beasts and protecting the Oakentree to this day.