Rinn

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## History

My childhood was a rough one. My parents, Galinndan and Anastrianna, were refugees from the Feywild. What or who they were escaping, I wish I knew. They fled to the mortal plane, to the town of Batek. It was there that I was born by the name of Rinn. A small child, born a mute, given all the love a child could want...but it didn't last...I was only a few years old when my parents hid me when they were taken away by those who came to take them away. I never understood why they left, but I now know that they had sacrificed themselves for my safety. I was adopted by one of the few friends they had made in town.

Jandar, an older human whose wife and unborn child had passed away in a wolf attack, took me in and treated me as his own. But the darkness still haunted me around every turn. The other kids bullied me and treated me as an outsider. Jandar trained me so that I could stand up to them and defend myself, but I never wanted to hurt them. Despite their words of hate and beatings they threw at me, I still forgave them for everything they've done. I spent a lot of my downtime in the woods. Everyone said the woods were dangerous, but I think most of the animals there were just misunderstood. I learned to appreciate animals and the natural world, and I fell in love with nature...although I knew when to fear a creature. Not being able to speak, I observed the world rather than interacted with it. I studied how people talked, acted, and interacted with one another. I dove into every book I could get my hands on as well. It was through this refinement of my mind that I learned of a powerful ability that I possessed. Perhaps by the will of the Selune, my voice was taken but I have been born a telekinetic. I practiced my powers in secret, fearing that it would only make me more of a target in public. As a matter of fact, I learned to play the Shawm in an attempt to lessen the hate thrown at me by the public. I became an entertainer, playing simple songs of music, gaining me a bit of a reputation in town--and a good one at that.

Time passed, and not much changed. Well, actually, as an Elf, I grew slower than everyone around me. The schoolchildren who once bullied me grew up and formed the majority of the council at Batek, showing no less hate to me. I thought all humans were the same. Jandar wasn't a human though, he was my guardian and my friend. But then, I was approached by a young human woman by the name of Tammith. She showed me kindness, just like Jandar did. I grew fond of her, but then a stranger who came to town changed everything. He was a dragonborn, and walked into town with shining armor and a ring of tattoos around his arm. He went by Drahkhan, and I first encountered him in the streets. I was being ridiculed by the councilmembers in the street, and he approached us and scattered them away. He spoke in a bellowing voice filled with power, but with a hint of kindness. He asked me my name, and I only signed in return as I do, with my head hanging low. It was then he took me by surprise, as he tried to understand what I was trying to communicate to him.

He spoke of "cleaning up the world" and "bringing about a new era," and his words intrigued me. I listened to him speak, but he soon prepared to leave town just as quickly as he arrived. He was the only one who had ever tried to sign back to me, and I didn't want him to leave. I spoke (or rather signed) to Jandar, asking him permission to leave. He smiled and gave me my name, a sign of reaching maturity, and his blessing. Tammith, happy that I had a purpose but sad that I was leaving, gave me a small polished stone with the word "Authentic" etched in Elven on one side. She said it was a promise, that I would return one day. And so I left, running out of town to catch Drahkhan, asking him permission to join him on his self-brought quest. And that's where I've been ever since. I've been traveling with Drahkhan for 9 months now, showing him my weapon mastery and telekinesis while he taught me about his deity and quest. And now, we have both been selected for a job in Eastshire. What comes next, could be anyone's guess.

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