Oruden

Name: Oruden

Investiture: Twinborn: F-Zinc A-Zinc, Windrunner-2nd Ideal bonded to Selriaya

Weakness: Paranoid and doesn't trust anyone. Fighting brings back traumatic memories and sometimes just shuts down in the middle of a fight.  Several times getting wounded or almost killed from it.  Cannot run or move particularly fast from an injury he sustained in battle.

Special skills and Weapons: Has learned to speak his way out of situations to avoid a fight and can talk circles around the Alethi military me he was around. Usually caries a typical steal short sword, but on Roshar carries a dagger hidden in his boot. has experience disguising himself amongst others, has been a Windrunner since he was 15, and has gotten experience with the lashings.  Is particularly skilled at using the Reverse Lashing.

Was trained in fighting with short swords and self-trained in staffs before the incident

Physical characteristics: Male, Human, 18 years old, light brown hair, dark grey/green eyes,

5'9" tall, Dressed in ragged... um... rags, looks weak, though is about average strength.

Family: Mother from Scadrial and was also a twinborn, Father from Nalthis.  They worldhopped quite a bit. (Oruden was an only child). After turning 1, Oruden went with them to Roshar where they were shortly ambushed. They held off the ambushers so that Oruden could escape.

Home: Grew up on Scadrial, been living on Roshar since he turned 15.

History/Biography: Having grown up on Scadrial, Oruden was quickly trained by his mother (and Uncle when she wasn't around) in both the use of Allomantic and Feruchemic zinc.  He was also taught to be storing Feruchemical thought in the zinc whenever available.  He had a vast storage built up, however during the ambush on Roshar, he used almost all of it up in a panic.  This allowed him to escape and lose the person following him, but wasn't able to find his way back.

Knowing his parents intended to go to Kholinar, Oruden headed in that direction.  However, as soon as he got to Shamel he was beaten and robbed of everything but the clothes on his back.  realizing that he would actually need to take precautions to protect his belongings. He rummaged a bit of food from the trash and continued on his way.

Oruden found a stick by the side of the road the same hight as him.  He started practicing with it as a weapon. Training himself in the use of a staff.  While he was walking towards Kholinar, he got into the practice of storing Mental Speed as he didn't need it.

3 times he ran into others. The 2 bandit groups he quickly convinced he was not worth their time.  The slaver caravan had half a dozen people that were nearly starved.  Enraged, he approached the caravan. They tried to enslave him as well, but he ended up using his staff to defeat them. He freed the slaves and gave them the rest of his food.

He continued he running but as he was storing mental speed, he didn't notice that his shoes stuck to the ground and pulled off his feet, or the spren hovering near him.  He arrived in Kholinar wearing month old clothes, and without food.  He looked around for something to eat or somewhere to bathe, however, he found nothing.  As a last ditch effort, he enlisted for the Alethi military for the food and supplies.  It was here that he actually met Selriaya, who introduced him to his abilities. he shortly after swore the first ideal.

He was forced to serve 4 years in the military. he eventually became squad leader of his squad until, just after he completed his 3rd year (now 18), he was transferred to a different squad to be squad leader.  He organized his new squad, but during the battle, saw his old squad.  The new squad leader just pushed the men; Oruden's men, right into the enemy in front of him with no plan or thought for the battle.  The squad was quickly surrounded and quickly falling as well, Oruden swore the 2cd ideal and used a combonation of rioting confusion and reverse lashing people or parts of the ground to throw these enemies off balance (mentally and physically).  He occasionally drew mental speed as well to help decide his next move.  Everything carefully planned out; nothing unaccounted for.  Dodging in and out of the enemies. A sword swung at him, so he drew upon mental speed to decide the best way to dodge/block the blow... and he immediately ran out of zinc.

He had burned/tapped it faster than he thought and expended it all up in the seconds of this fight.  The sword hit him and he blacked out.

he woke up 3 weeks later but was unable to walk.  they sent him away.  He had only been able to save 3 of his old squad. 2 of which had fallen in the next skirmish.