Oscar

## Background

**Oscar** is a kind and gentle soul at heart, always working for what he believes is right, however he is not without shortcomings. He is quite temperamental and has problems sitting still, often described as flitty or skittish, this comes out a lot when **Aster** is meditating, where he will often find it hard to sit still. He can be quite pushy when he needs an answer, but inversely can be pushed quite easily to do things he wouldn't normally be motivated to do, for example; he is often nervous when speaking to others, but when pushed to by someone else he can be quite chatty.

Oscar was raised in the small town of **Hyla**, a place highly devoted to it’s traditions to the point of near-blind fanaticism. The people of Hyla cared very much about the way their children were raised, the father of a family choosing the caste of their children themselves, rather than giving their children the freedom to plan their own future. The children of Hyla would never dare push away from their parents' decision as it was seen as disgrace against the lords. In Hyla, breaking this trust was legally a crime punishable by public execution, and it was effectively the reason why Oscar had no choice but to leave the town he was raised in.

Oscar went against his father's demands and chose his own caste, rather than picking the caste that his father chose for him, and thus went against the apparent word of the lords. His father disowned him, and threatened to execute his child himself had he not leave the town by sunrise. Oscar soon left Hyla behind with nothing but a dagger and a partly damaged helm, spending a majority of his time getting through the dense surrounding forests for weeks, which soon drained him of his supplies.

Soon after reaching civilization again through the wilderness, he had to find work to survive, hopping from village to village, town to city in order to simply pay for supplies and find the next short term job. These jobs were often menial tasks like deliveries or cleaning up after ride drakes, but eventually saved money for equipment which could be used for protection jobs in the dangerous lands, which although were not his favourite, paid well and were always available. However one job became a little too dangerous, a rogue with a large bounty, enough to be set for years, was in the town of Synstone, where Oscar was residing for the time being. He took his chances but it didn’t pay off, much like the other mercenaries that came with him, as the rogue had come prepared with a band of their own and a heap of prepared fire magics.

Oscar was unlucky enough to be struck by the flames, but due to his caste heritage was somewhat resistant to the magic, but not completely, especially to a spell of its calibre. Coincidentally however, and thankfully so another mercenary hot on the heels of the powerful rogue stumbled upon the wounded Oscar, bringing him to safety for him to rest. The man was Aster, a travelling mercenary and fellow Caste.

Today Oscar can be found travelling with Aster, completing jobs together and travelling from city-to-city. Although Oscar is the seeming complete opposite of the large man, they get along very well, with Oscar being very to stand in for anything Oscar should need to do, which usually involves a lot of talking, which although Oscar isn’t the best at – Aster’s gaze of encouragement certainly motivates him. He gets incredibly defensive and Jealous around those who join them on work, often becoming snappy or irritable, and although Aster is interested in very little from strangers, Oscar will repeatedly think to himself about worst case scenarios, which often doesn’t help his temper.