James Pond

James Pond is a man with a dream, a dream to become a renowned architect and builder. He comes from a not so wealthy family who resided in a small rundown shack which over the years has been completely lost to nature and is no a longer place which can be visited. He left home in search of a town he could learn more and one day become an architect for his nation, The Kingdom of Aurora.

## About

A relatively normal citizen of Fornost who lives in the inner part of Fornost. He also owns store called Builder's Delight.

## Childhood

James doesn't remember a lot from his childhood, although from what he remembers, he was born in Uldarash and that his parents come from the Verdania mountains region although James doesn't know the exact location. When he was young his first form of education was that of building and thus sparked his dream of becoming a famous architect. He didn't have many friends as he lived in a remote area and therefore doesn't have the best ability to socialise with other people.

## Religion

James is a follower of the Religion Felsonsvhon's Hands, a religion that James has very little information on and doesn't remember much on it. He follows it as it's the only religion he knows of, and he doesn't know the proper way of following it so he simply builds and honours it to his god. He has no ability to speak the weird language that is written in the public religious texts, but vaguely remembers his parents speaking a different language when he was young.

## Religious Journey

Here is the accounts of James' religious journeys

### The First step to knowledge

James had some time off from planning the Lumber Mill and decided to travel to Felsonsvhon's Landing. The journey there was one of ease at the start due to the roads Aurora built and then a bit of mountain hoping and onto the roads of Palovina and came upon the Temple. What he found horrified him, the temple was in ruins and for what he could see no-one was to be seen. This scared him as he was following what seemed like a dead religion, lost to time. He knew that the only what to find out any information on his religion he had to travel back to a familiar place, home. With the new information he set off and travelled back home to find and speak to his parents. Upon arriving to his old home he found no-one and as he called his parents names no reply came except a long silence. When he entered the now completely destroyed home he found no trace of any living being there and stared at horror. All traces of his parents were gone but all his possessions were still there. What happened to his parents that would cause them to take all their stuff and leave his? He sat down and contemplated this jarring situation. After what seemed like hours he came to realize something. His parents always had a saying that never made sense to him, "When we have completed what we have set out to complete, we shall return to Felsonvhon and his haven." Does that mean his parents are no longer of this world?

### Vivid Dream

One night James had a dream, a dream unlike any he has had before. His dream went like this; He awoke in his home back in the decrepit shack he grew up in. His parents were sitting at the table eating their daily breakfast. The weather outside was bright and sunny and there was a light breeze. He greeted his parents and went to pick some plants to add to his breakfast.

After doing some light harvesting, he came back inside with both of his parents facing away from him. As he went to start talking to his dad about the crops the weather had a sudden shift. Thunder, lightning and a howling wind suddenly engulfed James’ ears. With a sudden panic James called out to his parents and all that came back was a low voice that seemed to come from both his parents. This deep voice spoke in a soft and gentle yet frightening voice. As he spoke James had a sense of familiarity and comfort.

His words washed over him, though he didn’t understand a single word of it. All he could understand was a few words; Felsonsvhon's Hands, Aurora and the name of his family’s home which was something only his parents and he knew of. When he awoke, he was at his desk? He found he had been writing something in a book. It was what the strange voice was saying, and now James understood what had happened. Felsonsvhon had spoken to him, although from what he understood, Felsonsvhon was dead, buried deep in the void? James decided to try and decipher it. James did however see one noticeable detail from the text, it wasn’t like the public texts. The letters and the way it flowed was completely different.  Was this really Felsonsvhon speaking to him or something else?

### **Blinding Dream**

After a long day of work James fell upon his bed ready to pass out. Immediately James opened his eyes only to see his family house again, but this time he was alone. There was just silence, not a single sound could be heard. James just stood there puzzled wondering what was happening. Suddenly James started hearing things, the fluttering of butterflies, the singing of grasshoppers, the rustle of leaves from the trees outside.

James started walking towards the door when he heard the voice. The voice James knows belongs to Felsonsvhon. He spoke in a soft voice: James my child, I have teachings I need to show you. I have knowledge I need you to know but it will come a cost, a cost even I don’t know. James looked towards the voice but there was nothing there. Will the knowledge be worth loosing something James replied, his voice quivering. Felsonsvhon replied; that’s not something I can say, it could be of great use to you or it can be of no importance. This knowledge might even help you understand more about your parents and that mysterious energy in your tools.

James jumped at the thought of the chance to understand what’s going on in his life. He looked in the direction again and asked how he receives said knowledge. Felsonsvhon replied uttering a single word. James fell to the ground, images started to fill his mind. This continued for what seemed like hours and at one point it felt like James fell asleep, even though he’s in a dream? Once the images stopped bombing is mind, James looked around and all he could see was white? He looked around confused. Felsonsvhon’s voice washed over him once again, oh my dear child they give you knowledge only to take something just as important to you. Oh, my sweet child down worry I shall be there to help whenever I can. James felt himself waking and slowly Felsonsvhon’s voice faded and James awoke. And it dawned on him, he lost his vision.

### **Dream of Sorrow**

Once again James had a dream, but this one felt different. It felt cold, bitter, full of sorrow and anger. Waves of emotion rushed over James as images flashed through his mind. He felt the pain in his head and face as if it was slowly melting. This pain and unknown feelings made James feel pure fear. Even though he was asleep he could feel the fear. James shouted and screamed in this dream, a dream of sorrow. No one replied just silence. Then came a voice, a voice soft yet deadly, whispering, “You see my pain, my suffering.” The words dripping with poison and anger. “Now you know why I’ve hid in the depths away from the others. Those hypercritical people.”

“Now u know my troubles, and this shall shape you. You shall now face the anger and woes that I faced from the people you have come to love and let’s hope you don’t get killed too quickly.” James awoke in the middle of nowhere and his clothes were tattered. His memory foggy and in distress of the recent dream, James hid and cowered in fear of what he’s become…

## Magic

James has no idea of when he came upon this power, which he is told is magic. Magic is something James has very little knowledge on and has never seen magic being used by someone before. He doesn't know how he has this magic or how he uses it. All he knows is that his magic isn't normal, his magic isn't magic that can hurt nor is it magic that can heal. The magic James possesses seems to be magic that he unconsciously infuses into his tools allowing him to build and sculpt with easy and beauty. It also seems that James can only infuse this magic into the tools in which his father made for him when he left to explore the world.

## Architectural Projects

James Pond is currently working on an expansion of Northport

## Finished Architecture Projects

James has finished the design of the Lumber mill area.