Ralph Aëron

Ralph Aëron, most commonly referred to as Son Aëron, is the twelfth and most recent Son of Sha and holds the talents of Enhancement, Sealing and Wiser. He is a member of the High Council of the Order and operates in the Acir kingdom. Having no knowledge of who his parents were, he carries the name Aëron in honour of the man who raised and trained him; Aëron Reinart.

## Appearance and character

Ralph is a young man in his twenty-fifth summer. The training he underwent in Eresath has provided him with an athletic build and excellent condition. He has black hair reaching to his shoulders and cheerful, green eyes that resemble his mood most of the times; open-hearted and happy to be alive. He considers the people close to him as his family and treats everyone he meets as a good friend, but anyone he considers an enemy or threat will find out what he's capable of soon enough. He has a strong sense of duty towards the Order and will always try to find new potential members.

He's known for placing the life of any other man, woman or child above his own and willing to give it if it means survival of the other.

## Biography

### Youth

Ralph Aëron was born in the year 1384 E.G. (Era of the Gift) in a small town north of Daltos. His father had died before his birth and his mother perished during labour, so he was passed on to an orphanage in Daltos until he reached the age of twelve and fled. He travelled with a merchant's caravan to Paros where he made a living as thief and even took it as far as joining a gang. A planned robbery on a noble's house went wrong and he was caught by a guard named Aëron Reinart, who he fought in an attempt to escape. The attempt failed and Aëron, noticing the boy's potential and kind heart, concluded that it was society that had brought the boy on his current path. Determined to make an honest man out of him, he took him as a foster child and raised him on his own. From Aëron, Ralph learned the ways of the sword, spear and bow and how the world worked. Seven years he was instructed by the guard and in the year 1407 he saw himself fit enough to participate in the Testing organised in Barn that year.

### Joining the Order

Ralph amazed all with his performance in the Testing when he fought on equal footing with Rey Domer, a veteran Enhancer and trained in battle, and proved to possess Sealing as well next to Enhancement. After two months in Eresath he was found to have a third Talent, Wiser, and he was promoted to Son of Sha. In the year 1409, after two years of harsh and rigorous training, he had gained full control over all his Talents. He took on the name Aëron in honour of his first mentor.

### Hunting the rogue members

During his training in Eresath, a prodigy named Ralog Brianneal had fled the Order, killing fellow members and taking others with him. His intentions are considered personal gain by many, but only a select few know it his wish to join the rogue Son Thorval Thorell. Ralph's first mission was to hunt down Ralog and his followers and bring him in for justice. The chase led hem through the Acir kingdom from Uldar to Soniën before ending in Barn, where he caught the man with the help of Samos. Ralog, who lost his hand in the final confrontation, was captured and delivered to the jails of Barn.