Galdor Amathaer-Aranion

## Summary

Galdor

Freakish manta-ray elf-man ranger-swarmkeeper joins archaeologists guild for social acceptance and good times. Fascinated by the fey, and very acquainted with vices.

Came from noble family on Altheel, but had to leave after a magical procedure transformed him into his current form.

## Background

Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths, Galdor Balceran Amathaer-Aranion entered this world to find an entire silver dining set. Born a high-elf into the noble Amathaer-Aranion family on the island of Altheel; Galdor comes from old money. The Amathaer-Aranion family have been in riches since the Iysgarthians colonised the island, and kept their place in the upper echelons even after the Iysgarth lost their power there. His family has long been known for their silver tongues, political adeptness, and willingness to get into bed with whomever is in power – both figuratively and literally.

Galdor, was the oldest of four sibling to Lord and Lady Amathaer-Aranion. Raised at court, he had a proper upbringing. Taught to ride, shoot and hunt from a young age. But always feeling his queerness and awkwardness stopped him from fitting the mould, as his younger siblings did. He spent far more time amongst the brood of the servants than his parents would have liked; shunning proper company whom he regarded as uptight and dull. The brood would go gallivanting down to the Fey glades, where ponds and creatures abound. This was much more to Galdor’s liking.

As the years tore on, Galdor and the brood explored all of the island’s wildest spots. Going deeper and deeper into the ancient fey areas. The people that lived here were queer even to Galdor. They told him stories of the fey and their magic; of the Great War, and how one day the fey would return in droves to retake these lands . The fey still remain, and there is serious fey power in this world. And if you knew how to communicate you could speak with them.

These years of self-exploration gave Galdor much confidence, even if the exploration was in secret. He lived a double life, and his parents were glad to see him spending so much time on proper pursuits of “hunting” and “outdoorsmanship”, as well as now attending the social gatherings of his teenage years. He learned of vices in these days, of alcohol, of special mushrooms and plants, and of other bodies. He had released something in himself he didn’t know was there and he liked it.

It was rumoured, in those deeper parts of the fey areas, that there were ways to merge one's body with nature. To enhance it with the magic and energy of wild creatures and the fey. The rumours said taht there lived one old wizard that knew how. Galdor went to her, and pleaded with her to help him gain bodily connections with the wilds and the fey. With enough greasing of the wheels, and with much warning about the potential side-effects she agreed. After the procedure, Galdor became at once closer to the wilds and magic. He was at once fey creature and elf, and fey spirits would dance around him when he called for their companionship.

He continued in his life of wretched vices, but merely weeks after the procedure, he began to change. A sagging of the skin below the arms, the discoloration. Must be the drugs he thought. It wasn’t. He tried to hide it at first, but soon Galdor grew large flappy wings. His skin changed to a greyish blue and he ceased outwardly to be a mere elf.

Galdor left ancestral home. Still honour bound to family, he could not destroy for his siblings everything that generations of his family had built. And to be associated with such fey magic is disgraceful.

Galdor came to Ilbidor, and joined the archaeological guild once it was clear that they would accept him. He felt less judged in the eyes of the guild, who don’t fear old magic or the fey like most others do. Not that such judgement would bother Galdor these days, but it is hard to find friends amongst those that find you repugnant.

### Motivation

Looking for a lavish lifestyle, and to deepen his connection with the Fey.

### Relationships

Left behind his rich parents, younger siblings, and his ancestral wealth and title. Has a somewhat intimate connection with the Fey.

### Life events

An old wizard with strange power melded Galdor's body with spirit animals. Now he has flappy skin-wings.

### Traits

Posh. Camp. Hedonist. Often generous/kind. Knows his own privilege, but delights in it still. Sassy. Social butterfly amongst the right crowd.