Geornan

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**Geornan**, also known as **Geornan Demonsworn**, was a prominent adventurer and member of the magical community. He was also the leader of the famous adventuring band Geornan's Fabulous Adventuring Group.

## Biography

> “I see  13 flaming wheels, orbiting a  dark and hungry star. Inside these wheels are strange and mysterious sights. Dogs with wings, a baby riding a two-headed dragon, faces of men I do not know, and in one I see you Geornan. There stands  an old man with a great beard. He rides a goat and in his hand is a golden thread. You stand amongst the snare this thread forms, but is has not closed around you yet. I know not what this means."
>
> Brahan the Sage

#### *Early Life*

Geornan was born in Axis to Erhart and Hastia - two law abiding, well-off merchants. Wishing to give their son a more balanced upbringing, the family moved out of the city when he was still an infant. They moved to Pallas - a town near the tail of the Tomelqan Sahnebet, by the border of Daimeremos. They prospered in their new surroundings, giving back to the town and bringing another child into the world, Dorian.

Geornan and Dorian were inseperable, and enjoyed a peaceful childhood of rural simplicity and mirth. Geornan had plans to join the church, with childhood friend Johanna, before Dorian fell ill. Dorian succumbed to his illness, and the family brought his remains to the local church in the hopes that the clerics there might resurrect him. Despite their many previous generous donations to the church and town, the local priests refused to resurrect Dorian, claiming it violated the "will of their God", and that Dorian "had been called to serve" at their deity's side.

Geornan took this hard, railing against the church, which drove a wedge between him and his close friend Johanna. She was closer to the church than he even before, but her siding with the priests' decision became an irreparable rift in their relationship. Distraught at losing their youngest, and fearful of the hatred growing in their increasingly distant firstborn, Erhart and Hastia sent Geornan to study with an old acquaintance, Serrentos. Serrentos owed them a favour as Erhart and Hastia had worked for him previously, obtaining some difficult-to-find magical components he required for a particular ritual.

Finding an alternative to the divine, Geornan excelled under Serrentos' tutelage. Serrentos warmed to the boy, and took him in as a foster son to the great ire of his biological son, the arrogant Aldos. Aldos sought to reclaim the attention Geornan received at every turn, in jealousy of his father's love for his foster son. Aldos and Geornan remained locked in a fierce rivalry for many years, never letting Serrentos see the truth of their enmity. The elderly mage merely viewed it as brotherly competition, healthy between boys.

Upon reaching the age of 17, Serrentos took Geornan aside and said his tutelage had been completed, encouraging the boy to go into the world and apply his learning and begin a lifetime of growth. Geornan's former master then consulted with planar beings to seek the best possible path for the boy, and they told him Geornan was to be sent to Broadford, on the island of Enisti to begin his personal journey.