Valorin Aldiatac

Aldiatac in the arena

Valorin Aldiatac was a prominent fighter and adventurer, and a member of Geornan's Fabulous Adventuring Group.

## Biography

> “My prophecy for you is simple, boy:  your mother yet lives. Do not ask me where, I cannot see. Her whereabouts are obscured from my sight by powerful magic. Seek  this symbol and you will find her, but consider whether or not you should."
>
> Brahan the Sage

#### *Early Life*

Born Donren Ibrani, Valorin was orphaned at a young age. He never struggled to make friends while being raised in an orphanage, but always seemed a troubled child. The adults attributed his behavioural issues to a lack of parental guidance, a reasonable and common assumption when raise *en masse* in an orphanage, and tried to emulate the support and discipline of a normal home life. However, Valorin would constantly fight with others despite the administrators' best efforts. An adult dragonborn witnessed a fight with a couple of other boys, and complimented Valorin's abilities. He asked had Valorin heard of Valorin the Great, a warrior of incomprehensible power and skill. Valorin the Orphan had no knowledge of his namesake, and immediately became enamoured with the legends of old and began intense study.

The dragonborn, Pazavur Aldiatac, took him in and raised him in his library teaching him how to read and write, but most importantly, to dream. As he developed his mastery of the mind, so too he honed his mastery of weapons, studying the art of warfare from the greatest minds possible through the books he read. On his 13th birthday, Pazavur gave him an amulet that "[had] been passed down through my family for generations." However, later that year bandits came and ransacked his library. They claimed to be searching for a special book, which contained arcane and obscure knowledge they wished to learn. They couldn't find it in Aldiatac's llibrary, and so murdered Pazavur and enslaved the young Valorin. Valorin was sold on to a gladiator school shortly thereafter.

It was then he took the name of Valorin Aldiatac, after the two most influential people in his life and began his new life as a gladiator. At 16 he entered the arena for the first time and had his first kill, with dozens more to follow. He served his slavemaster as a loyal gladiator for a decade, working hard to try and secure his own freedom. In the fullness of time, his master relented and agreed to his manumission, though the profit he had earned and would continue to earn cause him to betray his word and arrange for Valorin's continued enslavement. He had wagered with Valorin that the outcome of the next fight would determine his fate; victory would assure his freedom, while defeat would keep him in bondage. Manipulating the outcome, he rigged the final match and forced Valorin to fight multiple opponents, many of whom were Valorin's closest friends in the arena. The slavemaster miscaluclated, however, and Valorin did not balk at the thought of fighting those he loved. He cut them down without second thought, and through sheer skill and determination Valorin won his freedom and left the arena behind. In repayment for his betrayal, Valorin slew his former slavemaster, and secured the release of his fellow fighters before heading to Enisti to seek new adventure.