William Riverwood

**William Riverwood** is a Human from Everwood, he is the son of Mervin William Riverwood, husband to Syndra Riverwood and father to Elias Riverwood. He was the leader of The Hunters Pack.

William and Syndra met due to a fateful encounter within the Everwood Forest, the two fell in love and had a Half-Elf child they would name "Eldrin". Later the two would be betrothed.

High elf society does not allow the mixture of blood. So when news of Syndra having a half-breed child got to the high elf capital Thel'Anorei her parents requested that she come home at once though they did not know of her whereabouts. eventually sending some of their own to attempt to execute Eldrin and **William** and return their wayward daughter home.

When Syndra first left Thel'Anorei she had been keeping watch of her father Kymil Laralyth through her faithful animal companion "Fea" and so gained knowledge of their intent early. She quickly decided it was nessersary for the family to leave Everwood before they could find them. However **William** needed to stay behind due to his duty to provide for the town. So it was begudgingly decided that as they were looking for her mainly, she would leave, the two vowed they would meet again someday. Syndra would journey by herself to Zephrah which was an un-likely place for them to look, while William looked after the child.

William changed his son's name early on to "Elias" as a human name so it would be less suspicious and tried his best to cover up his son's elfish looking ears. Which would conscientiously make Elias weary of his ears as he grew up later becoming the source of bullying in Elias' younger years

His father would teach Elias how to use a bow and combat as he got older, in case a time called for him to defend himself. One day on a day of hunting Elias at the age of 10 with his father would come across a tiny kit. It would appear lonely, starved and scared. Blood trailed off to a den... as Elias' father tracked the blood, He was shocked to find the mother and other kits were brutally murdered by an unknown culprit. They knew the right thing to do was to keep the little kit. It was what the Priestess would have wanted as all life is precious in her teachings. They would name the kit "Mervin" Elias and the new cat became a close companionship as they grew up together with a mutual trust, love and understanding. It would be here that Elias would learn medicine and how to look after Mervin.

At the age of 12 he stopped wearing the hood, revealing his elvish ears to all. He was ridiculed of his appearance calling him a half-breed. He would keep to himself usually, never lashing out at the bullies and only talking to people if it was required or necessary. He would never tell his father of the bullying as Elias knew there was not much that could be done about it.

When Elias was 18 he worked with his father, joining the hunting pack to be a scout for the town, doing watches for the town. In the everwood forest one fateful day he would come into contact with a high elf head hunter who was tracking him and his father, they tried to subdue Elias but he fought back hard, he managed to nearly kill the headhunter but he didnt follow through with the kill instead choosing to run back home and leave them to die near a lake hoping they would be washed away.

As he returned home his father was missing. luckily Elias managed to find a note which read that his father was safe and on the move and for Elias to do the same, he promised some day they would meet again. With this hope of finding his father Elias burned the note and escaped everwood as quickly as he could.