Silence Stonespeaker
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A svirfneblin, clearly very attuned to the underdark caves he lives in. A ranger / scout, adept at navigating the caves of the underdark alone with great ease. Though rumor has it that this gnome is also quite adept at (very) close combat, should the need arise. Though one wouldn't guess, just looking at him. | |
| Appearance | |
| Race: | Svirfneblin |
| Age: | 27 |
| Height: | 95 cm |
| Weight: | 17kg |
| Eyes: | Grey |
| Hair: | None |
| Skin-tone: | Grey, close to the stones of the underdark. |
| General health: | Very wiry and small, though his clothes hide most of that. |
| Personality | |
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It is not hard to figure out where his name comes from. He barely speaks, but understands the stones like no other. So much so that he seems to almost become one with those stones at times. A sullen looking, quiet gnome. | |
| Deity: | WIP |
| Initial Alignment: | WIP |
| Profession: | Scout, tunnel warden |
| Base Class: | Ranger |
| Hobbies: | None |
| Languages: | WIP |
| Weapon of choice: | Small dual weapons. |
| Background | |
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Born in a svirfneblin town, they at first thought Silence was deaf. He made no sound for the first months of his life. After people around him noticing that he did hear things, they figured he wouldn't be deaf, but just stupid. However, that too changed, when they noticed a clear affinity in speaking with the stones, thus completing his name. He understood like no other what was happening in his surroundings, just by listening to the stones. It didn't take him long to be trained to become a scout. After years of training, and at the year of his adulthood, he was sent out for his very first mission. With a relatively big group of scouts (there were eight of them), they went off to ensure that the surrounding area's were still safe. Silence quickly heard something was off. But, due to his somewhat shy nature, didn't call out immediately. After that, things went way too fast. Out of the blue a group of drow ambushed the group of scouts. The scout group ran off, but after figuring they'd never outrun the drow, Silence made a stand in the smallest tunnel he could find. There he held off the drow, while barely being hit himself. It was close to a miracle that he was able to give the group enough room to escape, without dying himself. It was futile, however. The advanced tactics of the drow caught the escaping group with ease. Silence managed to break away from the drow he managed to hold off so long, only to find his entire group slain, the drow still gathering the spoils. Since the drow were too busy gathering the spoils, Silence was able to fade away in the stones without being seen. Heartbroken, and feeling guilty for not mentioning anything earlier, he sat there for hours, maybe days. He became numb, and dared not go back to his community, instead wandering the underdark on his own for years. Only after 7 years were his memories faded enough for him to "reach out" to any sort of civilisation again, which led him to Sshamath. | |