Jitaan Oresbane

[Jitaan]

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First Name: Jitaan
Last Name: Oresbane


Appearance:
Race: Shield Dwarf
Age: 50
Height: 4' 10"
Weight: 225 lbs
Eyes: Greyish blue
Hair: Dark Brown
Facial Hair Style: Beard and mustache, with 5 braids bound with blue string in the beard.


Personality Profile:
General Health: Generally healthy, although his skin is more pale than you would expect.
Deity: Clangeddin Silverbeard
Initial Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Profession: Miner, Foot Soldier
Base Class & Proposed Development: Fighter / Dwarven Defender / Weapon Master
Habits/Hobbies: Boisterously excited about new ideas and adventure, but often feels nervous and/or unsure of himself around other dwarves. Generally friendly and helpful to individuals, but respectful and a proponent of the rule of law. An opponent of breaking the law as a way of protesting or fighting injustice. Captivated by nearly all forms of craftsmanship, especially metal goods, but completely inept at trying to craft anything himself. Can become annoying or forget himself when asking questions about something he hasn't seen before.
Languages: Common, Dwarven, Orc, Goblin
Weapon of Choice: Dwarven Waraxe

Background: Jitaan grew up in an Impiltur village in the Earthspur Mountains. He was found as a baby by a Warswords of Impiltur patrol, who dropped him off at the next village on their route where a human family took him in and raised him. When reports of valuable new ore deposits in the Earthspur mountains reached Impiltur, he and other members of nearby village responded to the kingdoms's call to establish a mine to harvest the ore for use in the capital. At the new mining village, his fellow miners bestowed the name "Oresbane" on him. His friends would say it was because he displayed a flair for extracting the ore from the surrounding rock; others would say it was because veins he worked often turned out smaller than expected, and considered him unlucky.

There were only a few dwarves in his village and Jitaan grew up largely without a strong link to dwarven family tradition or history. He became fascinated with myth and especially enamored with Clangeddin Silverbeard and the ideas of law, strength, and honor. His information on Silverbeard mostly came from rumor and second or third-hand tellings, and is naive about the deity. He tried to fashion his first waraxe in secret from metal from the mine. Luckily for him, someone heard the clanging, and helped arrange with the ore caravans to trade for a proper waraxe on his behalf in Lyrabar.

Now armed, and visions of valor in his head, Jitaan signed on to escort the ore caravans back to Lyrabar. As news of the valuable finds in the mountain spread, the region began to attract bandits who waylayed caravans. Additionally, stories began to spread of hidden mineshafts filled with gold ore, or underground caverns brimming with treasure that attracted gold-crazed prospectors and adventurers who became hostile to anyone they thought threatened their "claims." The Warswords of Impiltur sought to increase their strength in response to the new threats, and Jitaan managed to parlay his limited experience into a basic swordpoint contract with the militia, alongside other adventurers and mercenaries. The swordpoints, largely unmounted, were used to defend villages and outposts at risk, as well as attack encampments and strongholds established by hostile groups and races in the area. While not in action, he listened to more and more stories of adventure and riches from the other mercenaries while around the campfires or on guard duty, and decided that his name and honor would be better made as an adventurer in the great city of Baldur's Gate. When his company next returned to Lyrabar, he used the gold he had saved to buy out of his remaining contract, and signed on to the next caravan west.

Goals: Find a connection to his dwarven heritage.
Discover more about Clangeddin Silverbeard and make a name for himself worthy of the deity.
Return to Earthspur mountains one day as an acclaimed adventurer, and find one of the rumored "gold-caves".

Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:
Believes himself to be part of the Ludwakazar clan but is visibly unsure when he talks about it.




Feedback is appreciated! I'm new to Forgotten Realms and NWN2 generally; the BGTSCC wikia was very helpful and I went hopping around the Forgotten Realms wikia as well to put a concept together.

EDIT: Impilitur -> Impiltur