Rolan Aylomen, a well traversed man

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First Name: Rolan
Last Name: Aylomen

Appearance:Often wears clothing that appears to be the hide of some animal. He rarely is seen wearing an eastern tunic. Has a youthful and lean almost lanky appearance but looks rather ordinary otherwise.

Race: Human
Age:29
Height: 5'11''
Weight: 167 lbs
Eyes:Brown
Hair:Light Brown
Facial Hair Style: Can rarely be seen with a 5 o' clock shadow, he shaves nearly everyday

Personality Profile: Rolan is loyal to his friends but has been known to be careless when speaking around strangers, he is non-confrontational and would rather not be noticed despite his inquisitive mind. He has a sense of humor especially among his friends. Enjoys learning new things. Once in awhile he speaks without giving it much thought. He tries to be proper among nobility, around common folk he is a bit more crude though he tries to be respectful toward everyone.

General Health:Average

Deity: Grumbar (though he worships many gods)

Initial Alignment:Neutral

Profession:Former sailor and courier, now is a traveler

Base Class & Proposed Development:Phantom 25/Shadowdancer 5

Habits/Hobbies: He often speaks with a mouthful when eating, enjoys a bit of gossip and tries
to play matchmaker for his friends

Languages: Common and Shou
Weapon of Choice: A pair of short swords

Background: Rolan was born in Neverwinter to a sweet common woman and a sailor, womanizing, scoundrel of a father. This lead to a troubled childhood. His father would often go on voyages for months at a time while only lasting a week or so at home. During the months, his family would often be in poverty compared to when his father would return in which they would live extravagantly for a few days. This lead Rolan to experience life differently than most. Rolan learned to read and write from a tutor he would see 5 times a year for several years. Most of his childhood was spent wandering around the docks at Neverwinter, and reading fantastic tales of heroes and such.

It wasn't until he turned the age of 12 when his father finally took him along in a voyage, after experiencing some trouble back home. The voyage was toward the fabled far East land of Kara Tur. The ship carried goods to trade, bolts of velvet, salt, spices, and such. The ship would sail for months, nearly reaching Kara Tur before a storm forced the ship to crash into a reef. During an emergency the lookout yelled landhoe searching for the nearest land mass. As Rolan's father was the first mate of the ship, he and 8 others rowed toward the spotted island in a dinghy with what little goods they could salvage. Being stranded on the island one of the 8 would perish within days as the others built shelter. AlTtough the remaining 7 were stranded there, the island was inhabited by people.

As the weeks passed, the locals were hesitant to communicate with the 7 stranded. Finally, one day a foreigner to that island approached the group, he approached cautiously and offered to trade goods. At first there was a language barrier, until Rolan and the sailors began to understand the merchant's broken common words. He offered them them some food for one of the two bolts of velvet the sailors had salvaged. They were happy to comply. Over time they would learn the name of the jungle island. It was called Bawa to the locals.

Bawa was an island kingdom. After some time, the sailors would agree to make ends meet for a trip back to Neverwinter. This lead to them spreading out further and venturing into the jungle lands of the island. 5 months passed when a man came to Rolan's father. He insisted every first born son on the island must study at a sort of temple there. At first, Rolan's father was not interested in the offer. It wasn't until the man approached with two emeralds in when Rolan's father decided to trade him for such. This lead Rolan to further harbor resentment toward his father. As it turned out, it was not an ordinary temple, but rather a sort of school.

Here Rolan would spend the majority of his youth training in an eastern martial art known to some as Ninjitsu. His grandmaster though at first reluctant to accept a foreigner heard the tale of their struggles to survive. Rolan learned how to harness his Ki here as well as survive the jungle. Time passed and Rolan was allowed to wander about the island, where he would act as a courier of goods, hoping to earn enough currency to someday return to Neverwinter. He would spend most of his twenties doing this while still training with his grandmaster whom he would grow to respect deeply. As the years passed Rolan learned his own grandmaster was a foreigner to the island of Bawa, he was in fact from Shou, a northern region of Kara Tur.

As the years continued to pass, his grandmaster finally decided to allow Rolan to be free, having trained him in the eastern arts enough. Rolan would spend a few more years as a courier before running into his father who had purchased a small ship. Despite their differences, at the counsel of his master, Rolan decided he would sail with his father again, this time back to Neverwinter, though his master had a request. There was a cursed blade, with a story behind it, his grandmaster sought to return to a temple where it would be guarded and hidden away. According to him, it was last spotted near the lands near a city by the name of Baldur's Gate...

Rolan and his father would return to Neverwinter where Rolan would not spend a lot of time before departing to Baldur's Gate in hopes of finding the blade, though his master asked he not make it a priority as it may attract the wrong attention if he did. At the age of 29, Rolan set sail toward Baldur's Gate with the idea of learning to survive a new land, hone his training, and perhaps even honor his Grandmaster's request.

Goals:Rolan seeks to train further in the style he learned until he has reached his full potential. He is also seeking a cursed blade in hopes of hiding it away in a small island off the coast of Bawa, known as Rekken. it is not to be wielded by him under any circumstance.

Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts:He hears spirits whispering partly in due to his training, he may be able to see them someday. He seeks a cursed eastern blade, and wishes to return it, there have been rumored to be 7 blades with a similar tale in Baldur's Gate. He is now part of a fellowship of adventurers and good friends who often are seen near the Friendly Arms Inn. He is loyal to all of them especially one in particular to whom he owes his life.

((I've enjoyed my time here, hope you guys enjoy RP'ng with Rolan Aylomen, and again, thanks for an amazing server.))