Welcome back to the gates of Enverdolmal folks!
I hope you all have been well since your last visit, I know how tough, unfair, and unforgiving life can often be.
Hang in there.
It gets better.
And pain? It is only temporary.
I hope all enjoyed the last entry! Pomilio is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters thus far. Dwarfs have always been my favorite fictional subspecies, and I hate to even call them such because I love them so lol.
ANYWAY! I have a few more Dives for ya'll.
Content is key after all! And I will do my best to keep getting it to you just as soon as I can pump it out between work and such human things.
I will also be posting more World Lore!
How else will I get you all to immerse!?
Stay tuned, we are getting closer to the end of this origin arch and I hope you are as excited as I am for the Part 2's to start dropping!
And off we go!
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"In the arms of a Ranger. Part 1."
Character: Pomilio Longblade.
Species: Dwarf.
Age: 57 HLS - 171 Dwarf years.
Class: Ranger/ Swordsman.
Nation: All of Naeri Queendom.
Weapon: Katana known as Inwabran. From "Een wat brand" meaning: One that burns.
-R.L.R.C Light Crossbow.
Origin:
Born and raised in the wilder forested and mountainous regens of Naeri, Pomilio, and his kin are a "Branch off" Dwarven Clan whose ancestorial roots can be traced to those of the very first Dwarfs to arrive in Enverdolmal. While the majority of those Dwarfs took to the Mountains, or coexisted with the many budding human communities, a small group had chosen the forest as their home.
These would come to be called the "Dwarfs of forest and field." more commonly known as the Bosynveld. While other clans made their name and fortune amongst society such as the famous Dwarfs of Clan Oakenmaul, the Bosynveld were seclusive and kept to the wilds, mastering with time, new skills, and learning to survive from the land itself. Against their own wishes, the Bosynveld Dwarfs grew quite the reputation as master trackers and hunters of nearly any and all forest and mountain-dwelling beasts or monsters.
And with that reputation came inevitable requests for aid or assistance from all corners of Naeri, and indeed from more distant Nations.
Thus the Bosynveld Dwarfs united their many tribes and formed what is today known as the Razor Leaf Ranger Company.
While no one knows exactly where their main base of operations is located, it is known that is it very obviously located in Naeri. The Razor Leafs respond to all manners of requests, from monster attacks and raids to dealing with local rowdy or displaced beasts, and although they tend to avoid interpersonal and political requests, exceptions have been made.
The Rangers have a special form of authority within the borders of Naeri, and even though it is not always applicable in other Nations, it is always both acknowledged and well respected.
Pomilio grew up in Southern Naeri. His parents were Rangers, as were his parents parents. Even so, it was a choice that he made on his own to join the R.L.R.C when he became of sufficient age. Pomilio is a simple Dwarf. He is guided by his training, his staunch moral compass, and his intuition, and will always take the side of those whose perspective is more so aligned with over any and all things else.
Pomilio received his Katana after completing his 1ooth assignment with his Rockwood Dokken, as was both custom and tradition. Receiving ones Katana was also the singular action that granted a Bosynveld the rank and title of Ranger.
Since Rockwood has a similar weight-per-pound ratio as steel, Dwarven Alchemist can and would transmute the Rockwood Dokken themselves. The transmutation process would bring out the blade's inherent ability as the natural essence of the Rockwood would be infused with Aether from the swords owner. This is very similar to the "Blossoming Transformation" that Tomes go through.
With his 100 missions completed, and his freshly transmuted Katana strapped proudly to his left hip, Pomilio set out into the wilds to be of whatever use that he could be to the natural order.
He was officially a Razor Leaf.
Pomilio had no idea of just how much of a help that he would come to be to one particular caravan. His 101st mission may have been unofficial, but it would be the most important of his entire life.
Abilities:
-Pomilio's katana -Inwabran- can emit and absorb fire. His Rockwood Dokken was grown from a tree that was spliced with a seed from the Ancient Roaming Redwood of legend. Said legend tells of one lone Redwood that would always grow back to its full height within a year of being chopped down, although it would never grow back within a hundred miles of the same place from which it was felled. This Redwood was said to have been immune to fire, and it could and would sprout mile-long roots that would absorb forest fires.
-Can cloak himself and his scent in an Aetheral veil of invisibility.
-Master Swordsman.
-High-level Marksmanship.
-Resistance to fire granted from his bond with his sword.
-Hunting and Tracking expert.
Stats.
Strength: 8.5/10.
Stamina: 8/10.
Agility: 8/10.
Aether: 7.5/10.
Dexterity: 8.5/10.
Resilience: 8/10.
Resistance: High: 6.5/10 Low: 7/10.
Intellect: 7.5/10.
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"In the arms of a Ranger. Part 1."
Character: Leena Lux.
Species: Human.
Age: 18 HLS.
Class: Stoksted Scout.
Nation: Stoksted, Naeri.
Weapon: Aetheral light whip.
-8-shot Crossbow.
-6x Throwing blades.
-Combat knife.
Origins:
From the day she was born, Leena was either out on the trail, deep in the forested lands about Stoksted, or both. Her parents owned and ran a logging company, one that was particularly well on its way, and bound for success.
From the age of just five, Leena had been allowed to steer the wood wagons while on the safer roads. She had even learned to use a whip and fire a crossbow by the age of six. By the age of eight, she was sitting in on sales meetings, and even riding a horse without assistance.
Her mind was as sharp as her mother's.
Her body, though young, was bursting with her father's strength.
It was on a rainy day that while returning from one of her family's many trade trips, her life would be changed forever.
During an ambush by enchanted and enraged Twiglobs, her parents were both killed. Without any living relatives to adopt her, she was taken in by a Dwarven Ranger in the ranks of the Razor Leaf Ranger Company, by the name of Pomilio.
For the next decade, he would both raise and train her in the ways of not only the Dwarfs but the R.L.R.C itself. She would rapidly absorb that knowledge and become one of the best Scouts that ever graced the roster of the Stoksted Scout Corp.
Abilities:
-Can summon, manipulate, and solidify light to form the shape and utility of a whip and crossbow bolts.
-Expert hand-to-hand combatant.
-Hunting and Tracking expert.
-Can absorb light from her environment to form solid barriers.
-Can bend light to cloak herself.
Stats.
Strength: 6.5/10.
Stamina: 8.5/10.
Agility: 9/10.
Aether: 8.5/10.
Dexterity: 8/10.
Resilience: 6.5/10.
Resistance: High: 6.5/10 Low: 7.5/10.
Intellect: 6.5/10.
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I know I say this a lot, but I hope this finds you all well. I mean it. Our world is in a strange place right now... and I hope that if these stories are reaching you in some war-torn part of the world, you know that you are not alone. I will write for a long as I am physically able to do so.
Just for you.
I love you all.
I really do.
You inspire me to be better and to dive deeper.
Keep reading, and I'll keep writing!
You have my word.
Stay safe.
Stay healthy.
Stay vigilant.
-Redd.