This includes a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a common musical instrument, a flint and steel, ink, an inkpen, an iron pot, a journal, a mess kit, a mirror, rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), and a waterskin.
Background:
Andras was born a few miles north of the small town of Heldren in what remained of the once so grand estate of the Sagine family. His mother was the second daughter of the last scion of the family, a man who would be the last as his wife only bore him daughters. Yet, due to the dwindling coffers of the family, he thought that to be a better end to his family than the shame of bankruptcy. His father, Andras' grandfather, had hoped to revitalize the house by marrying an Elf and adding Elven blood to the line but that hadn't mattered at all, if anything his age old Elven wife had proven a further drain on the coffers.
His father's side offers a very different story. Coming from a long line of Ulfen Guards his family circumvented the rule of needing to be at most a second generation Ulfen to be able to join by sending every second generation back to their homeland to raise children before resuming their work in Taldor. That way every single generation qualified to become one of the Ulfen Guard. The same was true for his father, though he diverted from the planning of his family by marrying a Half Elven woman and having several children with her. The fact that of these only half ended up truly joining the Ulfen Guard was another painful fact.
Andras joined the Guard at age 16 after being trained by both his father and his mother, the latter focusing more on etiquette while the former paid more attention to his martial training. He left for Oppara and stayed there for several years but the official training did not sit wel with him. His Elven blood had gifted him with a knack for the arcane, a gift either not recognized or not appreciated by his trainers. Despite their efforts to have him give up his attempts to weave his magical skills into his swordplay he kept training, even if it was in secret. The fact that he also preferred the Taldan sword over the Ulfen axe only made things worse.
Recently they sent him away to join the patrols along the Qadiran borders, hoping the hard work would teach him more appreciation of martial skill. While that worked to an extent he still prefers to blend the two.
Recently the news has reached him that his family had moved from the estate to the town of Heldren as the costs of living on the estate were to high. Now the lands around the estate have become farmlands. The bigger new though was that his eldest brother, who had joined the Ulfen Guard several years ago, had retired after losing a hand in battle and he and his wife were moving to the Lands of the Linnorm Kings. He could ignore what probably was the last chance to see his brother for the foreseeable future.
