Race: Human (Qadiran)
Clss:Bladebound Kensai Magus 5
Alignment: CG
Background:Zarif's father was an adventurer of enough renown that the satrap made him one of the Peerless. His mother was a half-elf of Keleshite heritage and exceptional beauty.
Due to the influence of his father Zarif was accepted into the dervishes of Sarenrae. His father was also teaching him the way to blend magic into his sword art. Things seemed to be going perfectly for the young Zarif, which is always when fate seems to intervene.
Zarif's father had caught the eye of one of the Emperor's newest wives. When she approached him, he politely rebuked the woman stating that he was already married. Infuriated, she set about to have her revenge. She arraigned it so the Emperor would be introduced to Zarif's mother, knowing the Emperor would be immediately attracted to her. As part of her plot she had Zarif branded a traitor. He was taken away and made a slave.
Zarif was chained and taken to a slave ship to be sold. During the journey the ship was attacked by Andoran privateers who freed the slaves and taught them to sail for the Andoran Navy. Zarif, never fond of enclosed spaces, a feeling made worse by his captivity, asked his new Andoran captain if he could leave the ship and perhaps serve somewhere else. He was suprised by the response. The captain told him that he was a free man. Free to choose his own destiny.
Feeling better about the Andoran's, now knowing they were not his new masters, but his liberators, he felt honor bound to pay back the people that freed him. He left the Navy and joined the Army. His new-found apprication for freedom has made him one the land's staunchest supporters.
Personality: Zarif was sort of an oddity amoung Magi. He doesn't have the intense drive to seek out magical lore that the rest of his bretheren seem to possess. He doesn't spend long hours going over musty tomes of lore, but he seems to posses a natural talent. What might take others hours of long study and experimentation, Zarif seems to just intuit the answer. Things had always come easily to Zarif, so when things all came crashing down, it had a more profound impact on him.
His trials caused him to lose faith in his goddess for a time, but he is now starting to realize that it took those trials to bring him here, where he truely belongs. That revelation has begun to bring back the lightheartedness and carefree attitude that was always part of his charm. It was immediately following this revelation that his Black Bladed Scimitar found him.
