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Ilamin Medvyed
Male elf bard (thundercaller) 2 (Ultimate Wilderness 41)
NG Medium humanoid (elf)
Init +4; Senses low-light vision; Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 16, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+3 armor, +3 Dex)
hp 16 (2d8)
Fort +0, Ref +7, Will +2; +2 vs. enchantments, +4 vs. bardic performance, language-dependent, and sonic
Immune sleep; Resist noble born - medvyed
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Ranged longbow +5 (1d8/×3)
Special Attacks bardic performance 9 rounds/day (countersong, distraction, fascinate [DC 14], inspire courage +1)
Bard (Thundercaller) Spells Known (CL 2nd; concentration +5)
1st (3/day)—animate rope, charm person (DC 14), cure light wounds
0 (at will)—detect magic, light, prestidigitation, read magic, spark[APG] (DC 13)
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Statistics
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Str 10, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 8, Cha 17
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 15
Feats Nature Soul
Traits noble born - medvyed, poverty-stricken, varisian wanderer
Skills Acrobatics +1 (-3 to jump), Bluff +7, Knowledge (local) +7, Knowledge (nature) +11 (+12 while in forest terrain), Knowledge (nobility) +7, Perception +5, Perform (dance) +8, Perform (oratory) +9, Perform (percussion instruments) +8, Profession (butcher) +4, Spellcraft +7, Stealth +6, Survival +9 (+10 while in forest terrain); Racial Modifiers +1 Knowledge (nature), +2 Perception, +1 Survival, noble born - medvyed, woodcraft[APG]
Languages Common, Draconic, Elven, Sylvan
SQ versatile performance (oratory)
Other Gear studded leather, arrows (40), longbow, backpack, fishhook, waterskin (2), musk ox, Camping Kit (for Five) (worth 15 gp, 100 lb), fishing net, hemp rope (50 ft.), mug/tankard, trail rations
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Special Abilities
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Bardic Performance (standard action, 9 rounds/day) Your performances can create magical effects.
Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to magic sleep effects.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Versatile Performance (Oratory) +9 (Ex) You may substitute the final value of your Perform: Oratory skill for Diplomacy or Sense Motive checks
Woodcraft +1 Knowledge (Nature) and Survival, increasing to +2 in forests.

Musk Ox CR –
Musk ox
N Large animal
Init +0; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +9
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Defense
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AC 13, touch 9, flat-footed 13 (+4 natural, -1 size)
hp 22 (3d8+9)
Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +1
Immune immune to cold weather effects
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft.
Melee gore +7 (1d8+9)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks stampede, trample (2d6+9, DC 17)
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Statistics
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Str 22, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 4
Base Atk +2; CMB +9; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)
Feats Endurance, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Acrobatics +0 (+4 to jump), Perception +9
SQ docile
Other Gear camping kit (for five) (worth 15 gp, 100 lb), fishing net, hemp rope (50 ft.), mug/tankard, trail rations (8)
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Special Abilities
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Docile This animal's natural attacks are treated as secondary unless it is trained to fight.
Endurance +4 to a variety of fort saves, skill and ability checks. Sleep in L/M armor with no fatigue.
Immune to Cold Weather effects Immune to the effects of cold weather.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in dim light, distinguishing color and detail.
Scent (Ex) Detect opponents within 15+ ft. by sense of smell.
Stampede (Ex) Trample improves with multiple tramplers.

Ilamin Medvyed's tale is a sad one. Long before he himself remembers, Ilamin's name has caused him much difficulty and sadness. It was unheard of for the a full Elf to be a member of the noble families of Brevoy but Ilamin was the first born true to the name of House Medvyed. Half Elves were not uncommon in the lands that House Medvyed controlled so it was no surprise when one was born to one of the branch families over a hundred and fifty years ago.

It was from this branch family that eventually the coupling of Ilamin's mother, a true Elf, and his father Nikolai Medvyed came to be and shortly after young Ilamin was born. It was soon evident that Ilamin had inherited his mother's blood and it began to cause quite a commotion amongst the Nobles of Brevoy. Because of all the attention and the difficulties of childbirth, his mother remained frail and most of Ilamin's early rearing was handled by a Wet Nurse. A young Varisian woman by the name of Nadya, she was kind and held with such respect by the family that she was held on as Nokolai's unofficial Consort.

It was around Ilamin's first introduction to the other Nobility's offspring (a spry twenty four years of age, or around four to five in human years) that Ilamin's life began to feel like it was cursed. Barely able to recall the events, another House decided the sacrilege was too much to have other races potentially become a head of any of the Brevoy Nobility. One night, late into the darkness of a new moon, they struck. His mother, his father, everyone who served the branch line, the livestock, and even the lands were set ablaze. It was claimed that all of that house died that night, but the official records are rarely the truth.

Nadya, perhaps through mysticism, perhaps through divine intervention, or just sheer dumb luck had been reading deep into the night and saw just the twinkle of a lantern in the woods and reacted out of fear and suspicion, taking herself and the wee Ilamin quickly into a hidden cellar beneath the house that connected to a small opening to the house's well. Hidden in the murky well, they lived through the burning of the estate and the lands. The horrors of listening to the screams of the dying was something that few would ever be able to forget. They stayed in the well for two full days, waiting out the fires and any potential killers alike. Cold, wet, and starving, Nadya managed to pull the two out of the well upon the earliest light of the third day and stumbled her way to the main family's land.

From there, Nadya was given aid enough to secret them out of Brevoy for the boy to reach the elven village of his mother's family. There was little to tie Ilamin, save for a signet ring belonging to his father, to the Medvyed name. His claim would be hard pressed to prove, only rumors remained after over a hundred years of a child named Ilamin. Upon hearing the rumors of charters being given out to select individuals to reclaim the Stolen Lands for Brevoy and create a new nation, Ilamin traveled back to the land of his father hoping to reclaim his namesake and perhaps even find the ones responsible for the slaughtering of his family.