 About Jo'no ScreaminghawkJO'NO SCREAMINGHAWK
CMD: 12 (Base +10; Dex +2)
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A few days later a guide from Sandpoint was leading some traders back from the Storval Plateau when they heard what sounded like the high pitched call of a hawk. The sound echoed endlessley through the tattered remains of the tribe's camp. The guide was shocked to find that this ear preircing sound was being emitted from such a small child. The guide brought the child to Sandpoint and provided it to his sister, Lita who was overjoyed with the opportunity to raise the child. Lita was not an attractive woman by any definition, and doubted her ability to meet a man that would want to help her start a family. Raising the child did prove challenging, as she was also apprenticing to be a wizard, but out of sheer love for the child she easily overcame the burdens. Honoring Jo'no's people's traditions, she gave him an appropriate Shoanti name. While raising Jo'no, Lita realized he was very intuitive and quickly picked up some of the magic tricks she taught him. As Lita became an accomplished wizard, she took on Jo'no as an apprentice. Lita ensured that Jo'no understood the importance of knowledge in his studies. At the age of 16, he decided that he wanted to seek out his people and learn of his origin. Lita was very concerned about this as she knew too well what the Shoanti often did to outsiders in their lands. Jo'no was clever though, and she had faith that he would be able to convince the tribes to not kill him. The guide that had saved him had taught him the language of the Shoanti, so Lita knew that would be a great asset. Jo'no traveled into the Storval Plateau and first encountered another clan. The clan deemed Jo'no's bastardization of the Shoanti lanuage as a great offence and were about to kill him, had it not been for a Shriikirri-Quah elder visiting the clan. Jo'no spoke the tale of his finding by the guide, to the elder. The elder knew of Jo'no's tribe and did confirm that they had all been killed in the wyvern attack. Jo'no travelled with the elder to the Shriikirri-Quah lands and was introduced to the elder's tribe. The tribe seemed intrigued by him and after a time welcomed him. His magical talents were given great respect by the tribe. A witchdoctor of the tribe took Jo'no on as an apprentice. It was difficult for the witchdoctor to understand why Jo'no needed a spellbook and could not just cast magic naturally. Because of this, they always thought of Jo'no as having very little potential as a witchdoctor so he was never involved in some of the more important ceremonies. Jo'no spent two years living with the tribe. Occasionally he was able to send letters to his mother via guides that passed through their lands. They were fairly deep within the Storval Plateau though, so not many opportunties afforded themselves. Although he became very accustomed to tribal life, he felt that his capacity to learn was not being utilized. In truth, he grew bored. He departed the clan and decided to return to his magical studies in Sandpoint. Personality:
In the two years he spent with his people, he learnt to be proud of his origin and of the importance of honor.
Sheriff Hemlock Viskali - Shoanti who has embraced civilisation fully. Jo'no would have gotten along well with Hemlock, especially since Jo'no would have not been a mischievious child. Jo'no probably would have visited Hemlock on several occasions to gather lore on his people. I imagine after a few visits though Jo'no would have picked up on his general disinterest in speaking about that past. Garidan Viskali - Sheriff's brother and tries to keep the Shoanti traditions alive. Jo'no would have visited him several times to talk of the Shoanti traditions. He may have even helped Jo'no with his language training. He probably would have been the last person Jo'no visited prior to leaving Sandpoint 2 years ago. Veznutt Parooh - local cartgrapher and a gnome with some wizard ability. Jo'no finds maps to be most fascinating and found Veznutt's maps most alluring. They also would have had some conversations about studying magic. Ilsoari Gandethus - the town's teacher (runs the local school and orphanage), and also quite a competent wizard. Seeing Ilsoari as a great reasource of knowledge, I probably would have pestered him constantly for information on various subjects, including arcane magic studies. Tania Teg - attended school with her and spent a lot of time playing together and seeking random knowledge. Her mother knew a lot of tales about ancient Thassilon and the two would be entranced forever listening to her tales. Tania became restless in Sandpoint and left a few years before Jo'no left. Jo'no greatly missed her friendship, and her leaving Sandpoint kind of sparked his interest in leaving too. |
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