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About Karson Kolinder

Karson Kolinder
Male CG Human Ranger, Level 1, Init +3, HP 12/12, Speed 30 ft
AC 16, Touch 13, Flat-footed 13, CMD +2, Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +1, CMB 15, Base Attack Bonus 1
Longbow, composite (Arrows (100)) 4 (1d8+1, x3)
Sword, short 2 (1d6+1, 19-20/x2)
Studded Leather (+3 Armor, +3 Dex)
Abilities Str 13, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 12
Condition None

Karson Kolinder was adopted into a traveling tradesmen family, after being offered to the family in hopes that the child would live a better life on the road than what was already there, a life of peasantry and servitude. His adoptive mother couldn't resist as she was a very kind hearted soul, despite his adoptive father's reluctance as they already had a child. As life went on, he would end up having 4 more siblings. His father was a bow crafter, and Karson took naturally to the bow early on while his mother was a seamstress, and his siblings ended up developing other trades. After almost being discovered by a local clergyman when he was young, his parents revealed to him about his origins and that he had to be quiet so that he didn't get taken away. In attempt to keep himself hidden, he took it upon his own self to steal the evidence and papers that the clergyman had collected on Karson. Being successful in the attempt, he remained hidden to his knowledge as his family left the town the next day. Soon after, when Karson's family had begun traveling with a few other families for protection in a larger group, the camp was destroyed by a large group of bandits. With only a few families escaping the raid, he decided that not only to protect himself, but the family that saved him, he had to learn skills.

He started to train himself while on the road via his own trial and error in combination with people he met on the way in the ways of becoming a ranger. Of the few families that escaped, only his and 3 others stuck together, and he grew close to the daughter of one of the families, a half elf named Kieyanna. Eventually becoming romantically involved with her, she was taken away from him as the families decided to go separate ways. She had given him the choice to just run away with her as she had believed in his ability to keep them safe, but he felt too dutiful to his family and regretfully declined the opportunity. As he finally grew up though, he started to build a reputation of being a guide and armed escort and started taking side jobs when his family would stay in a town for a length of time.

Karson still travels with his family, however his own side jobs have become to last longer than when his family is slated to stay in one place. So he performs the job and then meets back with his family in the town that they'll be at next. He still stays cautious at times when encountering any local nobility, in order to keep his birth origins secret, and still harbors lost feelings for Kieyanna despite having developed a few other relationships over time. He tends to take jobs that pay high enough to support his family while not being what he would consider as being too dangerous to highly risk his chance to ever see Kieyanna again or worse, never see his family again.