| Full Name |
Nante Once-Dead |
| Race |
Human (Shoanti) |
| Classes/Levels |
Ranger 1 (HP 12/12 | AC:16 | T:13 | FF:13 | BAB: +1 | CMB: +4 | CMD: 16/FF: 13 | Fort:+4 | Ref:+6 | Will:+1 (+3 against scry) | Init:+3 | Speed: 30) |
| Gender |
Male |
| Size |
6' |
| Age |
28 |
| Special Abilities |
Agile Maneuvers (Feat), Careful Speaker (Feat), Favored Enemy (Goblinoids +2) (Ex), Starchild (Trait), Track +1 (Ranger), Wild Empathy +1 (Ex) (Ranger) |
| Alignment |
Lawful Neutral |
| Deity |
Desna |
| Location |
Lost Coast, Varisia |
| Languages |
Shoanti, Common |
| Occupation |
Adventurer |
| Strength |
14 |
| Dexterity |
17 |
| Constitution |
14 |
| Intelligence |
10 |
| Wisdom |
13 |
| Charisma |
10 |
About Nante Once-Dead
All Shoanti recieve tattoos after their rite of passage. This is iron law. Yet Nante has no tattoo. This is because his "rite of passage" was to fail utterly at his rite of passage.
And he failed, oh yes. The boy was to kill a great boar and bring it back for all to feast, but he was proud, too proud. He was the best of all the male children at hunting and fishing, and knew the boar to be a minor challenge. Instead, he chose to end the lives of a band of goblin marauders harassing Shoanti settlements up and down the Lost Coast.
This decision worked out as well as could be expected: they struck him down, and he died, and was mourned.
For a time.
Even he is unsure of precisely how he came to be reborn. The people praised Desna most highly for her mercy.
And yet, he failed. He did not deserve a tattoo. He was not yet a man. This he knew, and he told the village elder such. The elder clucked his tongue. "You are correct. For you have learned nothing. Pride clouds your mind as it always has."
Nante was shocked, and protested.
The elder crooked a wizened finger in the direction of the world. "Go forth from this village, Nante Once-Dead. Do not return until you have grasped your folly. And should you never grasp it, return not at all."
So began the travels of Nante Once-Dead.
