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About Thom Red

NATURE: 4
ABILITIES: Will 4, Health 4
SKILLS: Cook 2, Fighter 3, Haggler 2, Healer 3, Hunter 4, Pathfinder 3, Persuader 2, Scout 2, Smith 2, Survivalist 3, Weather Watcher 2
TRAITS: Independent, Determined, Bold
WISES: Medicine-wise, Posion-wise
BIRTH DATE: 1126
HOMETOWN: Copperwood.

GEAR: a compass, a map of the territories, a sword, a bag of herbs, and a spear.
CLOAK: Deep Green

BELIEF: It's not what you fight, it's what you fight for.
INSTINCT: To prove his worth.

BACKSTORY:

• Thom is from Copperwood, his father was a blacksmith and his mother ran the market stall selling his wares. As one of the youngest of his siblings, Thom didn't take an apprenticeship with his father with the forge, but instead helped his mother at the stall, and as such his ability to get a good price has been ingrained with him since he was young.
  
• Thom has always had a natural talent for hunting - tracking animals especially being something he is skilled at. He's also not one to shy away from a fight should it come to it.
  
• Although Thom didn't properly apprentice with his father, he still took time to watch the art of smithing.
  
• Thom wasn't the one yelling into the street, hawking the wares (that was his mother's job). Instead, he was more of the one on one seller, convincing people that they needed this set of cutlery.
  
• Thom apprenticed with a healer in Lockhaven, dealing with all the sick and injured, especially during some of the harsher winters. Her name was Ingrid, and although she was hard on Thom, she was doing it for his own benefit to teach him.
  
• Thom's mentor, Taryn, taught him the essentials of surviving in the wild while on patrol. Utilising the natural world is one of the best ways to get by.
  
• Thom's speciality is pathfinding out in the wild
  Thom is quite impulsive, and thus would use what he has when he needs it at the time. He regrets this later but they are choices he has to live with.
  
• Thom stands his ground when the need dictates it. If an important object, position or helpless mouse is in need of defence Thom will do his best to aid them. If there is nothing to lose, Thom sees no shame in tactically repositioning himself away from danger.
  
• Thom has never seen a wolf up close yet so his natural fear of them due to their size prevails. He has been in a scrap with a weasel though (who left Thom with a nasty scar on his flank; Thom didn't win the fight but he held it off long enough for a supply caravan to escape - a victory in of itself). Owls, however, do scare him. The sound of them overhead brings back memories of friends lost.
  
• Thom had much of the natural herbs and plants of the wild reinforced in his head through much studying, thanks to the stern teachings of Ingrid. As such, he is quite the walking encyclopedia of how to heal and what is poisonous.
  Medicine-wise & Poison-wise
  
• Thom is determined in everything he does, hence why he's risen fairly quickly up the ranks. If he's given a job, he does his damnedest to get it accomplished.

Thom's fur is a brownish red.
Rosalee, his mother, is a red-furred trader from Copperwood.
Duncan, his father, is a brown-furred smith from Copperwood.

Senior Artisan - Ingrid, the healer. Still alive and well in Lockhaven.
Mentor - Taryn, the survivalist. Suffered from a terrible injury whilst out on patrol some seasons ago, now resides in Lockhaven, where she is healing her leg. It's said she may never walk again.
Friend - Bluebell, the patrol guard from Calogero. She and Thom used to train together when they were Tenderpaws in Lockhaven. She has a sweet spot in Thom's life.
Enemy - Trevor, the pathfinder from Ivydale. He and Thom butted heads about a lot of things whilst they were both training in the Guard. Trevor came from a wealthy family in comparison to Thom, and used to act as if he was better than Thom in every aspect. This is one of the reasons that Thom is so focused on being a good pathfinder - so he can rest easy knowing he's better than Trevor. They have had some scuffles and fights over their bitter hatred for one another.