About Uldar UnstownUldar Unstown
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--==God-Touched==--
Spells Known: 0)6 1)4+
Combat Gear: mithral shirt, mw composite (12) longbow, shortsword, dagger, quiver-{16 normal arrows, 4 +1 elf-bane arrows}
Background:
Uldar was born in the shadow-haunted land of Nidal, to a slave, living in the outskirts of the port city Nisroch. Meri, his mother, labored under a cruel man who made his living in the slave trade. When she discovered she was pregnant, Meri vowed that she would be damned before any child of hers was raised in Nidal. Hiding her pregnancy as best she could, she set about a plan to smuggle her child out. Luck was with her in that she happened upon another halfling slave who had been in contact with agents of the Bellflower Network who had arranged him an escape. Shortly after Uldar's birth, Meri made a deal with this fellow slave: he would take her child with him (hidden aboard a ship destined for Korvosa), and she would cover his escape. By drugging the newborn to keep him from crying, Symon, the slave, was able to stow-away on the ship, undetected by the Nisrochi authorities. When they reached Magnimar, Symon placed Uldar with a family of halfling craftspeople. It was this family, the Unstowns, who raised Uldar as their own. They were the first to really take notice of the strange birthmark on Uldar's chest. As he grew, it became more and more defined. By the time he was 10, it was clearly in the shape of a flower, a rose. Curious about it, the Unstowns asked a local healer, who told them that the child had been blessed by Shelyn, goddess of art, beauty, and love. Delighted, they thought Uldar could become a truly skilled artisan, like a goldsmith or something, but it seemed that his talents ran more toward music. Thus they weren't too surprised when he announced a decade later that he would be leaving for Absalom to study music at the White Grotto college. He had very little money and no idea how to pay for his attendance, but those didn't seem to be concerns to him. He boarded a ship bound for the island, and off he went. As it happened, on the day he landed, they were offering scholarships that day for people who won a music competition. Lucky for him, he won. For five years, he had the time of his life at school. During a particular performance, on a particularly warm day, the light shirt he was wearing fell partially away, exposing his birthmark. An old woman in the audience seemed to notice the mark and approached him. "What are you doing here?" He wasn't sure how to answer. "Umm, I'm singing. I don't understand the question perhaps." The old woman remained adamant. "YOU were supposed to be in Sandpoint last week. You've missed the Festival." Uldar had heard of Sandpoint before, but never been there. "Sandpoint? In Varisia? What the hell for?" She handed him a beautiful rose. "For your destiny, boy. Now git! You're already late," she said pointing toward the docks. He turned his head to see what she was pointing at. When he turned back she was gone. He hopped up on the stage to look over the crowd to see where she had gone. He didn't see her, but he did see the most gorgeous woman he could even imagine catch his eye. She winked at him and disappeared behind a group of moving people. "Okay then," he said out loud. "Sandpoint it is." He went to his room to pack some gear. When he opened the door, he noticed a ticket on the night stand. One-way, by boat, to Sandpoint, leaving in 2 hours. On the back was written, "Don't forget your bow." Shaking his head in disbelief, he pulled together his gear, bid farewell to a few friends and headed to the dock.
Role/Future:
The arrowsong is an interesting bard twist. They give up some spells per day for increased versatility (they have access to all wizard evocation spells), they lose most of the performances, but hang on to inspire courage (which is the best one anyway). They also qualify for arcane archer after lvl 6 which is where I'd like to take him (potentially). They're actually kind of an arcane archer light anyway. He'll still have buffing ability, some healing, but ranged combat is of course the specialty. |
