Einar
| Timeline Note: | This information is for a historical game and may not apply to games using the modern world timeline. Discuss with your GameMaster before using this information for games later than 1000 FI. |
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| Level | 11 |
| Race | Human |
| Class | 2 Rogue / 9 Barbarian |
| Armor | +3 Banded Mail |
| Weapon(s) | ?? |
| Hometown | Tamerlane |
Einar the Defender is the former/retired Reis of Tamerlane. He is the biological father of Mahina as well as Conall and Kendrew. He was born in the winter of 906 FI.
Family
The line of the Reis of Tamerlane has remained within a single family. The Council of Elders noted that Einar is the most virile Reis of Tamerlane in all recorded history.
Family Line
Tomas Stormblade the Redeemer + Valencia Ryemooth: Einar, Amie
Einar the Defender + Lorelei: Conall, Kendrew, Mahina; + Nikole: Rose, Baby, Tiny, Gabe; + Hakina: Baelen, Answar, Cheny, Casse, Cerck; + Antonia: Vanille, Ageur, Tied, Otbere
Legacy
Einar is the grandson of Cid & Ramia Stormblade, adventurers who made names for themselves in the southern Fresia region. Cid was the former head of the town guard of Arabelle. Einar was given Cid's mithril sword, a symbol of the Arabelle town guard, when Einar was 10.
Cid & Ramia were murdered in their sleep by a paid halfling assassin that snuck into the town. When the assassin went in to kill Tomas, the assassin was surprised to find Tomas awake as he had not been able to sleep well after the recent death of his wife and subsequent caring for a newborn. Tomas defended himself and killed the assassin, later wishing he hadn't when he discovered his parents had been murdered before him. Tomas suspected, though never proved, that his uncle Anderly had sent the assassin as revenge for being exiled.
History
Einar is the son of Tomas Bladestorm the Redeemer and Valencia Ryemooth, the daughter of a fur trader. Valencia died soon after giving birth to Einar's younger sister, Amie. Amie was born not long after Einar's 5th birthday. Einar was fiercely protective of his sister. Tomas died protecting his children during a raid on the main village by a group of hostile barbarians. Einar, only 11 at the time, flew into a rage and joined the fight- slaughtering several of the grown invaders single-handedly. Towards the end of the battle, one of the Tamerlane women took Amie as a hostage. She had turned her back on her hometown and helped organized the ambush. Furious, Einar rushed in to save his sister and the woman coldly slit Amie's throat. Einar killed the woman and rushed to assist Amie but she died in his arms. Since that day, Einar has had little but disgust and contempt for women other than his daughters, whom he treats like princesses. It has been rumored that Einar favors Lorelei above his other wives because she has the same hair color as his lost sister.
After the raid, 11-year-old Einar took control of the duchy as Reis. After burying his father and sister, he threw all his energy into training and trapping. The Tamerlane duchy is quite well-off financially due to Einar's obsessive trapping during this time. As a teenager, Einar took several lovers but had no interest in marrying or producing an heir, much to the dismay of the Council of Elders. When he was 21, he finally took one of his lovers as a wife- Gianna, the daughter of a barbarian woman. The union was plagued with scandal: Gianna was 14 years Einar's senior and as the child of a barbarian, considered "lumpen" and unrefined. It was an unspoken rule that the first of Einar's lovers to conceive his child would be the one he would marry: after years of earnest attempts, Gianna was the one who conceived first. Gianna and Einar were married though her pregnancy ended in miscarriage not long afterwards. Gianna suffered several miscarriages and was never able to produce an heir.
After raiding a barbarian tribe that had breached the duchy's borders, Einar happened upon Lorelei's family. The family gave Einar their youngest daughter, Lorelei, as "thanks" for continued protection against foes and annexation of their homestead into the duchy. In reality, the family was happy to be rid of Lorelei as she suffered from disorganized schizophrenia and was a nearly constant burden on them. Einar was enthralled with the beautiful and bizarre Lorelei and took her immediately as a bride- a somewhat political move as his union to Gianna had not produced an heir. She conceived soon after and bore him a son, Conall. Thankfully, the boy did not inherit his mother's illness but instead appeared to be the spitting image of his father. Try as she might, mental illness prevented Lorelei from adequately caring for Conall and this task fell to Gianna and her handmaidens.
While Einar was on a hunting trip, Gianna plundered money from some of the coffers and sent a trader to bribe some barbarian tribes with money to send wives for Einar. This was more of a throwback to her mother's culture as polygamy was commonplace. Not only did Gianna want the additional help she thought she would receive but she wanted someone, anyone, other than Lorelei to produce a heir as she feared Conall would grow up to be ill like his mother.
Einar returned from a hunting trip to see a beautiful, young blonde waiting for him- a gift from a tribe. The next day, two more beautiful blondes from other families joined her. Einar was amazed at his good luck but, not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth, did not look too much into the situation. Einar noted that none of them were smart, and one of them was particularly idiotic, but he wasn't too bothered by this as he already had an heir and did not care for women much other than sex objects anyway. All women became pregnant, and Lorelei became pregnant again. Einar could not believe his prosperity and enjoyed his new babies. During this time, Einar also discovered himself falling in love with Lorelei- still enchanted by her bizarre behavior. Scared by this attachment, he went away from the town on hunting trips more often.
Gianna, meanwhile, was jealous as well as furious for having to take on a vast bulk of the household responsibilities due to incompetency of the other women (who, incidentally, Einar kept only as lovers). After Lorelei was pregnant again not long after the birth of Kendrew, Gianna bound Lorelei and beat her. She left Lorelei for dead in the middle of a forest that was, unbeknownst to her, near a trade route to Arabelle.
When Einar returned, Gianna informed him that Lorelei had wandered off and she had personally looked for her but couldn't find her. Einar sent out a search party and became suspicious of Gianna when no trace was found of Lorelei. Gianna then informed Einar that Lorelei had been captured by barbarians and made up an area where Gianna said the barbarians had been. Unfortunately for her, another group of barbarians had recently moved into that area. Einar and the Tamerlane army went to war with the group. The foes made one last push into Tamerlane town and Gianna was killed in the conflict. In that same conflict, however, Conall had proven his battle-readiness just as his father had similarly when he was a child. They eliminated the rivals entirely and Conall began his formal training as a warrior.
Present
Einar serves as one of the Tamerlane Council of Elders and is a retired Reis. He advises his son, Conall, to whom he abdicated the title to on Conall's 20th birthday and Age of Reckoning.
Trivia
- Einar received some training as a blacksmith and silversmith from a traveling master who later settled within the town. He has commissioned, and assisted in the making, of silver pendant necklaces for his daughters and ceremonial swords for his sons.
- Einar loves all of his children but does show some favoritism towards Conall and Kendrew because they are Lorelei's sons.
- His favorite color is dark brown and thus he has outfitted his house in furniture made of dark hard woods that would fetch an enormous price outside of southeastern Fresia.
