Eriden

Eriden is the first born of Garen and Scilia Stryd. He is older brother of second born Daret and younger sister Leah. The three siblings grew up together in the city of Tamash Ahir while their parents served in the nation's standing army. The family lived a reasonably uneventful life, within the city; where slave trade was abundant along with a hate for pirates.

His younger years passed without incident, and on his eighteenth birthday, Eriden was drafted into Tamash Ahir's standing army - much to the approval of his militaristic father. In two years he had completed his training, he excelled in scouting and reconnaissance. Over the next couple months Eriden participated in a handful of missions under the command of Captain Tavis Artham, who was also a close friend of Eriden's father.

During a mission to suppress an angry uprising of slaves, Eriden heard rumor of a group of giants rampaging towards the south - not far from a small village. Eriden brought this up with Tavis, saying that the squad should go protect the village instead of dealing with slaves. Tavis ignored Eriden, and ordered the squad to deal with the slaves. In the end, the village was massacred by the giants.

When Eriden found out, he was furious. He confronted Tavis and a heated argument broke out, then without thinking Eriden struck the Captain. A short scuffle ensued, which was broken up shortly after Eriden shattered Tavis' kneecap with a lucky kick.

Eriden was bound in shackles and held under house arrest by armed guards. With the threat of a court marshal and almost certain death, he decided to flee - telling only his younger sister, who suggested going to a small wandering group of druids that she had befriended and knew to be kind. He succeeded in the escape, and the druids reluctantly agreed to take him in for a time.

After a discussion with the druid leader, Asath, Eriden was escorted to a small cove where pirates often frequented to drop off their illicit cargoes. On the journey, a group of bounty hunters found Eriden and attacked the druids. The bounty hunters were defeated, but four of the druids had also been killed. Eriden decided it would be best to go his own way, and parted with druids with a promise to one day return and make amends for the damage he had caused.

Finding his way to the cove, Eriden managed to bargain safe passage across the Sea of Woe to Tarantis, in exchange for working aboard the ship. From there, he wondered the forests and plains of the Kron-nesis kingdom aimlessly; offering his meager services in tracking and hunting to cities he passed..

Then one day, he came upon Dragonport.