After being bitten by a werewolf, family man Tom Avraeman has his world turned upside down, "howl" he cope?

Thomas Avraeman was a humble man, he was average height and build with dark brown hair, bright blue eyes and always had a smile on his face. A loving Husband to his wife Fiela, and father to his two daughters Meira and Merida. After living peacefully for many years after settling in a small village, Tom had become a sort of master of none, helping folks in the village with their wares and whatever he could with really. His wife was an excellent seamstress and produced magnificent dresses and gowns that she sold in the village. They were very happy, until one night, a group of wolf like creatures attacked their village, Tom knew he had to protect his family and in doing so he hid them in their basement, as he was about to get in with them, he heard a terrible cry from one of the other villagers, he knew he had to do something. So he ripped the long sword that was once a family heirloom off the wall, and he ran out into the night, his family screaming as he did so. He saw one of these creatures ripping apart an older woman from the town. It soon spotted Tom, displaying its bloody jaws. Tom quickly whipped up the courage to charge the beast. As he did he hadn’t realised that the long sword had been tied shut to its scabbard, and at this moment, he knew it was over, regardless, he swung at the beast with his sheathed sword, smacking it with the scabbarded blade! To Toms surprise, the beast looked scared and in pain, and it whines as it withdrew. Confusion flooded Toms mind, not quickly enough though, as Tom felt something biting into his shoulder, another of these beasts had snuck up on him, and tore a chunk through his upper body, Toms vision started to blur as he saw the two creatures reconvening in front of him. Just as the creatures were about to charge, a bolt of some form went straight through one of their heads, the other beast turned and was met by a swift flurry of attacks from a man clad in armour. The rest of the creatures saw this (there were maybe 3-4 more) and instantly went for him, but with a mix of magical explosions, slashes and bolt storm, they were all dead. The last thing Tom remembered before he blacked out was this warrior sheath his weapon and turn to walk to him.
A few days later, Tom woke up in his bed, surrounded by his family, and a mysterious figure. His children jumped on to his bed and met him with a loving embrace, as did his wife. After a small amount of catch up and a rerun of the events, the mysterious cloned figure asked his family for a moment in private. Once they had left, the stranger revealed his face from his hood, and then removed his robes to reveal scale mail armour, a sword slung across his back, animal like eyes, long blonde hair, scars all over his face. The man revealed his name was Tyrin Selemer, and that he belonged to an ancient organisation called the blood hunters, a group of hunters who specialise in tracking and killing monsters. He then asked if Tom knew what a lycanthrope was, Tom did not, so Tyrin explained to him about the curse and what werewolves are, and that they had attacked their village. Tyrin then went on to explain how the curse is acquired, at this point Tom started to understand that he would become one of those things. This is where Tyrin sat on the end of Toms bed and gave him two options. The first was that Tyrin ends Toms life here, quickly and peacefully, were he could say farewell to his family and know that they would be safe, or, he could join the blood hunters, it just so happens Tyrin was on the hunt for a new recruit when he heard word of some Lycans heading east that needed talk n care of, so Tyrin was offering Tom the opportunity to learn to control his new curse and use it as a forceful weapon in the war against monsters, however this meant Tom would have to leave his family to complete his training, and Tyrin was very uncertain that he’d be able to ever return, just for their own safety. Tom asked if he could sleep on it, Tyrin agreed and said he would be leaving at Dawn, if he wasn’t ready to leave then, he would come in and kill Tom in his sleep, peacefully. Tom spoke to Fiela about this, she was upset and could comprehend what was happening, however Tom reassured her that he would return once he had completed his training, and hopefully by then he will have found a cure for his terrible curse. So Tom packed his things, kissed his daughters and wife goodbye and left at dawn with Tyrin, he looked please that he had chosen the latter decision. They rode to the secret headquarters of the blood hunters, so secret Tom was told to wear a bag over his head upon entry. Their he met with the high leaders of the order, where Tyrin presented him as his initiate. Tom trained for months with the other initiates, practicing day and night, learning to use a sword to fight, being taught about blood pacts, spells, alchemy, potions and of-course his lycanthropsie. This was tough as Tom at first had no idea how to control it completely, which he soo learned to understand was quite common. The other initiates had a lot of respect for Tom and how quickly he learned the tricks of the trade, many of the others had been chosen from birth, but despite this they could see his true potential and were not at all jeolous, however they did nickname him “Tom Averageman”. He didn’t mind this as with that as his professional name, it meant that his family one was safe. So despite his simple background as a measly village man, Tom outshone the other initiates and was deemed by the high leaders a great prodigy, however he still had much to learn. Due to this they sent him to the great capital, Varos, to find a group of adventurers who had been rumoured to have a lead on a great evil that faced their realm, the leaders believed that the blood hunters needed a presence in this and that Tom would be able to learn a thing or two with this group of adventurers. So off Tom went, his journey had begun, now all he had to do was complete his quest and maybe one day find a cure so that he could return to his “Averageman” life...

Gender

male

Eyes

blue

Hair

brown

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

pale

Height

5"10

Weight

96kg