Session 000: Backstories Report - Bastion "Bladesinger"

General Summary


 
NEED TO FINISH & CLEAN UP!!
07/18/2023

Bastion "Bladesinger"

Backstory | Bastion Bladesinger

When Bastion Bladesinger was very young he lost both of his parents to a plague. He took care of himself as he taught himself how to use the rapier his father once wore. He lived in Dyrt and watched all of the great knights. He also had an interest in the ways of magic and he wished he could do both – use swords and excel in magic – like many elves he had heard about. One day a very old Human wizard came through town. He used to be an adventurer, and a royal wizard, and now he roamed Dierde on his last quest. He was jumped on the road by a bandit that had gotten the upperhand with the surprise, but Bastion was nearby and he was able to help. He scared off the bandit. They talked and Grognard saw his boy in the visage of Bastion. He took him in as a surrogate and helped train him in the ways of magic. The kid liked the magic, but he really loved the swords. He grew up in a village near the Dyrt Knight Academies and so he looked up to the knights. He had a journal from his mother which went on about the bravery of his father, a knight and how they met. She was a wizard who had worked with a king. They fell in love, and kept a secret. A secret that was hard to keep when she got pregnant. She had to leave and so they settled in this town where the knight became a notable blacksmith in the town. Then a plague hit the area and the young boy was left alone. Until Grognard found him. He then spent his formative years with Grognard getting better with his magic, practicing his swordplay when in private, and learning of the world as they traveled. Grognard never really went too much into what he was looking for, but there were times his Shield came down and the boy picked up pieces about some woman he loved and a boy they had. It seemed as if Grognard was seeking them or trying to find some way to help them. Grognard sent him to a school, the Grand University of Mysthaven in Towekind and that was where he learned the ways of the Sage and excelled in his magecraft. He researched more about the bladesinging and learned of how the best were from Huyla. He also found a book that went into how one of the best bladesingers, whose name was lost to the winds of time and yet he is remembered because he crafted a great relic. “Whistler”, a Dancing Sword unlike any other. After that day he would hear a voice in his head from time to time “Find me young bladesinger – I am Whistler and I can help you.” After he was done with his schooling he went back to Grognard. At some point they discussed his fascination with the bladesinging and for some reason Grognard blew up and they fought. He left Grognard at the library and went on his own. He planned to go to Hulla-Putyor to see if he could find an Elf to teach him more of the bladesinging. He also sought to find out more about this Whistler. In anger and in a fit of angst he left and planned to visit Huyla, but on his way he got onto the wrong ship and ended up on Outding Refuge about a month ago when his ship was attacked by the White Dragon. He had been trying to find a way off the island and thought he would do some recon on the Baron Sahuagin, hoping that a reward might help him survive a bit longer. When he had left town he found himself captured in a Sahuagin net trap. They took him down and put him in a large burlap sack. They took him underwater and before he drowned he found himself back on dry ground. Still in the sack. They had left him in some room and he has been here for a few hours but, knocked out. As he stirs he hears a sound…

Family Bastion's "dead" father : Died from plague (a Knight) Bastion's "dead" mother : Died from plague (a Wizard) Brothers: None? Birthday 07/24/1994 --- Unknown where