Caleb Dume
Tyro Caleb Dume
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Caleb is tall, lithe, and wiry with long legs and arms. He is both fast and acrobatic. An injury from a powerful being took his sight, and magic has been unable to restore it.
Facial Features
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Caleb was raised in a temple of the Jewel in the Empire of the Storm. He was initiated into the psionic arts from a young age, taught to hone his body and mind into a weapon. In his twelfth year, the Empire went to war with Ile de Feu, the Fire Island. He and his master, Depaba Bill, were summoned to serve as commanders in the war, and they served with distinction.
The war lasted long enough that Caleb was admitted to the order as a full knight, and given a command of his own. As the war came to an end, and the Feu were surrendering, Caleb and Depaba were attached to a battalion, on a mission to liberate a large town on the coast. The battalion's coronelle ordered them to charge a fortified bunker, to assassinate their war wizard. The two recognized it as a suicide mission, but honor would not let them refuse. They went in stealthily, which saved a handful of lives and allowed them to complete the objective.
The two, and the handful of warriors who survived with them, left to recover from their wounds, while the remainder of the battalion swept into the city, crushing the enemy forces. Before nightfall, the city was taken. Depaba and Caleb sought out the coronelle, intending to detach and return to the temple for further orders. What they came upon, however, was a massacre.
Unknown to them, being from the interior of the Empire, the village was originally a colony of the Feu, and was still ethnically Feu. The Emperor had taken the opportunity to order the elimination of such villages, and the two knights had come across the coronelle executing the order. In the square where the coronelle was found, the soldiers were methodically executing the townsfolk - relatively quickly by sword for those that did not resist, and by impalement for those who did, or those the coronelle wanted to make an example of. When the coronelle noticed them, he signaled his men, and an overwhelming number of soldiers leveled their weapons at the pair.
It was clear from the organization of the attack that this had been part of the plan all along - Caleb didn't then know why, although he found later that their order originated in the Ile de Feu. Depaba reacted immediately, thrusting one hand towards the soldiers, creating a shimmering umbrella of energy. With the other, he reached towards Caleb. Caleb was lifted into the air, and flung onto the nearest rooftop. "Run!" Depaba yelled, as the first volley of arrows hit the shield. Caleb hesitated, wanting to help her, but realizing it would simply lead to both of their deaths. He turned to run, missing the crash of infantry hitting and collapsing the shield.
He leapt to the next roof just ahead of a hasty volley aimed at the previous one, and made it into the shadow of another before they could fire again. Sprinting across the roofs, propelling himself with psionic power across enormous gaps, he was able to evade the pursuing warriors. At their camp, he mounted his horse and took the reins of Depaba's, and rode into the West, resolving to go until he reached the opposite ocean.
He reached it near Fort Amwell, where he met Aldris Liadon. Caleb sought a purpose, and Aldris was able to provide it with the Circle.
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