PlaneShift
Fan Area => Roleplaying (Communitive Storywriting) => Topic started by: Spetyco on July 12, 2006, 05:11:45 pm
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I hope you've all enjoyed the "Yliakum Journeys(Vol.1)". I thought I would work on some more of the background story for our young Spetyco and his nemesis Aphtarin. Some of what you'll find here is revealed in the community story. This work should fill in all the blanks for those who are wondering.
I hope you enjoy! And feel free to give me your comments. Thanks!
Part I: The childhood!
"You stupid, Oaf!" his father said. "Would you abandon Talad who has blessed our family so richly for this 'masked god'?" Then his father took him home and beat him. "Don't you even look at that temple again!" he ordered. "Or you'll wish you had never been born!"
This was not the first time Aphtarin had been beaten by his father. On the contrary, these beatings were almost a daily event. Aphtarin knew they would come and he looked forward to them. Because of his father, Aphtarin had learned contempt for Talad and all who worshiped him. He blamed Talad for his father's beatings. So when the beatings came, he took them with pride. "Give me your worst, Talad! I will pay you back someday!"
Aphtarin was fascinated with magic at an early age, especially with the Dark Way of magic. By the age of thirteen he was quite adept. It began with mischief but quickly grew to something else. He found he could control small animals, so he would have rats follow his father around and defecate on him. This continued for several weeks until his father had enough and attacked the rat. His father was not a fighter and was badly injured before a young ranger intervened.
When Aptharin's father was brought home bleeding badly, Aphtarin watched from a distance as an elf came and healed his wounds. It was at that moment Aphtarin realized how much he hated his father. He felt a cold sense of satisfaction watching his father be attacked, and a deep sense of fulfillment when he thought his father would die. That night, as his father lay in his bed recovering, Aphtarin sneaked into his father's room and slit his throat. Then at the age of thirteen he left Hydlaa and sought out his own destiny.