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   * **Lifespan**:​ Winter 408 -    * **Lifespan**:​ Winter 408 - 
   * **Religion**:​ none   * **Religion**:​ none
-  * **Ethnicity**:​ [[creatures:​Human]],​ [[atlas:Dakarians]]+  * **Ethnicity**:​ [[creatures:​Human]],​ [[orgs:dakarians]]
  
  
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 ===== History ===== ===== History =====
  
-Until the winter of 419 Siguard was like all of the other boys in his village. He played games, did chores, and labored on the farm of the local lord. That winter was as cold as anyone could remember. One night Siguard and his friend [[people:​Valten]] sneaked out the house on a dare. The first boy to the split tree and back to the village was the winner. Both of them raced off together, but only Siguard returned.+Until the winter of 419 Siguard was like all of the other boys in his village. He played games, did chores, and labored on the farm of the local lord. That winter was as cold as anyone could remember. One night Siguard and his friend [[people:​Valten ​Scholz]] sneaked out the house on a dare. The first boy to the split tree and back to the village was the winner. Both of them raced off together, but only Siguard returned.
  
 After some time he returned to look for his friend. The "Ice Man," as the people of the village called the worst winter storms, was gathering up his strength to kill anyone far from their hearth. Siguard only understands a bit of what happened next. He remembers seeing Valten laying face down in the snow. Three creatures of ice and wind attacking him - tearing his clothes and cutting his skin. he rushed forward with a branch and tried to drive the creatures off, but was overwhelmed by the bitter cold. He remembers a man in a gray cloak standing over him, but nothing else. After some time he returned to look for his friend. The "Ice Man," as the people of the village called the worst winter storms, was gathering up his strength to kill anyone far from their hearth. Siguard only understands a bit of what happened next. He remembers seeing Valten laying face down in the snow. Three creatures of ice and wind attacking him - tearing his clothes and cutting his skin. he rushed forward with a branch and tried to drive the creatures off, but was overwhelmed by the bitter cold. He remembers a man in a gray cloak standing over him, but nothing else.
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 Nearly twenty years pass (446). Siguard was living in the [[atlas:​Iron Mountains]],​ protecting the local mining camps from storms and bandits in exchange for food. The people still feared him, but they understood they were better off because he lived nearby - as long as he did not come into the village too often. Siguard still only wore that tattered gray cloak and he still looked too thin. Nearly twenty years pass (446). Siguard was living in the [[atlas:​Iron Mountains]],​ protecting the local mining camps from storms and bandits in exchange for food. The people still feared him, but they understood they were better off because he lived nearby - as long as he did not come into the village too often. Siguard still only wore that tattered gray cloak and he still looked too thin.
  
-That was the year that he had to leave those mountains. His childhood friend, Valten, had tracked him down. This time he was not a husband, but an [[lore:Temple of Light#​Inquisitor]] for the [[lore:Temple of Light]]. Accompanied by four holy nights he arrived to save his friend from the evil spirit that possessed him. Instead Siguard saved him from the [[creatures:​wyvern]] that lived nearby.+That was the year that he had to leave those mountains. His childhood friend, Valten, had tracked him down. This time he was not a husband, but an [[orgs:temple_of_light#​Inquisitor]] for the [[orgs:temple_of_light]]. Accompanied by four holy nights he arrived to save his friend from the evil spirit that possessed him. Instead Siguard saved him from the [[creatures:​wyvern]] that lived nearby.
  
 Siguard had befriended the creatures years before - or at least came to some kind of understanding. Each respected the territory of the other. Unfortunately the knights that accompanied Valten were heedless to the signs of the predator. The wyvern attacked, killing two of the knights before the even knew what stuck them. Inquisitor Valten called upon the foreknowledge of [[lore:​Rath]] to read the creature'​s intentions and rally the surviving knights to his defense. Siguard had befriended the creatures years before - or at least came to some kind of understanding. Each respected the territory of the other. Unfortunately the knights that accompanied Valten were heedless to the signs of the predator. The wyvern attacked, killing two of the knights before the even knew what stuck them. Inquisitor Valten called upon the foreknowledge of [[lore:​Rath]] to read the creature'​s intentions and rally the surviving knights to his defense.
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 In the year 461 something changed. The storms and winds spoke to him as they had to the "Ice Man" decades earlier. The spirits of the winds knew when another was near an awakening for the winds touched all things. More mercurial than patient, he was not willing to wait for this child to stumble away from the town into a storm. Instead he went into town and took [[people:​Isabella]] from her home. In the year 461 something changed. The storms and winds spoke to him as they had to the "Ice Man" decades earlier. The spirits of the winds knew when another was near an awakening for the winds touched all things. More mercurial than patient, he was not willing to wait for this child to stumble away from the town into a storm. Instead he went into town and took [[people:​Isabella]] from her home.
  
-The townsfolk sent a group of mercenaries to return Isabella to her home, but Siguard was not willing to give her up. The sight of his friend Inquisitor Valten among them reminds him that he cannot just ignore his own hummanity. Siguard grants their leader, [[people:​Sofiya]],​ access to his home so that she can speak with Isabella. Siguard has stripped her naked and tied her to a gnarled tree - her body under constant assault by creatures of the storm.+The townsfolk sent a group of mercenaries to return Isabella to her home, but Siguard was not willing to give her up. The sight of his friend Inquisitor Valten among them reminds him that he cannot just ignore his own humanity. Siguard grants their leader, [[people:​Sofiya]],​ access to his home so that she can speak with Isabella. Siguard has stripped her naked and tied her to a gnarled tree - her body under constant assault by creatures of the storm.
  
-Sofiya is enraged for Siguard treating a child like this, but Isabella stops her. She can hear the storm, has always heard the storm. She knows this is right although it looks so cruel and wrong. Her storm is coming but she must be worthy of its strength. Sofiya leaves with an agreement that Siguard will bring Isabella to the town and speak with Father [[people:​Balder]] in the morning.+Sofiya is enraged for Siguard treating a child like this, but Isabella stops her. She can hear the storm, has always heard the storm. She knows this is right although it looks so cruel and wrong. Her storm is coming but she must be worthy of its strength. Sofiya leaves with an agreement that Siguard will bring Isabella to the town and speak with Father [[people:​Balder ​Klein]] in the morning.
  
 In the morning an agreement is reached. Isabella will return to her home and live with her parents, but Siguard will be allowed to train her. Her storm is coming and if she is not prepared the entire town will be destroyed. In the morning an agreement is reached. Isabella will return to her home and live with her parents, but Siguard will be allowed to train her. Her storm is coming and if she is not prepared the entire town will be destroyed.