Danning
Danning is an elvish wildlander of the healer path. He is one of the original scrollbearers. He is following the captours of his sister and is a sworn enemy of the orcs and their masters.
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Danning Valendor was born in the small shire of evanglade into a family of town warders. So from birth was taught the path of the fighter. Expecting he did not have much of a choice he attacked his training with zeal.
As he grew nearer to the age of adulthood his shire was attacked by an orcish raiding party and his parents were killed. Not understanding how these people could be killed so senslesly he gave up the ways of the defender. Seeking out the closest thing the village had left to a healer, he apprenticed himself to the village trapper/tracker, Jason Aronreach, top learn the ways of the wilderness and how a person could use nature to heal a wound and cure an illness. The tracker not having a son of his own passed on every piece of knowledge he had to this young elf hoping that one day it could be put to use in the service of the witch queen.
When Danning reached the age of adulthood, He and his lifelong companion Samual were returning from a trip to the northern forest where they had heard of a poacher (Strom) who had been killing elk for the horns and leaving the bodies to rot. Upon return to the area of their home village, they saw several plumes of smoke from some of the outlying farms. One of those being the home of Samual and his sister (both parents were killed in the same raid as Danning). Mourning the loss of his sister, they vowed to avenge her.
While traveling east towards the human lands they happened upon a tavern in one of the smaller shires. While relating their sordid tale to Annie the barmaid a local shopkeeper approached the pair.. Stating that he had overheard the pair telling of the lost sister, he advised them that he had heard from a human trader, Alan, of an orc caravan traveling east towards the local overlords slave camp with several elvish women in tow. The friends were introduced to Alan and the details were given to them of the caravan.
The two tracked the caravan for days seeking to find a way to rescue the young elf. In one of these attempts, Samual was captured and also taken into custody for future work at the mines.Danning barely escaped himself.
With feelings of hopelessness washing over him, he wandered the woods for several days barely avoiding capture by the assorted orcs looking for him. Having to use every skill taught to him by his old teacher. Finally able to hide near a clearing overlooking the Felthera river.
Vowing to rescue his friends and avenge his parents, Danning has returned to his village to claim the bow and cloak of his parents and has set forth to pursue the orcs where they may be going.
