Editing Swords and Darkness (section)

==='''Mahon'''===
''aka Mahon the Bear, Mahon Kinslayer''

Mahon is tall and muscular, with long black hair. He was handsome once, until he was branded on his face as exile and murderer, and now has a spiderweb of scar tissue on his cheek, pulling his face into it like a black hole. He dresses in leather breaches and a vest,and does not seem to feel the cold. He loves to have the sky above his head and so hates Narrowhome, and takes his hatred out on those that cross him and his employers. He has little need for money, and has taken up the mantle of thug and leg breaker as an outlet for his misery and self-loathing.

====Backstory====

Mahon had no exuse, no answer. Of course he regretted what he'd done in a red rage, but the fact remained that his brother Tain the Bull was dead, and Mahon the Bear had murdered him.

At the age of 20, the fraternal twins had become skilled hunters, and came to the autumn meet at Bryhope laden with furs and salted meat. They sold their stock quickly and commenced drinking. They spied a girl at the same time and quarreled over her until Mahon, blind drunk and furious, bashed Tain's head against a tavern table until his brother stopped moving. Later, at the Branding, Mahon saw the girl again; they must have been drunk, because she weighed nearly as much as he did and had a lazy eye to boot.

Mahon was brought before the meet. He had killed before, in raids against rival clans and in arguments turned ugly, sometimes for trivial reasons, but this was different. He knew it, and everyone else did too. The Earth Tribe elders pronounced sentence, banishment from the Kalet lands. Then Mahon was held down and a glowing brand placed against the side of his face, so that all who saw him would know him as Kinslayer. Then he was driven with sticks and thrown rocks to the edges of the Kalet lands, where he could never return to on pain of death.

He wandered in the forest for a long time, until alone, miserable, and mourning the loss of his brother and his home, decided to stop eating. He became delirious with hunger, and had a vision of Hursa, the Earth Goddess. Hursa forbade him from a coward's end, and commanded him to go forth and seek renown for her, his people and himself. He was to show that Hursa's chosen people were worth any three southerners.

Armed with hope and purpose, Mahon wandered west to Narrowhome. He despises the place and the people, but has become known and feared as assort of freelance enforcer in Narrowhome's criminal underground.

====Character Stats (PDQ)====
'''Strengths:'''
* Expert [+4] Warrior
* Good [+2] Fearsome Presence
* Good [+2] Redeem Himself in His Goddess's Eyes 
* Good [+2] Hunter
* Good [+2] Stealth
* Good [+2] Improvising 
* Good [+2] A Barbarian's Hardiness 

D = Damage; F = Failure; S = Shift

'''Weaknesses:'''
* Poor [-2] Fearsome Presence

'''Fortune Points:''' 3

'''Learning Points:''' 1

'''Story Hooks:''' Redeem Himself

'''Props:'''
* Average [0] Gold Ring