Editing Arlaan (section)

===Allies===
* '''Ummaros''' - Ummaros is the dire bear that found Arlaan not long after he left the settled areas of the Kaldruns.  She is a large and old bear who was once taught some magic and fighting techniques from a dwarf friend of her youth.  She took in Arlaan and taught him how to fend for himself in the wild.  She toughened him up and showed him that he has worth in the world.  She was able to recognize the potential he has, both because he is a Pathwalker and because he is something special among dwarves due to his unusual stature.  She gave him the name Arlaan.  In many ways, he sees her as his own mother, and his life after meeting her as a new start.  Ummaros is located in the wilderness of the northern Kaldruns.

* '''Atwan Ranaduos''' - Atwan is Arlaan's step-uncle.  A brutal warrior, Atwan is in charge of training most of the men in the family.  He was the only person who ever hated calling him by the name Ossylargh, so instead gave him the nickname ''Urpilt'' which means "furry ears" - a term generally given to someone who has keen hearing.  Atwan attempted to train Urpilt, but they both received so much derision for attempting to train such a little guy that Arlaan gave it up (hoping to go into thievery with his cousin).  Atwan alone, among the entire family, has respect for Arlaan as a ''person'' and remains a loyal and loving uncle to this day.

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* '''Mardo Fintwicz''' - [http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=3222067&postcount=11 Mardo] is a gnome trader who operates throughout most of the northern Pellurian Sea region, trading with any group he can, loyal to the Shadow or not.  Mardo once visited Mahan and befriended Arlaan there (at the time called Ossylargh) in part because he was closer to the gnome's size than any of the other dwarves.  They got into some mischief together in the short time Mardo was in town, and once or twice over the next couple decades they joined up again when Mardo pulled his cart into town.<br>Later, when he was on the run through the Northlands, Arlaan met the gnome again on the Ishensa River.  Arlaan had to work hard at convincing Mardo that he was the old friend Ossylargh.  Mardo helped Arlaan get across the river without being captured, and offered to take him further south for the winter, suggesting he hide in the mountains to the south where they might not be after him.  Instead, Arlaan worked with him on a trading mission inland, where both were captured by orcs (Arlaan for being a dwarf, and Mardo for having pulled a hand crossbow on the orc).  Normally they would simply have been killed, but Mardo convinced the orc that they were both very important servants of the Shadow.  While the orc held them captive, Mardo escaped and promised Arlaan that he'd be right back.  Arlaan was found by a young farmgirl, still bound, a week later.  He told her he was just a mountain man and someone played a trick on him, so she let him go without much fuss.  He discovered that the orc had been killed just after Mardo escaped, but there was no trace of the gnome anywhere.