Einkill Holdereck
Einkill grew up in the Great Hall of the Dwarven Empire as a member of the
Kazunel Clan. The great weapon-smithing clan. He was raised by his father,
Thonagas Thonbain, who traveled the lands. Einkill was with his father in
Vaalor when his father went out hunting to the ogre warriors and never returned.
Einkill thought him to be dead and though he was young, he took up an ax and
began to hunt for his father. He made it to the stockades before he was
cut down and left there to die by the ogre warriors. He was saved by a
kind cleric names Lady Sianan Eveningstorme-Olberath. She brought him back
to life and gave him a tour of the town and taught him of its ways, as did her
husband Lord Gowain Olberath. Soon though he received word that his father
may have been seen at the Order of Voln in the Landing. Einkill packed his
things, said his goodbyes, and took off over the Spine. Joining him on
this quest were his friends he had grown up with Tarwen and Zzyuel.
Once he reached the other side he finished his journey to the Order of Voln only
to find that he could not enter and search for his father without joining the
Order. So this he did and after searching and finding nothing of his
father, he remained there and learned from the Order in order to make his life
more fulfilling to him. When he had arrived there, his only thought had
been of trying to find his father. But in his time with the Order, he
learned of their ways and found that all the speeches and lectures he had tried
to ignore had stirred something strong within him.
He found many things in the Landing. One was a forge in town where he took
up his clan's skill of weapon-smithing. While he is still young at it, the
town blacksmith Iron Jack has already said there is a great weapon smith to be
found in him.
Also there, Einkill found love in a girl named Estiana. He first found her
in Vaalor but thought nothing of it when he heard of his father's reported
sighting in Landing. He took off without saying another word to her. She
was a dark elf ranger and did not even know common from her time in the woods.
He was surprised to hear word from her when he was in the Landing that she was
coming there to be with him. He waited for her and once together he taught
her common over their time together and love formed between them. One day
on a picnic Einkill proposed to his love and she accepted. From then he
moved around the lands quite a bit from Landing, down to Solhaven, up to Icemule
Trace and over to the town of River's Rest. He began to look for a house
where they could live together and planned their wedding. He raised his
family's fame during this time and raised his own fame quite a bit and gained
many friends. Then he heard news of a festival back in his hometown of
Vaalor and traveled back there. Eager to see his old town again and the
friends he had made there once again. He set off back over the Spine to return
to somewhere he considered his home away from the Dwarven Halls.
Upon arriving at his old home, he saw many of his old friends and had a smile on
his face as he and his fiancé parted ways to enjoy the festival. He
thought nothing could go wrong with the day when another old friend came running
up to him with grave news. A new area had been discovered at the festival
and something had been found there. Einkill hurried off with his friend
climbed a muddy bank to discover his father's body. Somehow even with all
the time passed, the body had not decayed hardly at all. Einkill thought
him to still be alive even when he first saw it and dropped to his knees and
hugged it. When his father's arms did not return his hug though, he knew
what he feared all these years to be true. He stood with his face and
spirits hung low. He searched his father for signs up what had happened
and found a note on him. It was sealed with a symbol he did not know but
it would appear would never reach it's intended recipient. He opened the
note and began to read...
"To my son Einkill,
It is time for you to learn the truth my son. And if you are reading this
then I never had the courage to tell you. I am not your father. I am
someone who used to hunt with your father. Your father died on a hunting
trip long ago saving my life and asked me with his dying wish that I protect
you. Your real father was a great man names Wulferon Holderheck. He
was one of the greatest warriors the dwarven people ever had to offer. He
was also one of the best diplomats. His fix of humor and seriousness in
issues that mattered made him a friend to all people. The majority of his
gear was presents to him from different peoples. You will find some of it
here in town in his locker. Other parts of it are in lockers throughout
the land. I 'm sorry I did not get to tell you all this myself. I am sorry... my
son.
Thonagas Thonbain"
Upon reading this, Einkill left his previous fathers body there with people that
knew how to deal with it and took off for town. He tore into the city hall
like a madman on a mission and rushed to a curtained opening to finally find out
about his real father and get some answers. He opened the locker of his
father to find a few items. He found a wolf-hide mantle, a vultite
great-axe, and a card in there. He read the card and it read...
"This mantle was a present from the leader of the Grishknel Wolf Clan of the
Giantman race for helping him to turn back the goblin scourge that had invaded
his land.
This axe was a gift from my trainer in Zul Logoth when I reached my tenth train.
It has been used ever since to kill the demons and creatures of these lands."
Einkill was confused at first. Was this it? After all this time
there were two items and a card with a little description and the same seal on
it to tell him of his real father? But then he thought the card had been a
gift in disguise. It told of the leader of the Grishknel Wolf Clan and it
told of a trainer in Zul Logoth. If he could find them, maybe there would
be more information on his father. Einkill closed the locker and left in
search of his fiancé at the festival. He reached the festival grounds and
searched all over for her. When he could not find her, he sat himself down
on a bench there to rest and think of where she might be. He saw a slight
glimmer out of the corner of his eye and looked over to find his fiancé's
engagement ring that he had bought for her. Under it was a note that
simply read, "The forest can be my only love. I am sorry." More
downtrodden then ever, Einkill wondered back to town to try and clear his head.
Now it has been a few days and he knows his new mission. To find out
about his father and try and fill his boots as best he can. He is bound by
honor to the town of Vaalor and it's people. While he may leave for a bit
and try to find new information, he will always return to the town that he will
forever call home.
Contact information
AIM - GSEinkill
