Milne, whose name means Tanner in the Nexi language, grew up in the
forest with his adoptive grandmother. The old woman was a sort of
witch-druid, though neither she, nor Milne ever referred to themselves in
those terms. They were just "people of the forest". In the rare
occasions in which they visited nearby villages outside the woods, they
were seen with a mix of reverence and apprehension. Milne's grandmother
was good at finding strange herbs and substances which local alchemists
and healers used to heal people, which put them in a sort of good stand
with the civilized people.
After his grandmother passed away, Milne left the forests, guided
by the dreams of a strong warrior from a land far away. Milne was
convinced his destiny was tied to that of the stranger in his dreams.
Together with his swallow companion Toren, he travelled the kingdoms of
the Areven region until he found the man he sought, Pretu Kerikan. He found Pretu in
Arcadia, the cosmopolitan city many referred to as the Capital of the
World. Following Pretu, Milne enlisted in the task forces of the Guild of
Merchants and travelled to the Western kingdoms, where they two were
assigned to the team led by Tristan to keep the peace and investigate
any problem of note in this frontier kingdoms. (D.P. Note: I have a killer image of Tristan to share with you guys too!!!)
Due to his training and upbringing, Milne has wide knowledge of
herbalism. He also has a natural connection with nature, especially with his swallow, with which he can apparently communicate. (D.P Note, no Swallow jokes allowed.) Milne also has an
inherent talent for magic. In the weeks of his travel from Arcadia to
the west with Pretu, he was given a tome on magical theory. Without
much effort managed to memorize a handful of spells. Simple and
unremarkable as they were, those spells took scholars of magic and
wizards-to-be months to learn. His prowess was noted by Tristan,
specially after Milne commented how his grandmother all but forbid him
from coming into contact with *real* magic while in the forest.
And there you have it ladies and gentlemen, a start is born and brought into the DP Kingdom, thanks to our dear sweet friend Lastmanouthere. I am SURE this will not be the last we see of Milne. You can bet on that!
Here is a cool little making of video that Lastmanouthere provided. Sadly blogger isn't the kindest to videos so the quality might be compromised.
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