The Personal History of Kierath Ranamor

Unlike many who choose the profession of adventuring, I am afraid that my past is neither exciting nor overly interesting prior to my start as an adventurer. I was raised in the port city of Mistport, in Therendry, spending most of my youth working in Rowan's Apothecary. In the summer of 605 ER I left Mistport and everything I knew behind me in order to find my fortune elsewhere.

I traveled westward from there in search of an old acquaintance, Beryllian, and managed to finally find her in the town of Blackwell in the Principality of the Dreadmarch. Remembering me from several years before, she took me on as an apprentice to formally teach me the ways of adventuring, alchemy, and the profession.

I have since completed my studies with Beryllian and struck out on my own, but we remain as close as family to this day. Being on my own has taught me many things, the most important of which is the value of trust and friendship. It has not been the easiest of roads, as I have been met with failures and betrayals along the way, but as 606ER drew to a close I found myself a much stronger individual for my efforts and perseverance.

607ER was a year of trials for me. I would like to say that I am the better for them all, but in many cases I do not yet know the outcome of them. Early in the year I was elevated as a noble Lord within the Barony of Bloodthorn in Tyrangel, but I later resigned my title when it became clear that I would not be able to devote appropriate attention to my noble duties due to my extended absence from the lands of Tyrangel and Westhaven. As the year progressed, I focused more of my time and energy towards accomplishing a personal goal...that of learning more of my birth parents whom I never had the opportunity to know. Many choices were placed before me thoroughout the year, and only time will tell whether those choices will prove to be good ones.

This year has begun in an interesting way for me, as I was chosen by the Unseelie Court to withness the crowning of a new Oberon and Arawyn within Faerie, and was then named by The Chancellor of the Fae Courts as Champion of the Unseelie Court.

For those who have heard the rumors, there was indeed such a rumor that I had blood ties to the throne of the lost human Kingdom of Ironwood within the present-day County of Blackwell. As there are no known surviving records found to corroborate my ties, and the kingdom itself no longer exists, this will likely never be substantiated or refuted conclusively. It is my belief that I was mistakenly identified as one of the possible lost heirs to the throne by the now deceased Dame Lace of the Metallic Knights, and that the true heir was the son of my adoptive mother who died in early childhood.