Name: Velin Misher
Alignment: NG
Race: Kitsune
Fur: White
Eyes: Gold
Class: Oracle
Shard: Gold




History:

  Velin's biological mother is a gloura that helped his young father free himself from slavers while being trafficked through Thesk.  After a year together wandering the land, his father returned to Shou Lung and his own family.  Months later when Velin was birthed as a fox, his mother released him into the wild but watched over him.  When he gained his anthropomorphic form, she moved to observation from a distance until he was taken in by the Gur.  She helped lead them to the belief that he was a good luck charm for them by using her magic to reinforce the idea until she was sure they would keep and care for him, then returned to her own wanderings.

  Velin, however, does not know where or when he was born.  However, when he finally awoke to consciousness and took an anthropomorphic form, he was soon taken in by a family of Gur who mistook him for a young fox lycanthrope and a luck token from Selune.  He grew to maturity on the road and quickly developed a great appreciation for both travel and for the different spirits of each place they visited.  As his oracular gifts grew and blossomed, Velin became discontent with only helping the caravan and those they came in contact with as they journeyed.  He developed contacts with other adventurers and frequently helped them with any threats to the realms.  Each time, he always returned to the caravans (often with guests) to rest and recover.

  This changed when he met Aeileria Dechant, daughter of Earl Dechant of Cormyr.  The center of his world became Cormyr.  Things were slow to develop between the two, however, due to his lack of any noble lineage or particular recognition.  When he demonstrated valor and honor in service to Cormyr alongside his adventuring companions, a courtship was permitted.  The courtship culminated in a marriage, just days before the fateful battle with Viysahnith.  During the battle, Velin fought spell, tooth, and claw to suppress the demonlord, while Aeileria encouraged the allied forces of good with her powerful songs.  They lost track of each other, and when the dust settled, Aeileria was missing, presumed dead.   As he has traveled protecting a shard ever since, Velin has kept an eye and an ear out for any news otherwise, but no longer expects to hear or see anything encouraging.

Personality:

  Velin is motivated by a number of things.  On a preference level, he loves travel and is fascinated with tasting new foods, even if they turn out to be awful - don't get him started on mud crab stew.  On a slightly deeper level, he loves to use mild tricks to drive people onto better paths.  He once sabotaged every tool in an angry drunk's life, until the man repented and got help, whereupon Velin replaced all the destroyed shoddy tools with masterwork ones.  At his core, Velin is a kitsune set upon by loss.  He lost his birth family before he met them and his wife before he fully knew her.  Nevertheless, he is determinedly cheerful.  If by any means - smile, tooth, trick, magic or even personal sacrifice - he can keep loss away from others, he counts his life as worthwhile.