Kelth McEwann

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Kelth McEwann

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The Story of Kelth McEwann, the warrior Poët.


Kelth McEwann was born in the lands of the high north called Khorhaerlia in a place called Glenn Cronûn Anwaellaenar, which translates to Crown of the Sword God ( nearly all inhabitants of Khorhaerlia believed that they were forged by his hand and destined to wield their two handers with masterfull skill in his honor). It was his homeland, where cold winds blew over the rugged countryside. The land consisted of many mountains and beautifull valleys with green grass and herds of cattle walking upon them.

The mountains were home to red dragons mostly, which every now and then rampaged on towns and villages as dragons do in tales of old....

Kelth was raised a warrior in his hamlet. like most of the men in his clan, they all were trained in wielding the two-hander, rather relying on strength and wits than on armorclad combat. As a kid he was allready taken to the arena to do battle with lads around his own age with naught but fists and doing hard work to train his young muscles.

When not training in his younger years, Kelth could be found helping his parents in the fields. Tending to the crops and cattle or practicing on his guitar and his vocal skills at the local tavern called Anwaellaenar's Stead.

In that same tavern it is where Kelth learned to swig mugs of ale and other heavy alcoholic beverages and had his first bar fight.
Kelth always was quite the peacefull lad, humming his tunes and practicing his swordplay, but if crossed....one had a fierce opponent standing in front of him.

Legend spoke of his clan being blessed by one of the dragons centuries ago, making it able for every clansman or woman to call upon ancient dragons rage, making said person very dangerous...even a bit reckless....leaving them dizzy and fatigued after.....not quite sure of what they had done to their opponent as they often gazed to the bloody mess lying on the floor. (Even the clanswomen were able to beat a full grown man to a bloody pulp while in this rage...much to the liking of the clansmen...who adored strong women that fended for themselves if needed)

Years went by and Kelth matured, turning out a quite likeable and rogueish lad, adored by many a woman in his hamlet. Kelth never really sticked to one lass for long and enjoyed female company a lot though he never slept with them.

One woman had a special interest in Kelth. The woman was called Daeneira and was among the ranks of the warriors in his clan. This woman was so strong, she bested nearly all the men and took great pride and joy in that.

One day she was sparring with Kelth and was about to beat him. Kelth, all sweaty and panting just looked up at her and smirked for this woman made his heart gallop and he even was honoured to be beaten by her. When she saw him smirking like the rogue he was, she dropped her sword, walked over and kissed him forcefully...thus making Kelth and Daeneira a couple.

They got married and had their own farm at the hamlet, things were looking bright for young Kelth McEwann and his wife....untill the dark times were coming.....word went about that orcish hordes were sighted...looting, pillaging and doing things that could not be spoken about in the open in local towns and villages....spreading fear and despair all around Khorhaerlia....

The clan chiefs had a meeting, for they would not have the Orcs have their ways without a fight. They united their numbers in one massive kilted army....wielding their two handers with masterfull skill.

The Khorhearlians were determined to drive the foul orcs out of their lands, restoring peace once again.. Kelth found himself marching with Daeneira at his side, both eager to do battle with the orcs...little did they know it would be the end of their life together....as they both looked up to the clouded sky which was pouring down rain on the battlefield.....with on the other side....a massive ironclad army of orcs...eager to taste human blood...

// this is my first attempt at posting a char's story, I will continue this since it's not done yet, there is more to tell :) if you like it, feel free to send me a pm (also if you think it's utterly bad, tell me :wink: ) thanks
- Cajin "The Reborn"
- Kelth and William McEwann
- Ghûrzhazh Rhânanûr
-Duncan "The Hunk" Mackinlay
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--------------- The Battle at Lac Dunborshire--------------------------------

As the rain poured on the battlefield and a thunderstorm made it's entrance, the horrible grunts and growls the orcish army produced increased in volume...

Kelth and his wife stood in the first line of the Korhaerlian army, accompanied by the lot of merry men from their hamlet. Their company name : "The Bold Fenian Men" even though they had a female among their ranks...."Shae's t'be coooonted fer three men!" the company members often jested....

The Khorhaerlians prepared themselves... the massive kilted army letting out one mighty synchronized battle cry which made the very ground tremble....which the orcs answered with the same amount of rage, though with three times their numbers more....

Kelth pinched his fair lady's rear with a rogueish wink as they started to march towards the orcs..... the first line of warrior poets started to sing alltogether (all warriors in Khorhaelia were skilled in music making and or singing as part of their culture) their lyrics ringing over the battlefield

--------Battle Song--------------

Hear the sound of swords fullfill the night,
Feel the winds of death on your skin....
See the arrows fly, flaming through the sky
Ahear the screams of men as they die....

We'll win this battle, with might and fearless hearts...
We come and we'll fullfill our prophecy...
And then we will will march back towards our hamlets,
With heads up high and glimmering eyes we'll return with our glory!

Silence shall fall, upon a blood red field,
Vultures shall feast upon the flesh of orcish bodies!
This is our finest moment....for all of us...
But we shall be the ones to head back and return victorious!

We'll win this battle, with might and fearless hearts...
We come and we'll fullfill our prophecy...
And then we will will march back towards our hamlets,
With heads up high and glimmering eyes we'll return with our glory!

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As marching turned into running and running into charging, hell was unleashed upon the green fields of Lac Dunborshire as the two armies clashed....

Kelth cleaved his way through many orcs and reached the centre of the orcish army.....in the heat of battle Kelth was distracted by a distinct howl of rage as he saw his lady fair run her two hander through many an orc... grinning with pride for his fair female he gathered new strength and roared out with rage as he cleaved another orc.

In his rage, fighting reckless, he did not see the barbed orcish blade aimed for his head coming in time....he got hit in his left eye.... the impact leaving him dazed, confused and growling in pain.....

He fell to the ground due to losing his balance and was blinded on his left eye....as he felt the blood running down his face he knew he lost his sight through that eye forever....

As he struggled to stand up he heard a cry of pain which he recognized as the voice of his lady....as he looked in that direction he saw her being run through by a massive crude orcish blade, the responsible orc grinning with a sadistic glee as he slowly turned the blade around....

As he saw his lady fall....the amount of rage coursing through him could not be described in any known tongue....he stood up, grabbed his blade and went straight for the orc that cutted down his wife.....

As the battle raged on around him, he fell on his knees and held her in his arms as she coughed up blood....looking him in the eyes and crying in silence...as he did....he stroked her cheeks and kissed her despite of her blood covered mouth....and shouted in a mighty rage as he held her close....his fair lady had died in his arms.....at the hands of an orc....and the rain still poured down on the battlefield.......
- Cajin "The Reborn"
- Kelth and William McEwann
- Ghûrzhazh Rhânanûr
-Duncan "The Hunk" Mackinlay
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=------------- A tale of revenge -----------=

Slowly laying down her lifeless body on the blood soiled ground, Kelth had naught but bitterness and hatred coursing through his battered body...

He grabbed his trusted two hander from the ground and held it tightly as he looked around him....

He saw his company mates on the ground, either crawling away from battle and getting slaughtered as they tried or gurgling in their final living moments as their numbers thinned more and more among the left over men his brother William still was alive....never did they guess they would be up against a force this vast and merciless....

Kelth, unable to feel sorrow, pain anything but hatred and the wish for vengeance, looked up to the tip of his sword and looked at the orcish horde in front of him....

Kelth roared out a command to the left over men of the Khorhaelian army to regroup and perform their last charge.

As the men regrouped...being battered, broken and bruised....Kelth looked straight forward and saw the orcish leader....it was an orc wearing a disctinct reddish leathered armor with bits of black and a red cloak...his sword engulfed with an electrical charge.......

As Kelth issued the command to charge (even though Kelth never held any authority over anyone in rank) he made the orcish leader his personal target, charging at him with great determination.....

as he came closer to his goal, the orc just stood there, smiling with a sadistic glee as he saw Kelth come for him....

Just as Kelth lifted his sword to swing at the orcish leader, a big thunder could be heard and a bolt of lightning struck down on the battlefield...

For Kelth, all went black...no one knows what really did happen at that moment....though legend tells of how the Sword God intervened at that moment....Kelth still ignores that legend till this day...

As Kelth slowly regained his conciousness, he realized that his body was laid next to everyone who was dead...

An unknown man came running to him, asking: "you are not dead????"

Kelth answered him nay and slowly got up on his feet...

His clothes tattered and torn, covered in blood he quickly started to look for the remains of his wife.....as he found her body....these words ringed in his mind....

"Wait for me in the mountains, haunt for me in the winds....
Wait for me in the land where nothing lives....
Until the day I have found revenge, I will feed my sword...
Until my heart is cold, every breath of mine is yours...."


Kelth grabbed remaining poles from weapons and built a manner of transportation for her body. He then began his march back to his hamlet to give her the burial she deserved...his proud fair lady who had died a warriors death....

Kelth learned that the Orcish leader got away from the battlefield alive, which was all he needed to know. He prepared himself for the hunt after he burried Daeneira at their once peacefull farm, which was burned to the ground now....

He met up with his brother William who had left him for dead on the fields of Lac Dunborshire. It turned out William never really bothered to check for Kelth at all....leaving Kelth to do a ritual cutting of bonds with him. (this ritual meaning that he denied William to be a brother of him for the rest of their lives)
Kelth made ready his gear and put on his eyepatch....striding towards his goal....The orcish leader known as Rharknorgh Moonsorrow

Aye, you, the one hearing this tale are frowning at this point. All will be clear for you in the next part, which will tell you about Kelth's brothers and how they fared in life....very soon.....
- Cajin "The Reborn"
- Kelth and William McEwann
- Ghûrzhazh Rhânanûr
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---------------- When one no longer burns to be brothers in arms -----------

Years before Kelth and his brother William were born, their parents allready had one child.

The tale concerning this child is a dark one however, since he was not one of Kelth and William’s father….

Kelths parents worked things out back then and it is a well kept secret even till this day for both Kelth nor William know about their “brother’.

This child grew up being one of the most poetic and passionate lads in the Hamlet and took great care of his mother, his name: Duncan….

Duncan developed an unnatural affinity for occult matters and worhipped nighttime over day…hunting wild animals and drinking their blood in ancient rites…..feasting on their remains…
His “fatherâ€
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------------------- A rainy day ----------------------------

It was a rainy day in blackstone....the streets were showing puddles of water...the guards mocked within their helmets and the sounds of windows being shut marked a long moment of silence....

Kelth was sitting underneath the tree with his guitar in his hand.

The rain poured down so heavily that it overruled his practice session, thus making him put his guitar away.

He stood up, stretched and made his way to the maiden inn to have himself a brew or two.

Being on his own, it was not long untill the two brews he planned to drink had become twelve....he ordered another pint and paid the bartender. As the people inside the inn bantered like they always do, he looked at his pint and started to drink as if it was his job to do so, not really enjoying it. The alcohol brought him in a short tempered state of mind and he went outside for some air.

Walking the streets of blackstone...his long raven black hair getting wetter each pace as did his clothes, a stranger walked by him and made fun of his manners of clothing.... "pfffft, a man in a skirt.....where's ya handpurse??" and moved on with a quick pace.

Kelth slowly turned and said " why don't ye come back here and say it straight in my face you spineless heap of cow bowel product?"

The stranger stopped, turned and looked at Kelth.

" erh...no need to get bent out of shape....I'm sorry! there, better now? "

Kelth glared as he moved towards the stranger and made his knuckles ready in preparation. "no....tis not better at all lad, I am ought to show ya that this man in a -skirt- is thrice the man ye ever will be!" and he threw a mighty punch in the strangers face.

The stranger never knew what hit him as his head turned to the right due to the impact of the punch....the clattering of a tooth falling on the streets could be heard....

The stranger managed to stay up his feet but was dazed by the punch....

Kelth, seeing a chance to unleash some anger he had been packing up for a while, planted his big black boot in the stranger's stomach, forcing him to the ground. "hah! shame on yerself then lad! yer being trashed by man in a skirt! ......... go back to yer nancy friends and tell them THAT....." he said as he kicked the stranger one more time in the face....

Kelth turned around and made his way to the tree, punching the bark really hard with his right hand and causing his knuckle to bleed....he swallowed one more time before his still good eye let out a tear as he sighed "Daeneira....forgive me...."
- Cajin "The Reborn"
- Kelth and William McEwann
- Ghûrzhazh Rhânanûr
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............Having a short break from their looting at the sleestaks...Kelth finds his beloved Trudes in the temple....

A vile half Orcen being attempted to barter for Trudes to be his mate.

Trudes, obviously appalled by him, slapped him in the face for that.

Kelth angered inside....how dared this filthy greenskin ask for such a thing? cultural difference is one thing but this was beyond.....

The human female next to the orc referred to him as her master and she seemed to be carrying a vile child of his blood in her body....

Kelth was quite annoyed by this entire appearance and he and Trudes decided to leave the temple.

They made a pact never to give any attention to this maddened circus ever again, as they ran into battle in the sleestak regions together again, Kelth and Trudes, their skills entwined into one unstopable force....
- Cajin "The Reborn"
- Kelth and William McEwann
- Ghûrzhazh Rhânanûr
-Duncan "The Hunk" Mackinlay
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