Searle Of The Spring

Family
''Searle came from a very poor family his mother and father worked all day and sometimes late into the night for as little as 1 gold an hour. Every night for dinner he had the same thing breadcrumb soup even he is surprised he has not died from malnutrition yet. His father Niall didn't really have a full-time job he just went around the village offering help in exchange for money or food, he mostly did work for a farmer named Pete that lived close by but he did not make much as Pete did not have much money either but it was definitely more than Niall's family has anyway Pete usually just payed Niall with food, he does work on the farm and there is food everywhere. Searle's mother Methild has a job, she worked for the local tavern "The Bumpy Cake" as a cleaner/waitress she made about 10 gold a day which was hardly anything in this village.''

Searle did have sibling he had 2 sisters called Leilatha and Claire, Leilatha was the oldest and a pest and Claire is a lot quieter she just looks out the window and watches rats and pigeons do their stuff. He also has an older brother named Goll, his brother Goll is very brutish and mean he expects his family to praise him because he says "I am the only one giving anything to this family, I make the most and I am fighting for my lord you lot are just dirt beneath my shoe" Searle hates his older brother always pushing him around and hitting him showing how much of a real soldier he is, but Goll has not even taken part in a battle well can't blame him there has not been a war here in years, but still the closest he has been to a battle is a little argument outside the ''"The Bumpy Cake" tavern. ''

''Later on in his life when Searle was about 17 his mother died of "Shadow Scalp" this tore the family apart and Goll blamed the sisters and told his father to dump them in the woods to die,Searle and Niall were angered by this quote and Niall lunged for Goll and started strangling him, Goll having military training pushed his father away into a table and a splinter from the worktop cut Niall's leg open so wide you could see the bone. Searle then rushed to help his father but was then hit in the head with the handle of Goll's sword knocking him to the ground seeing stars. Goll then lifted Niall up and stabbed him through the stomach blood pouring everywhere the sisters were crying and Searle was now back to normal using the distraction of his brother Goll telling Niall something that sounded horrible, to help his sisters escape but Searle was too late Goll turned around swinging his sword and slicing at Claire's back making a huge gash from her neck to her cocsix. In his last final breath Niall said "run" and Searle did just that holding Claire over his shoulders and telling her it will be fine, Searle ran into the "Jaded Woodland" hearing the final words of his brother Goll "Run away and never come back if you do I'll kill ya hahahahaha" then he sheaths his sword and walks back to the house now full of guards making up a lie when asked what happened pinning the blame on Searle and his sisters as he has been in the village guard so long his word is trusted and him and the guards then clean up the mess. This is where Searle's Journey Begins.''

Description Of Him
Searle has close cropped sandy brown hair that is, at the best of times unkempt. He is short and of a slight build; his features are surprisingly fine, with large brown eyes a small button nose and a delicate jawline. This combined with his small stature can give him a feminine appearance sometimes causing foes to dismiss him, a mistake they pay for dearly.

His Journey
Searle was running all day through the Jaded Wood dodging trees and jumping over roots sticking from the ground, branches whipped his face and tore at his ankles but he didn't notice his only thought was for the safety of his sister. As the sky turned dark, Searle finally succumbed to exhaustion and collapsed hitting his head upon a rock, his last act before slipping into unconsciousness was to drag himself over his sister in an attempt to shield her from the elements and the inhabitants of the wood.

When Searle awoke it was still dark and he was moving, his sister lay asleep next to him on an improvised stretcher dragged by a dark figure in front of him. Searle tried to lift his head to question the figure but a wave of nausea crashed over him and he fell back into a tormented sleep.

When he next woke he was aware of a large fire and immediately a wonderful sensation of warmth flowed through him, carefully he was able to sit up, looking around he realized he was in some form of underground chamber, holes cut at an angle into the bare earth ceiling served as ventilation. His sister lay asleep next to the fire her wound having been expertly dressed, despite the heat she shivered. "I've done what I can" said a voice from the darkness making Searle jump "but I couldn't stop her taking a fever" "will she be ok" Searle asked his voice catching in his throat "I don't know boy, I don't know, she's a strong one there is many wouldn't have lasted half as long as her, even with treatment, I wouldn't bet against her that's for sure" Searle nodded she would make it, she had to.

Weeks passed as his sister recovered and Searle and Claire got to know the old man who had saved them, his name was Scaren Dubh, he had been personal bodyguard to Garen Masaylis King Of Curandia but had left and gone into hiding as the king slipped further into madness. Eventually Scaren agreed to train Searle and his sister Claire in the mysterious, uncommon Art Of The Flowing Spring a martial system from his homeland.