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Rune Amanta
Also known as	Rune Amanta
Class	Fighter/Weapon Master/Psion
Gender	Male
Race	Avariel
Alignment	NG
Place of Birth	Toostan of the Clouds (Avlis)
Faith	Cha'reth

Description

Rune is a massive elf by Avariel standards. His large frame is tall and greatly muscled. His prowess as a warrior is readily apparent. His skin is an ice-colored tone which blends with his matching icy white hair but contrasts with his dark green eyes. Rune is usually adorned in heavy ornate plate armor with two greatswords and a bow strapped over his back. He moves with surprising grace for one so large and for one so heavily adorned with armor and weapons. His expression is usually that of warmth and joy, but can swiftly change to one of cold, calculating, intimidation. All in all, Rune is a rather intimidating figure, large and overpowering by elven standards, and somewhat of a mystical presence by human standards. Rune is staunchly loyal to the Queen and is currently seeking to aid her and the Avariel as they strive to recover as a nation.

Background

Rune is approximately 225 years old. He was born and lived in the City-State of Toostan for several years before it was attacked and overran by the Drangonari of Grantir. His parents managed to escape the city and went into hiding in the forested mountains of Deglos. His mother soon gave birth to his sister Indiga Amanta just before Angadar's curse was placed upon the Avariel. Not many years after Indiga's birth, their parents disappeared and were never heard from again. Rune found a few of their belongings in the forest where they were last rumored to be heading before their disappearance, but nothing else was known. Rune looked for any clues of his parents for many years until he finally gave up hope and focused more on caring for his sister and himself in the rugged mountain forest. Caring for his sister was no easy task. She had a natural curiosity and natural ability to get into trouble. Fortunately, Indiga learned quickly how to get out of the trouble she was so fond of finding. Although this did little to help comfort Rune as he spent many years with watchful eyes for his sisters care.

When Rune was not caring for his sister and himself, he would spend most of his free time learning to use his fathers greatsword which he found on the day of his parents disappearance. He developed great skill with the blade and soon became nearly inseparable from the weapon. Rune developed an interesting technique for using the massive blade which is not often seen in warriors of such weapons. Since his family enjoyed spending great amounts of time in song and dance together and with others of their friends, he carried this over to his use with the weapon. As a result, his style of fighting with the greatsword resembles a dance more than a battle, where he moves in a series of graceful spins and flowing circles with his sword trailing at his sides, flashing out at precise times.

Rune eventually seemed to develop an interesting bond with the weapon. He found that if he concentrated hard enough, he could actually draw forth strong energies from within himself that would allow his weapon to become much more deadly within his hands for short periods of time. He eventually ended up losing his fathers blade in a battle with a party of Drangonari, but it helped him and his sister escape with their lives. Although he was greatly distraught, Rune soon acquired a new blade and to his surprise, found that his mental link with the blade was not resulting from the sword, but rather from within himself. Eventually Rune and his Sister decided it was time to leave the hiding of the mountain forests. At this time Rune was determined to find Queen Adathi in the hopes of serving her with the task of bringing the Avariel Nation back to its former grandeur. His loyalty to the Queen and his people was not deminished by the destruction of Toostan, or the time spent in hiding, or the disappearance of his parents. In fact, it grew greater because of these things and he has vowed to help his people overcome their tragedy and prosper once more.

Unfortunately, Rune could not locate the Queen or her court, who were obviously still in hiding from Angadar's wrath. So he, and his sister decided to travel south into T'Nanshi and M'Chek in order to seek out information that might lead them to the Queen. They soon found that not all people and/or nations were out to destroy the Avariel. In fact, they met many people of all races that seemed eager to help the Avariel. They also met several Avariel who were venturing forth from hiding as they were.. although many of the Avariel they met seemed to be living a life separate from their Queen and their people at this time. Eventually Rune and his sister were able to find other Avariel who desired to work together to help find the Queen and work to help the Avariel Nation rise again.

Rune eventually met another Avariel who had very similar goals for aiding their kind as he did. Her name was Shannen Di'rithia, a mage of Andrinor, and worshipper of Cha'reth. Rune was drawn to her immediately by her beauty, but soon he became even more enamored by her strength, passion, and determination that he soon learned after spending time with her. Rune and Shannen made a life bond together at a ceremony in the temple of Cha'reth in Visimontium. Rune and Shannen were blessed to have so many wonderful friends witness the ritual including Queen Adathi herself.

Rune And Shannen

Rune and Shannen took up residence in Visimontium where they live together to this day. Rune found Visimontium to be a most beautiful land within the forest mountains of Deglos where he grew up. He found the ruling council and the inhabitants of the city to be most kind, just and fair and soon thought that this place would be a wonderful land for the Avariel to come out of hiding and live as free people again. As a result, Rune got approval of the Council of Visimontium to allow the Avariel to come settle within Apara Thorp and develope a village community under the protection of the city. In turn, the avariel became eager citizens of the city and many of them joined the ranks of the Sentinels to help protect the lands in which they now live. Rune himself was one of the first to join the Sentinels.

Rune and Shannen spent many years living happily in Visimontium. Rune eventually joined the Healers of Cha’reth and dedicated much of his life to the healing of others. He spent much of his time training with others and developing his own abilities of the body and mind to cure others of physical injuries. Rune was helped a great deal with his training while he was doing some extended traveling with Shannen in Ysgard and Arkaz. The Tower of Iron Will located near Bastion is where he ran into Alexis and Sceluscio. Both of which provided great insight and training for Rune as he sought to expand his healing skills. Rune had already learned what he believes is his greatest asset.. his ability to heal others by giving his own health and life force. He believes this to be the heart of Cha’reths principles. But with the help of Alexis and Sceluscio, Rune was able to learn how to focus his energies to heal himself of physical injuries as well.

One of Runes darkest days occurred while Shannen and Rune were spending a peaceful day walking along the shores of Lake Crescetoria. That’s when the both were attacked by a large werewolf sheathed with magical protections. Shannen and Rune both fell as a result of the assault. Rune returned to the prime plane but Shannen stayed in Cha’reths company and did not return. The lycan responsible for the killing was never found but Rune is confident that members of the Violet Order were responsible. From the message left by the lycan, Rune assumed it was just another retaliatory attack as a result of prior incidents involving some of its members. Most of these involved the mage known as Tall who had battled with Shannen numerous times over the years. As a result of one of Tall’s most recent assaults on Shannen, Rune followed him to the Violet Tower in Visimontium and struck Tall down inside the entry hall as he was casting spells against Shannen.

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