Description
A large blue-green figure stands here. He gazes about rather impassively with
dark eyes, a deep blue that reminds you of the depths of the ocean.
His hair is the color of sea-kelp, and worked into many fine braids.
The braids themselves are pulled into a very neat-looking topknot.
Neat-looking is an apt description for most everything about this giant.
His manicure is well-kept, face and hands clean, and what armors and weaponry
he carries are obviously well cared-for.
One interesting thing about this giant is how he seems to carry himself. His
mannerisms and posture suggest some sort of formal training, much like one
might expect of nobility or members of some King's court.
Role
Raised by Elves
Added Thu Feb 3 16:33:16 2011 at level 11:
Brom was found by an elven Maran Captain as a babe. His cries, even then, were
thunderous, as his home was burning and his parents lay dead near his
enormous crib.
The Captain of the Maran has little time for raising a family properly and,
being slightly racist, decided that the enormous child deserved better than
to be taken to an orphanage - he deserved to be raised by an elven family.
Brom was taken to Darsylon and given to a well-to-do elven couple who had no
ability to conceive their own. His guttural (giant) baby speech initially
consisted of the monosyllabic "Brom!" repeated frequently. The elves had little
imagination for proper storm giant names, and of course no idea as to his true
name, and so...Brom it was.
Brom was given a very loving upbringing. The elves were, by and large, able
to avoid their stereotypical feelings of superiority toward other races, and
in fact treated Brom like a fellow elf.
Legends of elven warriors and priests and magi were devoured by Brom as a starving
man might devour an elven wafer. Through it all, Brom was taught to worship the
God of his parents, the wise Marcatis.
It should come as no surprise, then, that Brom not only has great respect for elves, but
considers himself nearly one of them. He is highly educated for a storm giant, as is
obvious when one speaks to him. He is humble, though, and knows that he is not truly
elven. This is not a terrible bother to him. His parents taught him that all races
have advantages, and they intended to see him with the best of both worlds, brains
and brawn.
Belief in Order and Civilization
Added Thu Feb 3 16:44:10 2011 at level 11:
Brom was given a broad education. He learned, as do most elven children, to have
a deep appreciation for Nature and the wilderness. He also learned of the necessity
of Law and Order. The innocents of the various cities of Thera wanted no part of the wars
between Elves and their enemies, he learned, and so should be left out of it and, if possible,
protected from it.
It was discovered at a relatively early age that Brom possessed gifts beyond his great
size and strength - the Gods themselves seemed to watch over him. He studied daily with
the priest guilds, learning as much as he could about how to best worship the elven Gods.
One particular day, a heated discussion took place between one of the head priests,
a paladin, and one of the students who was learning to be a healer. The student
was balking at the idea of cities, citing ancient texts of how the world used
to be, where mere gatherings were enough and mother nature was "happier". She would
not listen to the instructor's logical reasoning - there is a larger population, now,
and a far more varied group of races, he would say. The cities that you despise so
greatly are necessary to keep people safe, he would implore.
The student would hear none of it. She stormed out and wasn't ever seen again.
The sadness in the eyes of the head priest struck a chord in Brom. He decided to
make a pledge, right then, to his instructor. He would serve as a Paladin, and safeguard
the innocents in those cities, serving as a member of the Blood Tribunal.
The instructor thanked him, and looked slightly more relaxed. Brom did not
perceive the hesitation in the head priest, however, as he wondered whether
young, impressionable Brom might get himself - and his soul - into a bit of
trouble in the midst of such service.
A missive home
Added Wed Feb 9 14:43:23 2011 at level 34:
Suilaid, Mother. Suilaid, Father.
I bring you good tidings. I have met with success in many ways.
I have joined the Spire, and serve currently as a Magistrate of Seantryn Modan.
My abilities were called upon nearly immediately, as those within the Spire were
in need of healing.
More importantly, though, I have been granted not one, but two! audiences with
the halla menel neir. In case my elvish writing has suffered, yes, I do mean
that the Lord Marcatis has spoken to me on two occasions. He has bestowed me with
more blessings than I could have ever fathomed.
My travels in the world go well. I bring His Word to those who need it when I am
able, and smite the wicked when the chance presents itself.
There are a few troubling elements to serving the Spire, but you need not concern
yourself with them - things go well for your adoptive son.
All of my love,
your tittya halla neir, Brom.
Brom's Journal
Added Fri Feb 18 20:40:56 2011 at level 51:
Journal Entry, Brom en' alThalya: 7 Spring
Hills and valleys. Such has been my temperament these few weeks of
duty. One day, to have the Lord Marcatis bless me with even more
gifts. That eve, to have the holy blade 'Defiance' slip through
my fingers due to a naive fellow Magistrate trying to 'help' and picking it
up for me.
Hills and valleys. One day promoted to duty in Voralian City. The next
day gathering the blade. That same day, apprehending the purehearted Commander,
a criminal, and finding Defiance rejecting me. Defiance tasted the taint on my
soul more keenly than I did. It shames me.
Hills and valleys. Arguing like a child with Sherys in front of the entire Spire.
Being promoted to service in Galadon. Smiting the wicked Draia, who sought
an opportunistic strike on me whilst I fought the criminal Pago.
I must find my center. Do not allow things such as these to cause such
drastic changes in my emotions.
Surely an elf would do a better job than I of mastering himself.
Paradoxes
Added Sat Mar 12 20:59:21 2011 at level 51:
How can an experience leave me so fulfilled, yet unsatisfied? So pleased,
yet so vexed? A jumble of emotion, logic, and spirituality. After a talk
with Lord Marcatis, I feel like a large barrel with a hole in the bottom.
His wisdom fills me, yet my own mortal failings leave me feeling incomplete.
He asks me questions that should be simple to answer, yet I fumble around
like a man lost in dark caves, hoping, searching, to find a source of light.
He told me I could be done with study - I understand more than most, he said,
and if I wished, I could simply exist and be fine with that. A test, possibly,
though I did not sense any guile. Perhaps he meant it just as he said it.
Probably so, in fact.
I cannot do that, however - test or no. His teachings are food to my starving
soul. I am famished.
And yet, a meeting with him leaves me both full yet hungry for more. A paradox
of faith, I suppose.
Much like serving the Spire. My service requires me to allow wicked souls to
find safe haven within the walls of a city I guard. It requires me to strike,
and at times kill, those whose hearts are mostly pure. I tell myself it is those
who claim a pure heart yet do murder in a place of safety for all who do harm
to the Light. That their actions place innocent citizens and city protectors in
grave danger.
Yet at the same time I must watch as a dark-elf mercilessly carves on common,
pure-hearted citizens. His rights to do so are protected by those laws I serve.
Whither safety then?
And what of those who seek to serve the Spire alongside me? Those whose hearts
are black as the eyes of a fire giant, yet will dispense the Laws of the Gods
in fairness and equanimity? I tell them to speak with the Provost or another
Provincial, for I do not wish to be responsible for them. They cry that I shirk
my duty, putting my faith above the Spire.
Perhaps they are right. But I can do no different. At least not yet - not while
the Provost has given me the option of inducting or no. While I have the choice,
I will make use of it.
PK Wins
Feb 9, 2011 |Lv 35|The Pass|Zgyx vs 1: Brom (100%, smash)
Feb 9, 2011 |Lv 35|Organia, the Veil of Shadow|Zgyx vs 3: Cosgrove (11%), Kairon (78%, pound), Brom (9%)
Feb 11, 2011|Lv 46|Seantryn Modan|Drayden vs 1: Brom (100%, slash)
Feb 11, 2011|Lv 47|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Balta vs 2: Brom (42%, drowning), Sherys (57%)
Feb 14, 2011|Lv 51|Thar-Acacia|Pandol vs 1: Brom (100%, heavenly wrath)
Feb 16, 2011|Lv 51|Abandoned Mines|Draia vs 2: Flaaayin (76%, defilement), Brom (23%)
Feb 16, 2011|Lv 51|Galadon|Ghrimriddor vs 3: Sherys (17%), Brom (77%, divine power), Niphphes (4%)
Feb 18, 2011|Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Draia vs 1: Brom (100%, strike of deliverance)
Feb 18, 2011|Lv 51|Galadon|Kimincla vs 2: Tordoak (29%, surprise attack), Brom (70%)
Feb 19, 2011|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Nathuel vs 2: Derialx (33%), Brom (66%, strike of faith)
Feb 19, 2011|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Nathuel vs 3: Mundin (16%, slash), Derialx (26%), Brom (57%)
Feb 24, 2011|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Bok vs 2: Tuttie (18%), Brom (81%, slash)
Mar 1, 2011 |Lv 51|The Eastern Road|Mexzi vs 3: Rhone (40%), Brom (43%, heavenly wrath), Volkov (15%)
Mar 1, 2011 |Lv 51|The Seaport of Hamsah Mu'tazz|Kjaz vs 1: Brom (100%, divine power)
Mar 2, 2011 |Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Karkarrak vs 3: Mundin (9%), Brom (9%), Derialx (80%, mental assault)
Mar 4, 2011 |Lv 51|Galadon|Karkarrak vs 4: Pulch (6%), Brom (61%, divine power), Radik (25%), Nathuel (6%)
Mar 4, 2011 |Lv 51|Galadon|Karkarrak vs 2: Nathuel (0%), Brom (99%, strike of deliverance)
Mar 6, 2011 |Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Pago vs 2: Pulch (25%, double spin kick), Brom (74%)
Mar 6, 2011 |Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Salahrucid vs 2: Derialx (51%), Brom (48%, divine power)
Mar 6, 2011 |Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Salahrucid vs 2: Brom (52%, slash), Derialx (47%)
Mar 6, 2011 |Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Salahrucid vs 2: Derialx (43%), Brom (56%, slash)
Mar 8, 2011 |Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Karkarrak vs 1: Brom (100%, strike of purity)
Mar 11, 2011|Lv 51|The Ashes of NoWhere|Karkarrak vs 1: Brom (100%, heavenly wrath)
Mar 11, 2011|Lv 51|The Spire of the Blood Tribunal|Lorietta vs 3: Lukao (6%), Karkarrak (14%), Brom (79%, slash)
Mar 14, 2011|Lv 51|Glauruk Spawning Ground|Ongoi vs 5: Brom (8%, heavenly wrath), Ceaslas (33%), Vacise (0%), Drasdan (39%), Thuorn (18%)
Mar 15, 2011|Lv 51|Galadon|Ophid vs 1: Brom (100%, slash)
Mar 15, 2011|Lv 51|Galadon|Ophid vs 1: Brom (100%, slash)
Mar 20, 2011|Lv 51|Galadon|Imrahiest vs 1: Brom (100%, strike of deliverance)
Mar 20, 2011|Lv 51|Aldevari|Gryilious vs 1: Brom (100%, strike of purity)
Mar 21, 2011|Lv 51|High Lord's Keep|Gryilious vs 1: Brom (100%, heavenly wrath)
Mar 22, 2011|Lv 51|Outskirts of Galadon|Salahrucid vs 1: Brom (100%, divine power)
Mar 23, 2011|Lv 51|The Outlander Refuge|Lorietta vs 2: Aiocis (34%, cone of cold), Brom (65%)
Mar 26, 2011|Lv 51|The Shadow Grove|Halmor vs 1: Brom (100%, strike of faith)
Mar 27, 2011|Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Karkarrak vs 1: Brom (100%, divine power)
Mar 27, 2011|Lv 51|The Ruins of Ostalagiah|Gahsa vs 2: Barath (12%), Brom (87%, crush)
Mar 31, 2011|Lv 51|The Galadon Sewers|Zaxfila vs 2: Brom (73%, divine power), Zelacian (26%)