Bel'vir

Bel'vir is a wood elf ranger.

Background
Bel'vir is a wood elf that, like many of his kind, once lived among under high elf society. He was once a ranger of his wode, taking orders from the Truthful. He was mated to a seamstress, enjoying a quiet and noble life. He fathered one child, a boy.

But one day, his mate took sick. Growing weaker and thinner each day, the priests of the Wode took one look at her and consigned her to die of her ailment.

But Bel'vir would not accept this fate. He brought his wife out of the wode lands to visit a seer. The seer in the end could not help his wife. But Bel'vir's trusted friend and fellow lieutenant, Remar, told the authorities of the Consanguinity of the Truthful, the priestly caste of his wode.

When Bel'vir came back to his village, his wife was imprisoned on the charge of illicit magics. Bel'vir was stripped of his rank, and his child was taken from him.

His mate, Nel'ani, was slated for execution.

Bel'vir begged with the priesthood and prayed to Silvania to deliver his wife. But the priesthood would not be swayed, and the heavens were still. Bel'vir watched as Nel'ani was consumed by magic flames, her diseased mortal coil could not even muster a scream.

Bel'vir had vengeance in his heart. He chose to betray the High Priest of the Truthful, who called himself Silvar, going into his quarters at night and trying to stab him to death. But Remar, his former friend, and newly promoted Ranger-Lord, was there to thwart his attempts. After confrontation, Bel'vir escaped with the High Priest's ring of office, his only gamble to the safety of his sun. The rangers of the wode looked for him, but they could not find a trace of the ranger.

He was forced on the run, where he has gone town to town, surviving of the land and from various scams. He did not set out for this lifestyle, but he has found that he enjoys the adventure - and he's good at it. It might even have earned him a reputation, though most of his schemes are executed while disguised. But he has never forgotten the High Priest, his enemy Remar, or his boy, now in the hands of the men who his mate.

He met up with the adventurers while looking for "honest" work on the Triboar Trail.