Joseph Rabbadon

PRE ELDHAM LIFE AND ARRIVAL.

It began with the likeliest of stories.

When times were full of hope

As irrelevant, were the worries

Until he was put against the sword

Lieutenant Joseph Rabbadon, commander in a fleet of a nation very far away in the west, would come to think of the east for many nights. For he had one book of long-forgotten epics, it's name long forsaken to time as well as banner of deep blue and golden colors, representing a circular seaweed in the endless ocean. These heirlooms were passed down, generation by generation, until his time came. Curiousness would get the better of this man, as he read the book a few times too many, pondered the withered colors of the flag for hours on end, until he was convinced that these lands of "Eldham" had to be real.

Thus a few ships were secretly chartered and many loyal crewmen would gather to the cause, they left that night from the port, and labeled as traitors the next day. Joseph's life was now at risk, for if the legends were untrue, it would be the end of his prosperous life, there would be no going back now. Joseph's expedition would travel for thousands of Leagues, and inhabited land or ruins for that matter were nowhere to be seen for miles on end. Mutinies, sabotages, accidents and choppy Waters would cut down his fleet time after time, until at some point through the journey he was left with nothing but the flagship. All hope it seems, was lost.

Things would shift however as he found a port town in the western Shores of Rathnir. Upon resting on the local inns and taverns, further inquires were made with the locals, they learned that the lands of this "eldham" was just east of this realm called Rathnir, yet the ship was damaged, the crew overworked, could they continue on this journey any longer? It was at that moment when the lieutenant convinced them by a small brief speech at the local inn:

"it's impossible to go back now lads, we will drown in the first five hundred miles, i am sorry i couldn't have been a better captain for ye. But i delivered as i promised, even though i now wish i never set foot off that bloddy port back home. You can do here in Rathnir as you please, my destination is eldham though. If you dont want to follow, i can understand".

"i recall we lost about 3 people at that time, i cant remember where they went, except one who was recruited by the Huitica federation" recovered by the diary of joseph

And the journey would begin once more, passing through a troubled Rathnir during the third coalition wars. He would avoid trouble during the time, yet a few interventions were made when he saw injustice or harshness towards simple peasantry, but that's a story for another time. Eventually the ship arrived to eldham, and it continued to sail the waters towards the central hub of trade and social events, the place where they would find answers.

''Tragedy would strike once again, a sea storm would turn the ship to its side, and crash into the rocky shores of southwest Anglunia. Naturally, only the lieutenant survived.''