Othos Byzol

Childhood and Younger Life
Othos' personal background is mostly obscure, with the only information coming from Othos' own stories. The earliest of these being from Othos' childhood on their family farm. Othos often spoke of the various mercenaries and knights, seeking fame, glory, and coin, resting at their farm. Othos' being an opportunist, capitalized on this by trading some of the crop for lessons in various trades and skills. The most prominent of these being fishing, butchering, spice trade; the basic uses of the crossbow, shield, and dagger; and the importance of technique over skill.

Othos eventually was forced to leave the farm, as drought had plagued the region heavily for the past 3 years and constant strife from conflicts in the nearby regions had caused brigands to constantly raid the farm. Othos, now a young adult, was forced to choose between the life of a poor farmer, with no homestead to their name, or to become a mercenary, risking his life for coin. Othos chose the latter.

Mercenary Work and Meeting the Crown
Othos' stories from their time as a mercenary usually involved tales of their long treks through various lands and less of their exploits. Yet most people infer that Othos had some combat experience, based on the dented pauldrons, breastplate, grieves, and armet, a type of 15th century knights helm. Othos' armet and waist were always adorned with a tattered teal rangers hood and cloth respectively. When asked why they would not elaborate on their equipment, Othos' usual reply was that they reinforced it and worked on it regularly, stating, "A blacksmith, a mercenary does not make."

The only exploit Othos had ever referred too in their stories is how they had first meet the Crown of Voastralis. As Othos had retold it, time and time again, they had decided to head from a port town to and wound up lost at sea. Eventually encountering the Crown of Voastralis, onboard a ship escaping the revolution occurring in their homeland. Othos was met with obvious suspicion at first. After all, mercenaries have a tendency to betray their employers quickly if it benefitted them. Othos, however, held such people in high contempt. They never go into the more intricate details of how they got their position amongst all the other advisors or ministers.