Edward Riley

Edward Riley (or Dark Star ; DarkStar28) is an adventurer, builder, gatherer and Verhalre (Count) in the continent of Rathnir. Originally born in the continent of Eldham, one day he was mysteriously summoned in Rathnir. From that day on, he began his adventure to find out why he appeared in a foreign continent and find out more about this new land.

Early Life
Edward Riley was born on May 28, 1996 in the city of Myrtle, in the Kingdom of Anglunia on Eldham. The father was a royal scout, while the mother ran a shop outside the city walls. The boy had a quiet childhood until, at the age of 9, his father mysteriously disappeared during a mission for the king. This fact threw the family into crisis, leading even Edward's mother to fall ill and, later, to pass away. At just 15, Edward had to learn to live on his own, finding small jobs around the kingdom and living in the few places he could stay for more than one night. In this period of constant movement, Edward learned to survive alone in the woods and to hone his steal techniques, as the jobs he found did not give him enough to live for. Joining bands of thieves he could survive with from time to time, Edward earned his nickname "Dark Star" as code name after being accepted in the "Oscyle Thieves Guild". On September 3, 2021, Edward woke up after a day of work, but in another completely different place.

Rathnir Experience
Awakened, Edward discovered that he had mysteriously ended up in Caelum Pass (X:3624 ; Z:1637), in the lands of Rathnir. At his side he found nothing but his equipment and a used summoning rune, meaning someone or something had summoned him to Rathnir. With many questions and not knowing where to go Edward began to travel, looking for someone who could help him while crossing the continents of Sparwood and Alteniquia. Reaching the nation of Yimmu-Audal, he saw an announcement made by AnonymousMan, offering Edward to go to live in the city of Skargness to reorganize himself. With no other possibilities Edward accepted, but his presence in the town was short as Emelyn H. contacted and advised the boy to reach the town of Calador as she could help Edward find a place to settle and maybe find some answers to why he was summoned in Rathnir. Edward decided to reach Solisios, making brief contact with the local community in Calador and Luxios to help them with various small jobs. In the meantime the boy tried to ask for help, but the inactivity of the locals once again forced the adventurer to seek help elsewhere, stumbling upon Loria City after various searches. Welcomed by Lukas Lordinger, Edward decided to settle in the city and join Tortuga, where he helped with the construction of a warehouse. With the local population that began to leave the city, Edward once again could not find anyone who could help him understand why he was in Rathnir. Now hopeless, Edward began to understand that he should postpone his request for help at a better time, once again starting to travel in the continent of Sparwood and Alteniquia in search of a stable location where he could create a life for himself in those foreign lands.

Inside the Empire of Aldovir & Astyllea
After days of research and travel, the 13th of September 2021 Edward stumbled upon the village of Talstadt, outside the city of Arstedanna. There he found the community led by Nopper Livelín síl Kair'vern and Talanthas s. Livelín (Azeari síl Livelín) who welcomed warmly the young adventurer within the Aldovir Empire. Ever since Edward kept helping the Empire to grow, building structures or helping to gather materials for the numerous buildings that were prepared, at the same time he kept exploring the world and knowing lots of interesting people, such as Aldara Ellan, Ellira Accero, Nico Nagaheart, Shaerelia Elernel-Levia, Elzaress and Vorian síl Katráthi. After being accepted in the high ranks of the state of Lapidovir and the Empire of Astyllea, reaching the rank of Verhalre ("Count" in Sagaviri language), he was later on accepted inside the city-state of Lirgal, where he met and he's meeting other more interesting people. After some months Edward was appointed as Verhalre of the region of Altís, but his disappearance for some months led the region to be taken by his friend Elrenn. In that time of disappearance, Edward had to face the reason why he was summoned in Rathnir and his long past.

Revelation
One day, while he was mining underground, Edward heard a voice in his mind that told him to reach a tower in the village of Talstadt. Curious, he traveled there and found a book with some notes, telling him to reach different places written on the book because there were other clues for explain what was going on. With a new adventure on the horizon, Edward began to travel, collecting the different notes while at the same time being ambushed by elemental monsters summoned by an unknown entity every time he found some notes in the various areas the notes told him to go. After composing all the notes, Edward found out that his long lost father had written those notes, and he was telling Edward to reach a new position up in the snowy mountain of Sironia, outside Asour'therak. Reached it, he fought and killed an Icy Wendigo, finding out that the creature was a fragment of his father's soul trapped in an elemental monster. With its last breaths, his father explained that he was killed during a mission for eliminate a vampire cult that was trying to summon an eldritch abomination for destroy the Sun and reign undisturbed in the darkness, while ignoring the fact that the abomination would even kill all life on the planet. When the father was killed, the teleportation rune summoned Edward to Rathnir, for try to end his mission. Telling Edward to reach the icy pass of Caelum, where the boy was summoned first in Rathnir, for destroy the vampire cult, the adventurer began his last travel and reached the vampire hideout. There he fought and defeated the night creatures before they were able to summon the eldritch abomination, ending his lost father's last mission and finally knowing why he was summoned in a different continent.

A new life
With so many questions put to rest, Edward emerged from the vampire hideout victorious but when he came back in Astyllea he found out that the entire empire crumbled on itself after Drach attempted a coup to the nation. With his home divided in different small countries, he took advantage of the situation for restart from zero his new life, joining Shaerelia Elernel-Levia in her nation of Carn for help her build and modernize it after Drach's coup. The 20th of May, 2022, Edward became the new Quellith of the city of Roscella, where he is currently residing for finish to build the city and trying to find finally a stable place to live in.

Appearance
Edward has short-length dark brown hair pulled back in the front, whit really short hair on both sides. He is 1,66 meters tall and has brown eyes. Despite going in various adventures, Edward shows itself has being almost skinny and with a barely athletic body, but his physical appearance doesn't compromise his skills, having extreme agility and speed when it comes to running or combat.

He likes to wear dark clothes because during his time as thief he learned that the more the clothes are dark, the less he's likely to be spotted by dangerous people or creatures. As such he wears a black jacket with raised sleeves, while under it he wears a beige shirt. His pants and boots are black, while his finger-less gloves are dark brown. He always wander around with a bag.

His favorite and most used weapon is the Scythe.

Personality
He is an extremely hyperactive and positive-attitude boy, always cheerful and ready to help people everywhere he can. He is pretty charismatic when it comes to attracting or knowing people and he always tries to avoid combat or to hurt people unless he's constraint to fight for his life or for protect others.

Players
Talanthas s. Livelín: Considered as a brother by Edward, Talanthas is Edward's best friend that helped the adventurer to find a place to stay and introduced him in the Lapidovir community.

Vorian síl Katráthi: Extremely friendly and always at disposal, Vorian was like a father for Edward. Thanks to him, Edward was able to learn more building techniques and togheter with Thalantas, he helped Edward to build the adventurer's house in Solisea.

Nopper Livelín síl Kair'vern: Despite not having a close friendship with him, Edward was able to gain Nopper's trust and a feud for himself in Lapidovir (Altís) after helping Nopper with various tasks throughout the Empire.

Aldara Ellan:

Ellira Accero: Edward knew Ellira when he visited Lirgal under Aldara's invite. With her the two became friends and they were able to wander together in some places for visit cultural locations like Athazolant's library.

Nico Nagaheart: Known her casually while wandering around Lirgal, Nico and Edward were able to get in close contact after finding out they both like to venture and explore the world. As such, Nico told Edward that if he needs a companion for his travels, he can rely on her.

Shaerelia Elernel-Levia: Known her while helping to build some roads in Carn togheter with KnockKnockKnock, Edward and Shae became sympathetic to each other, for then become close friends after Edward came back from his secret adventure to destroy the vampire covenant.

Elzaress: Known her casually while she was banditing people in Rathnir, Edward and Elzaress were able to be sympathetic towards each other in almost no time, so much that Elzaress invited Edward to come with her to Lorenz66 & madsost's wedding in Tortuga Isle.

Emelyn H.:

Thomas Scramble II:

KnockKnockKnock: Knowing him while helping Shaerelia Elernel-Levia to build a road to connect Praestenia to Hemmendas, they developed a good friendship and sometimes they were used to hang around Lirgal while having fun with the locals.