Roll Slayers

Estinien's Backstory:

Estinien was only twelve years old when his village of Thaesali was burned to the ground. He was off with his childhood friend Cormaili, daughter of the captain of the guard, when they felt the hot wind coming down off the mountains. Before they knew what was happening, the great red body flew overhead, spewing flames down on the houses below. Cormaili regained her composure first and charged down the hill to their now burning homes. Estinien could only stay where he was, watching in horror. He watched as the dragon circled several more times, leaving trails of fire wherever it saw fleeing villagers. After several hours, the dragon finally left, but Estinien waited a few more before finally returning to his home and sifting through the smoldering ruins. He searched for hours, finding nothing but the charred remains of the village. He knew the fate of his parents and younger brother, but no sign of his missing friend.

After two days living amongst the blackened wreckage of his home, Alber, a human paladin of the Goddess Haloné came through in pursuit of the dragon. Here he found the young elf, angry and despondent, and he took him back to the church of the Fury. The boy was raised in the church and trained by Alber personally to join the Dragon Knights, the Fury’s order of paladins. It was during this training that he met and befriended another orphan living in the church, the half-elf Emeric. The young fighter would eventually grow up to become the commander of the temple guardians, despite his low status.

As the culmination of his twenty years of training and to officially join the ranks of the Dragon Knights, Estinien was sent on a pilgrimage to see the state of the world and add a great deed to its history in the name of the Fury; the outcome of this adventure would determine his position when he returned. Despite the misgivings of his friend, he decided that he would hunt down and slay the dragon that burned his village in the hopes of becoming Alber’s successor as the head of the Dragon Knights.

His journey to find the dragon brought him first to the city of Pelagiad, where he hoped to find the now-cold trail of the winged monster.