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### Spellhold Studios _ Arath Discussion _ Arath's Personality & Basic History

#### Posted by: K'aeloree Mar 24 2007, 03:32 PM

This is what we came up with (I may have omitted something, and if I have, please post!). History first, since it affects his personality.
History
Arath was born to a wealthy Mercantile family in Athkatla, Amn. He grew up, getting whatever he wanted, but as a young teenager became dissatisfied with his rather complacent life, and went to study divine magic. He also became interested in girls, often sneaking out at night and pretending he was older than he actually was, getting into bars with his good looks. One thing that disturbed him slightly was that he was also beginning to find males attractive, as well; he eventually (IE after he became a druid) came to terms with the fact that the human body can be beautiful, both female *and* male. He became known as quite the ladies man, before he left.
Eventually, he learned that his father was involved with the Slave Trade - something he violently disagreed with. He left home at the age of 16, and came across a group of druids. He stayed with them, liking what he saw... and they initiated him in the ways of Druidism. He had always felt a connection to nature, and this connection now became almost an obsession. He revelled in the pleasures of the flesh, and though some Druidic factions frowned upon it, believed that pleasure was the greatest gift someone could give. He began to view it as a challenge, to bed men and women, and then moving on to the next.
He denounced his father as a slavfer, throwing his family crest down in disgust at his father's feet. His father, furious, disinherited him, and kicked him out of the household. Arath stole into the house and took a sizeable amount of money (enough to survive for several months) and slashed the family portrait, furious at his father, and left.
Opinions
From a young age, he had always disliked the undead, and when he trained as a cleric, it increased this dislike; by the time he was 17, this had developed into a fully fledged hatred of them. They were completely against the natural order of things - as were abberations, and so they must be destroyed. Over the years destroying the undead and aberrations has become something of an obsession, though Arath would never admit it.
Arath frowns upon drugs, on the basis that they alter one's perception of reality - he prefers to experience everything through his own eyes, unaltered.
Personality
Arath is quite confident in his abilities, and isn't afraid to say so; while he isn't Anomen, he is a little arrogant. He's quite assured in his skills, and when something doesn't work the way he wants it to he tends to sulk, rather than get upset or angry.
He's very much of the opinion that one should live in the moment- and this reflects in his personality. He's not one to dwell upon the past, and the player will probably never find out about his family unless he's pressured. He's still a little bitter about his father, though, once again, this will probably never come about.
He's a very sensual being, and while he may not have sex with everything that moves, he isn't afraid to let it be known that he is. He enjoys the pleasures of the flesh, and recognises beauty when he sees it - he loves to revel in it, and take pleasure in it, when he can (and give pleasure, of course).
He is passionate, and if something he believes in is attacked, he'll defend it. However, he won't preach.
He appreciates clothes, good food, and alcohol - but he's conflicted in this, because of his druidic beliefs.
Aaand now I must go... XD Will finish at some point tomorrow, unless someone else wants to

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