Sawyer/Sylvan Elf/Ranger

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Sawyer/Sylvan Elf/Ranger

Postby Braids on Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:07 pm

Once, there was peace.

Far to the north lay a land ruled by three tribes of sylvan elves, unified centuries before when they had formed a coalition to defend their territories from barbarians. While not perfect the people of the land had prospered and talk of uniting the villages into a single whole became a hotly debated topic. There were many for and against the decision, and this division only grew as time passed. As most things of that nature happen the situation escalated from debates, to arguments, to fights, to the point that the leaders of the villages stepped forth to try and quell the animosity that began to boil within their people. By that point it had been far too late, however, and the tribes reached the point of no return once one of the leaders had been assassinated while at home with his family. It would spark the fire that would rage into a civil war, the land being consumed with hatred and violence.

This was the world that Sawyer Marie Hewitt was born into, the daughter of a poor farming family. She was born, as some people would put it, 'deformed' with both male and female genitalia, a hermaphrodite. Her parents were unsure if they should let her live as she would not only attract hatred from others for her condition but she would also be born into a world where death had become commonplace. The thought to end her life quickly ended once the baby had opened her eyes, her parents unable to do so once they saw how innocent she was.
Growing up Sawyer worked hard as the only child of the family, doing daily chores and working the fields. Her grandfather taught her archery and brought her along for hunts, training the young elf how to track and stalk within the woods. She got along well enough with the other children in her village, though she began to feel awkward as she grew older due to the unique condition of her gender, especially when she was around other females. Her childhood would come to an end in her early teens when her tribe ordered a draft in order to supply their army with new soldiers, young Sawyer being taken away from her parents to fight in a war she had no real interest in.

She trained, she fought, she eventually killed, the young girl forced to grow up fast among the horror that was around her. Her training as an archer and skill in sneaking quickly earned her a spot among scouts for her forces, gathering intelligence among enemy movements, soon moving onward to carrying out assassination missions. Bloodshed would be her life for the next decade, living through every battle just to face another....until....

There was peace.

The war that had come to the land eventually ended in a truce and the people were united once more, with Sawyer able to return home once more...only there was no more home to return to. Her family was gone and the farm razed, the elf, now a woman, finding herself more alone than she had ever been. She found herself unable to join society once more, too used to the battlefield that she had called home.
And so she set out to find another battlefield, and in a world like Belariath there were no shortages of that. The following years would find her roving from battle to battle, war to war, offering her services as a soldier for hire. Each would take it's toll on her, losing a bit of herself both physically and mentally in each one, living only to fight.

One day, as part of a regiment that was razing a village, she found herself facing a young girl huddled over the body of her parents, hatred in her tear-filled eyes as she stared at the elf. Sawyer lowered her crossbow as she felt a wave of grief fill her heart, and in that moment of weakness she swept the child up into her arms and carried her out of sight of the soldiers that approached their position. That day she had abandoned the regiment as she stole the child away into the night, wanting to keep her safe.

Chizuru, as the child was called, fought her at every attempt to care for her, blaming the elf for the deaths of her parents. Yet still they began to travel together, and as Chizuru grew into a woman she began to realize all that Sawyer had done to keep her safe, eventually forgiving her. The two now began to work as partners as Sawyer taught her everything she new when it came to fighting, their path taking them through many a battle, eventually taking the pair onward to Nanthalion...
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