Shield-Master Dwalnar gave him an old, battered Urdhall game set, an ancient dwarven strategy game that he was always praising as the ultimate educational tool for battle tactics. She told him that so long as he carried it with him, it would never wither and die and anytime he felt himself sick for home, he simply need hold it close and he would be touching the Moonshae Isles. Grandmother gave him a sprig of mistletoe cut by her horn. His mother gave him a golden torc to wear that had belonged to her father, which was far too small for his neck, so he wore it as a bracelet instead. He bid farewell to his mother and friends and prepared himself for his great adventure.īefore Ruadh left, he received gifts from his friends and family, so that he would always have a part of them and a part of home wherever his travels took him. When he was 12 years old, nearly an adult and already twice the size of most men, Ruadh decided that it was time for him to leave his childhood sanctuary behind, embrace the wanderlust in his heart and see the world. He would learned how to fight amongst the Rustfire dwarves and from his teacher, an ancient dwarven mercenary called Shield-Master Dwalnar, he learned the academic appreciation for the art of battle and the forms and maneuvers that dwarven battle masters have studied for generations. Ruadh was still very young when he was introduced and indoctrinated into the faith of Lurue by Siriliel, whom he called "Grandmother", having recognized his adventurous spirit and fanned the spiritual flames wonder in his heart. Ruadh lived with his mother and helped her with a variety of chores, but he spent a great deal of his youth amongst their neighbors, playing with the Rustfire children, receiving lessons from the unicorn Siriliel that lived in a not too distant mountain valley and amongst the Ffolk in the villages to the south. Ruadh spent the remainder of his childhood in the Fairheight Mountains of Alaron, practically in the backyard of the Rustfire dwarves. She bid Syanee farewell and took her son with her back home to the Moonshae Isles. Edana and Syanee left the grove with babies in tow and continued to travel together for two more years, getting in all sorts of trouble along the way.Įdana eventually grew weary of the road and longed for her homeland, where she could settle down to raise her son. They remained at the grove for a few months, the two babes sharing a crib until the two women had plenty of time to rest, recuperate and make plans.
Edana named him Ruadh for his vivid red hair that he had inherited from her.
The two women fled and found refuge at a druid grove not far from Silverymoon, where Syanee gave birth to her daughter and two days later Edana to her son. The two very pregnant women fought their way through the orc camp and escaped, but not before Edana had the chance to smack Whogo around and pluck his glass eye out of his noggin to keep as a souvenir of their time together.
Edana had been captured and held prisoner by Whogo's war camp for many months until she had been found and rescued by her friend and ally Syanee Farwalker. Ruadh is the son of Edana, a druid of Moonshae and Whogo, a mountain orc of northern Silver March.
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