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VISUAL REFERENCES

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Scouting — Merle & Aurora (August 2023)

Scouting — Merle & Aurora (August 2023)

Le Printemps — Merle & Aurora (November 2023)

Le Printemps — Merle & Aurora (November 2023)

Nighttime stories — Merle, Orion & Vesper (July 2024)

Nighttime stories — Merle, Orion & Vesper (July 2024)

STORY SUMMARY

🕊️Merle — Human Father, Beast Master Ranger

| Name & Meaning | Halsin named him Merle, like the common blackbird, due to his haircolour. His birth name was Caradoc, meaning “dearly beloved”. | | --- | --- | | Alignment | Chaotic Good | | Age & Race | Died at around 90 years old, about 1-2 decades before 1492 DR Human He/Him 1m84 / 6’0” | | Background | Outlander | | Class & Subclass | Ranger, Beast Master | | Relationship | Aurora was his wife. Vesper & Orion were his children. **Tuìn** was his son in law. Saoirse would have been his grand-child. Art Cullagh was his father. | | Summary | During the war against Ketheric Thorm, countless families were killed in the Shadowcursed lands. Halsin, checking on the weak and injured after the fight, heard a baby cry. He took the young baby out of the rubbles where his mother lied dead, and gave him a name — Merle. Bringing back the young human to the Emerald Grove, he taught him about nature and respect, teaching him how to use a bow and hunt, without taking too much from what nature offered him, just what he needed. When he became an adult, someone came to the main door of the Grove, calling Halsin’s name. Halsin, who has been like a father to him, looked overwhelmed with joy in a way he has never seen before. Aurora appeared at the door, someone the Grove thought dead for two decades. Merle was curious about her, and quickly got more information, discovering she was Halsin’s predecessor’s daughter. After going on hunting missions together and talking more, they found out they had many things in common, and he admitted he was in love, asking her out. She accepted, but wanted this to be a secret for the time being. Human and elven relationships often leads to problems, and her family had a long story of high-elf only. He accepted nevertheless, until the day she was pregnant and they couldn’t hide it anymore. Not long before her giving birth, they officially got married near the Oak Father’s autel, and got Vesper and Orion, two little girls. | | Misc. | Halsin was like a foster father to him. |