Like most elves, Farinthul the Younger enjoys the forest. He likes climbing in trees, and wandering around under their beautiful limbs. And like a few other elves, he also loves to swim and climb cliffs, and to go places that seem completely irrational. He is young, but has inherited his name, many stories, and even a bit of wisdom from his father, Farinthul the Elder.

Some sayings of his father include things like, "Pick your battles, junior" and "the star that shines brightest dies first". His father may have been speaking from experience about the stars, because he was one of the oldest elves anyone could remember.

When Farinthul was still a tiny elven child, Farinthul the Elder perished in a terrible hunting accident. The giant wasn't supposed to be that far into the forest, and it wasn't supposed to be able to hide that quietly. Lillith must have granted it some strange powers to be so silent...It killed many of the hunting party before it was brought down, and Farinthul the Elder was the first one to fall.

Farinthul the Younger decided to try and toughen himself up, so that the same fate would not befall him. But being a warrior is not in his heritage, and he knows he will have to find other ways to defend himself. He feels more at home in ArboRea than anywhere else, perhaps because ElvanDar reminds him too much of the past.

He is also interested in learning languages and how they are written down, for many reasons. But the main reason is so that he can translate the family stories of his father and keep them alive.

Farinthul's favorite memory is that of his father telling him how the humans came to Forostar, and about his encounter with a very old looking human in the forest one day. This story and a few others he especially wants to put down onto the parchment.

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