Valder al'Keri of Naarved.

This broad-shouldered youth gives an impression of laziness as he slouches before you. Despite a reasonably handsome face and adequate physique, he seems generally unremarkable. His expression shifts frequently with no apparent effort at control, as though he is distracted or daydreaming.

He has scars on his left cheek. He has blue eyes. He has normal long brown hair and a very short brown beard. He is of normal height and of normal weight for a human. He looks like the image of perfection.

Born: Month of the Naiad, 1083

Trademark weapon: a long curved mountain knife

Quote: "You want a tent? I just made a dozen."

Valder is a young Naarvedi who has lived in ArboRea since his early teenage years. In his early childhood, he and his family were the "servants" of a cold-hearted human wizard. Other children taunted Valder with cruel words, though his mother reassured him they were not slaves. Their servitude ended with the wizard's abrupt disappearance (and presumed death) when Valder was still very young. Nonetheless, he harbours a distrust of Magic to this day.

Although he rarely speaks of it, it is rumored Valder was pressured to leave Naarved after some kind of conflict with the townsmen. Some say he was exiled not living up to the rough town's standard of manliness, though native Naarvedi will say nothing on the topic. Whatever the reason for moving to ArboRea, he has found the City of Men much more suited to his demeanor, though he is known to often spend days or weeks at a time camped far from any civilization. He can often be found fishing in Cumberly, or on the beaches outside ArboRea's gates.

Valder's mother Keri Honeywell was a healer and herbalist in Naarved before she died of plague. He has two younger half-sisters: Keri the Younger continues her mother's profession, though she no longer dwells within Naarved's walls, preferring solitude in the wilderness; Vixan, the "Bitch of Naarved" wanders the rougher parts of southeast Forostar, generally making herself unwanted. The fate of Valder's father Maelphyn Leathersails is unknown, though it is probable he died in the battles against Shaglug's forces.

Catalog of Death:

• Killed by Some Thing's acid attacks, in the lightless sewers of ArboRea
• Killed by orc & hill giant on bridge to Giat, NW from ElvanDar
• Killed by Luthien & co., when rabies drove Valder to attack them
• Killed twice during recent Insect Invasion of ArboRea
• Killed by ogre in the goblin ruins, whilst fleeing uncontrollably from aptly-named snottlings
• Killed by some snake in the Devil's Garden when an impromptu swimming lesson got out of control
• Killed by a barely-dangerous mantis, because I wasn't paying attention
• Killed by a stupid little aggro sewer rat, again, because I wasn't paying attention
• Killed by nasty, nasty fish-disease, because none of the &*$%ing priests could cure me!