Brant was born in Highbank. Highbank was home, but highbank was boring. Brant's father was a wood merchant, selling raw material to the artisans in Raven's Bluff, and, unfortunately for Brant, father's influence kept most of the ruffians (adventurers) in town from associating with Brant.

So Brant decided one day, around age 10, that he wanted to see the sea, and become a sailor. The river flowed to the sea, so if Brant could just hitch a ride downriver, he could become a sailor.

Brant stowed away on a barge and stayed out of sight until reaching Raven's Bluff. When the barge entered the bay he was terrified of the huge body of water (little did he know that the bay was not even the Sea of Fallen Stars), and as soon as the barge docked, he ran ashore, and gave up on becoming a sailor.

Brant wandered Raven's Bluff for a couple of days, growing hungry. Unfortunately for him, none of the tavern owners or innkeepers knew his father, and so the credit that had been extended to him in Highbank all his life was not available.

After a couple weeks, a Tempite passing by Brant noticed him, and offered to feed him a meal in the temple. Brant accepted, and became enchanted (as 10 year olds are prone to do) with the fine warriors he found inside. He became a member of the temple, and studied *(fought)* very hard, becoming a Crusader of Tempus.

Last Updated 05/01/2000

Loremaster Brevan Underwood