Family History:
The family Rand was one of the richest in
all of Merrydale for almost a century. From Clearwater to Merry Falls they
owned over three-dozen farms and employed some two hundred people. All that
ended when a Vampire infestation laid waste to the entire region and changed
the Dalelands forever. Over the coming years the folk of the newly renamed
Daggerdale left he region in droves forcing the Rand's to move or even sell
many of their farms. Enter the Van Cei Family.
The Van Cei's were also wealthy farmers but where the Rand's became wealthy by treating their workers fairly and paying them an honest wage, the Van Cei's become wealthy through dishonesty and murder. Crop burning, bribery, false clams of necromancy (The Rands have had a long relationship with Sorcery) and many more where used to undermine and weaken the Rand family. By the time of the Zentarim invasion the Rand family only owned two farms both of which where captured by Zentarim troops and used to fuel the war effort along with the Van Cei's who aided and helped the Zent's by feeding their troops and betraying any folk who showed signs of descent. When the revolution came the Van Cei's fled the region spoiling the soil and poisoning the wells on their way leaving the common folk to try and rebuild their lives.
Personal History:
The last Rand, Stormseeker was always a
little bit strange. When other children where out playing in the fields
Stormseeker (Or Firstson as he was called until his sixteenth birthday) was
busy exploring his growing arcane powers or zapping the village cat. He took
his adult name after being struck by lightning during the worst storm in living
memory and walking away without a mark on him.
Friends:
The people of Clearwater
Enemies:
The Van Cei family