Neill Family/Corin

Corin; son of Carr

Current Age: 17
Class: Knight
Weapon of Choice: Short Sword and Shield, Bow
Current Title: --
Titles Held: --
Religion: Norse Pantheon
Unique Items Held: --

Personal Heraldry

Corin, being a young nobleman with nearly no combat experience, aside from the hunts of his childhood, used only the rune given to him at birth. It was the symbol of the sun and of righteous power. It was, perhaps, his parents hope that he would grow to live by the qualities of the rune and rule over the land as a just and powerful viking lord.

The rune was often painted on the front of his tunic with a simple raven painted beneath it. It was usually found in a similar arrangement upon his shield. Corin's parents adopted the raven as his animal the day he was born after an encounter on their doorstep.

Troops under his command usually fly a combination of local heraldry with a basic badge of a raven somewhere on their armor or shields.

Childhood and Teenage Years

Corin O'Neil was born on a bright winter day sometime when the sun was highest in the sky. It is said by his parents that when they brought him outside to see his first glimpse of the sun two ravens flew from the clouds and settled on a nearby tree. Convinced it was Huginn and Muninn, Odin's two ravens, they were certain Corin was blessed by the gods and sure to live a long and healthy life.

He spent the rest of his childhood as a rather unremarkable youth. He performed slightly above average during his training with weapons and brawling and quickly learned his reading and writing. When it came time for him to go on his great hunt, a tradition for his particular branch of the family, to prove his coming of age he prepared himself and went into the forest with his father. For hours they searched the frozen trees until finally they came across a set of boar tracks. Corin's father clapped him on the shoulder and sent him ahead to deal with the animal himself.

For nearly an hour Corin tracked the beast until he came to a small burrow dug into the shallow earth and surrounded by branches. The boar emerged and for a moment stared Corin in the eye. He drew a single arrow from his sheath and slung it onto his bow. With a steady aim he let the arrow loose and watched as it smacked harmlessly into the boar's side. The boar charged him then and he turned to flee when his father suddenly stepped out from behind the boar and fired another arrow into the beast's front leg. The boar tripped and rolled onto the ground before trying to stand...only to meet Corin's short hunting blade on his throat.

With his coming of age completed, and a brand new boar skin blanket on his bed, Corin was given a choice to stay with the family or go study at the academy in the trade city of Sale. Corin spent a single night deciding his future before deciding he would travel across the Barony to Sale. For several years he spent his time there learning a great variety of subjects and practicing his swordsmanship. When he neared the age of 17 he returned home and spoke to his family of all the tales he had heard of from the tradesman who inhabited the docks of Sale.

Realizing what was coming Corin's father gave him leave to travel if he wished it, as long as he kept his family in his heart and stayed on a true path. Corin agreed quickly and left a week later on a boat for Dwilight out of the Makar Harbor. After a great deal of time at sea he landed on the shores of the Kingdom of Everguard where his new life would begin.