Bear brave 2 warf4/11/2023 ![]() ![]() After a year of mourning, his father took another wife. He loved his mother, and this was a devastating loss to the young man. ![]() The Revelation of His Birth and Struggle for IdentityĪround the age of 16, Hiraeth’s adoptive mother died of natural causes. Therefore, he attempted to suppress his arrogance. However, he knew that these thoughts were wrong, and beneath him. For they did not have parents as great or as loved as he. However, this pride bordered on arrogance, and he occasionally felt that he was superior, not only to those below his station, but among his peers as well. He was proud of the name that he bore and felt a great responsibility of the duty of bearing that name into the future. Sorry was the man who spoke ill of Hiraeth’s parents in his presence or in the presence of any of their people. They conducted their selves with dignity and honor. They were kind and loved by their people. Hiraeth was very proud to be the son of such great nobles. Therefore, he learned the values of duty, honor, obedience, courage, and self-sacrifice. Without divulging the true reasons to Hiraeth, but as an acknowledgment to his biological parentage, Hiraeth was also raised to worship and follow the teachings of the God Ashtar. Hiraeth performed moderately well with book learning but excelled with the sword. He was given multiple tutors that trained him in both academic and chivalric studies. The nobles caringly and lovingly raised Hiraeth, giving him an education befitting his station. Being the only son, he was also heir to all titles that the nobles possessed. Only a select few knew that Hiraeth was not their natural child. Since they were barren, and without children of their own, in secrecy, they adopted Hiraeth claiming he was their child. The nobles were good and compassionate people and had sympathy for the child. The clerics at the local temple of Ashtar, knowing the devotion of his parents, took pity on the orphan and brought Hiraeth to the local nobles, Count and Countess Redbrace of Durden's Warf, appealing for help in the infant’s situation. In his infancy, Hiraeth’s parents contracted the wasting disease and, soon after, passed into the arms of Diniries, Goddess of Peace. Humble as they were, they were also devoted worshipers of Ashtar, God of Justice. Birth and Adoption Hiraeth (hirˌīTH) was the only born child to a low, common family in the Kingdom of Dreymore. ![]()
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