Clauderic

A living prodigy? A coward who bows to all sides but none at the same time? An illustrious delusional quarreler?

All these words could pertain to Clauderic The Younger. He lives today as a legend... yet some wish he was merely a legend, rather than the nuisance he is...

Clauderic was born in a small Reynic orchid commune as the second child and second son to Samuel and Nina, a couple born and raised in the very same thousand acre commune who've known each other since infants. He grew up how a typical child of Malumont would, working in the apple orchids during the warm seasons and taking care of his younger twin brother and sister while the older boys hunted and his mother cleans and cooks during the cold. When he wasn't at work, he spent his time teaching himself to read from the few books the commune had, which were mostly about agriculture. However, there was a book on the entire history of the Reynerre nobility (Which he found to be a comedy) as well as a book on the legendary companion Arderic both of which fascinated him in history and legend.

During these times, a castle that overlooked the commune was being built as a residence for one of the viscounts of the nobility, the bloated brother of the newly reigning Duke of Reynerre. This infuriated the commune but there was nothing they could really do. Clauderic himself wasn't too angry as it had been known most of his life that some noble would build a castle near them.

When Clauderic was just entering his teenage years tragedy struck when his father died in a hunting accident by a bear, his older brother was also severly injured and gained trauma from watching his father be mauled to death as well as him watching his flesh be scratched off him before the bear died from the wounds he caused earlier. Once his brother was healed he knew he could no longer function as his normal self and decided to enlist in the army as the war in the east began a year prior, leaving Clauderic to be the man of the house and provide as much as he could for his family until the twins could take over.

The work he did was not enough to provide stability so he reluctantly knocked on the doors of the looming castle on the hill and begged for a job