Revised from above.
Surveyor/Messenger: The clan that birthed this character was at one time a respected name, known among other Highlander clans for their moral character and firm neutrality in times of conflict. They were relied upon by numerous parties as couriers and heralds who could be trusted to deliver reliably and securely. However, in 1552, during the aftermath of King Theodoric's massacre of the monks of Rhalgr, the clan uprooted from Ala Mhigo and dispersed, without warning or explanation. Some of its members formed their own companies in the nations to the west, while others took to contract work with private mercantile concerns in the south. It was rumored in the years that followed that the clan leadership, disgusted by Theodoric's purge, provided to Garlemald the information it had amassed over years of confidential service. It remains unknown how much damage such a breach may have caused during the Garlean conquest, but many families were forced to change their names in order to avoid deadly reprisals due to these persistent rumors. One of these families quietly settled near Moraby Bay, and one day raised a child who would become an adventurer...
Guardsman/Partisan: Five generations ago, a clan whose name was synonymous with superb hammerwork was implicated in the unlawful possession of stolen precious metals. The offending families, who could never be proven to have committed wrongdoing, were nonetheless forced into exile at the behest of their rivals (whether or not these rivals were the orchestrators of this defamation remains a matter for historians to debate). One of the exiled families decided to lay down roots shortly after crossing the border into the Black Shroud, and strove to ply their craft in accordance with their new Gridanian hosts, that they themselves might avoid the greenwrath. When the Autumn War was launched by Ala Mhigo, these Highlanders chose to side with their new countrymen in Gridania, and those who could not raise arms against their former comrades chose instead to lend their talent at the forge. After the bitter conflict at East End and dénouement of the Ala Mhigan retreat, they settled on remaining in Gridania proper so that their descendants would be native-born to the Twelveswood. Shortly before the Garlean conquest of Ala Mhigo, this family gave birth to a child who would one day become an adventurer...
How do these hold up in light of prior errors?
Surveyor/Messenger: The clan that birthed this character was at one time a respected name, known among other Highlander clans for their moral character and firm neutrality in times of conflict. They were relied upon by numerous parties as couriers and heralds who could be trusted to deliver reliably and securely. However, in 1552, during the aftermath of King Theodoric's massacre of the monks of Rhalgr, the clan uprooted from Ala Mhigo and dispersed, without warning or explanation. Some of its members formed their own companies in the nations to the west, while others took to contract work with private mercantile concerns in the south. It was rumored in the years that followed that the clan leadership, disgusted by Theodoric's purge, provided to Garlemald the information it had amassed over years of confidential service. It remains unknown how much damage such a breach may have caused during the Garlean conquest, but many families were forced to change their names in order to avoid deadly reprisals due to these persistent rumors. One of these families quietly settled near Moraby Bay, and one day raised a child who would become an adventurer...
Guardsman/Partisan: Five generations ago, a clan whose name was synonymous with superb hammerwork was implicated in the unlawful possession of stolen precious metals. The offending families, who could never be proven to have committed wrongdoing, were nonetheless forced into exile at the behest of their rivals (whether or not these rivals were the orchestrators of this defamation remains a matter for historians to debate). One of the exiled families decided to lay down roots shortly after crossing the border into the Black Shroud, and strove to ply their craft in accordance with their new Gridanian hosts, that they themselves might avoid the greenwrath. When the Autumn War was launched by Ala Mhigo, these Highlanders chose to side with their new countrymen in Gridania, and those who could not raise arms against their former comrades chose instead to lend their talent at the forge. After the bitter conflict at East End and dénouement of the Ala Mhigan retreat, they settled on remaining in Gridania proper so that their descendants would be native-born to the Twelveswood. Shortly before the Garlean conquest of Ala Mhigo, this family gave birth to a child who would one day become an adventurer...
How do these hold up in light of prior errors?
