T'j Pract'la
(Rogue) Son of Alm Pract'la.
Major Events:
Year
0: Born
6: Begins formal education and horsemanship
7: Meets love of his life. The two vow to marry.
8: Mother and Father's marriage is deeded illegal and is annulled by the Church. Father keeps T'j as member of the family. Rumour has it that his normally hard heart was softened by the boy's pleadings.
10: Assassination attempt made against Father - foiled by T'j.
13: Begins military training. Known as a whiner to his peer cadets.
14: T'j Empathic abilities strengthen along with his physical body.
16: Several trips to the local healer, a reprimand from his commander, a talking to from his Father eventually steer T'j away from the life of a seducer of womanfolk. T'j works with a local holy man who helps T'j to control his emotions and impulses through meditation and breathing exercises.
17: T'j is assigned to his first military campaign. Due to his Father's position he his given a high rank. It is a dull mission but T'j earns respect finally not for his Father's position and not for his abilities to influence others but for his leadership and tactical abilities.
20: T'j second campaign brings a higher rank and starvation for an ill equipped mission. T'j is able to wrest control of his unit from his commander who was found to be using the campaign to engage in a personal vendetta.
22: T'j is honoured with Erdas' Plaque for his leadership skills.
23: He leads his first military campaign as first in command. The campaign is against the desert nomad tribe of Tecotec. Although initially driven back he is eventually successful.
24: T'j's Father promises T'j hand in marriage to an Alm's widow. In exchange T'j is to change his name to that of his wife-to-be and Alm Pract'la will gain five votes from other Alms. T'j refuses. T'j and his Father have a falling out and this time T'j's rage against his father works against him. His Father, equally and uncharacteristically enraged, disowns his technically illegitimate son and throws him in the catacombs to rot. T'j escapes and heads south for lands of his own and to find the love that he hasn't seen in over fifteen years...