Now that we've had some time to play with our characters I wanted to further tweak Kmita, and as Aladar requested I wanted to get into some of the details. Kmita grew up traveling
on horseback – His father Patrathel was in the Silver Knights of Silverymoon,
and his mother Zerenia was part of a small mercantile family that ran supplies
between Silverymoon and the surrounding areas.
When he was a small baby – he was in his cradle in the back of a caravan
when a bolt of lightning struck him – yet he survived the event without a
scratch on him. It was generally interpreted as a very good omen and since then, he’s
been a local legend within the caravan circles as someone you wanted along for
the trip. If he was not attending his
father as a page, he was with the caravans serving as a good luck charm against
weather. At the caravans he learned a
lot about organizing supplies and logistics, and about keeping the good mood of
the caravan. He also got a small taste
of some friendly gambling that always went down even though his mother warned
him of the dangers.
The first bad news to hit
his family was the death of his father in a raid against a scouting party of
Many-Arrow Orcs when Kmita was around 16. It was said that when he learned of the event,
it rained nonstop for a week. He rashly
went out to seek revenge against the Orcs, but was instead nearly killed. Although miraculous lightning bolts fried
some of the Orcs, it was not enough to prevent them from overpowering him and
leaving him to die in a ditch. It was
Leosin , the wandering monk, who found him half dead, and brought him to
Silverymoon to be healed. Although
Leosin had to head south on urgent business, Kmita never forgot the man that
saved him and vowed to repay the debt no matter what. During his recovery at the temple of Tymora
in Silverymoon, the attending cleric [Father Drapyl ] heard Kmita’s story and learned about his possible
divine powers over storm and weather– and suggested to him that he seek further
guidance because unchecked, these powers could grow to be used for evil
purposes.
Kmita, although rebuffed
at his initial quest for revenge, was nevertheless determined to kill every Orc
in sight. He spent the next few years working
as a page for his father’s friend in the Silvery Knights, Captain Dorant . He picked up many martial abilities, and
would often seek out battle against orders if there were orcs to be
fought. Because of his years with the
caravans, he became really good at getting gear and supplies to the warriors
that needed them, and he soon became an assistant to the Silvery Moon
quartermaster, Lieutenant Jorrel .
His duty to the Silver
Knights and loyalty to Silverymoon were very clear, but his powers over the
weather soon became erratic. When he was
overcome with strong emotion, weird unexplainable weather events occurred out
of touch with the seasons. Sometimes
they were beneficial, sometimes not. Although his mastery of martial arts continued
to grow, his mastery over divine storms deteriorated. Kmita recalled the words of the cleric of
Tymora, and began searching for the proper guidance. His mother’s family suggested that he
accompany one of the longer caravan trips of the year to Waterdeep to seek the council
of clerics in the many temples to be found there.
Kmita was around 22 when
he arrived in Waterdeep and eventually found his way to the Temple of
Torm. Under the tutelage of War-Cleric
Torindal , he began to master his emotions and his powers over weather. He learned of other divinely inspired acts
such as curing wounds and treating various conditions. He became friends with others in the Temple and was generally seen as a promising addition to the order by his superiors. He was only there for
about a year when word reached him from Leosin, that he was needed in Greenest
for urgent business. He set out without a
lot of money and was forced to gamble in order to pay his way. He was beginning to get pretty good at it
until a stroke of bad luck hit him in Scornubel, and he was forced to sell off
his horse to continue travelling. He
signed up with a Caravan heading to Greenest and hoped it would arrive in time
to help Leosin.
