Kyshen

Statistical Summary
Born: 611

Died: N/A

Parents: Olwen Grovewater and Inga Grovewater

Childhood
Kyshen Grovewater, son of Olwen and Inga Grovewater, was born in the year 611, just outside of Sun's Keep, a small farming community. Being so close to Sun's Keep, a religious, bordering on zealous place, Kyshen has been raised around the idea of fire-and-brimstone all his life. Never quite grasping this concept, Kyshen found himself as an outcast at a young age, continuing on until his early teens.

Kyshen was an outcast as a child. He had the tendency to say the wrong things at the wrong time - always a step behind on the latest and greatest, not to mention a little slow on the uptake. Despite this, he always tried hard to impress his peers - most of which went unnoticed.

The lack of human friends in his life, Kyshen developed a kind of kinship and understanding with most animals. His parents took note of this, and trained him in the ways of the farm and ranchhand. As he grew, so did his abilities, and soon he was hauling bales of hay and bags of feed with the best of them, tended to the crops, and kept up with the livestock.

For awhile, he found himself taking on the odd job to support himself near Marble Grove, having left his tiny hamlet behind to get away from the Scourges of the Sun's Keep, which had several times come into the village to have 'events' where they would make certain accusations of people being touched. One such event targeted a close friend of the family, and Kyshen decided enough was enough, and made his announcement that he was going to move on. His parents supported his decision, though they weren't terribly excited about it, and gave him a bit of money, rations, and thus Kyshen started his travels south towards Marble Grove, and Bigger and Better things.

Silkfield to Night's Edge
For a while, Kyshen lived in Taran's hovel in Silkfield. Here, Kyshen learned the basics of farming on his own, and was presented with his own horse, a mare named Coda. Kyshen's love of animals seemed to grow deeper at this time. Often he could be found talking to the horse as if she could understand him, or he her. After Kyshen felt he'd had enough of Silkfield, he wandered off into the wildnerness, getting quite lost for some time. When he emerged again, he was near a place called Night's Edge. Viscountess Celeste Mikin offered him a dorm, and Kyshen has been there ever since, doing odd jobs here and there, including guarding Night's Edge, helping out in the infirmary at Light's Reach, and working in the stables at Night's Edge on various weekends.

Current Status
Kyshen is currently an unofficial guard at Night's Edge.