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Champion of Waterdeep Rio / Lein Yinlen
The Dragon Butcher


Rio / Lein Yinlen (Norlamin), 27 years old, son of Galareon and Lurei Norlamin


Campaign & Party

Adventurers of The Forgotten Realms

Jax Rio / Lein Tyor Lorence Lilith Luperius Beowulf Laxus Zoltan Bob David
Run by george2102
Played by
Zest Nijiru
Sun 3rd Apr 2022 11:32

Story of Duality

by Champion of Waterdeep Rio / Lein Yinlen

~Troubling Seed~
 
Even if this is a story, most aspects of it might be disturbing to some.
The story begins in Shadowdale, a moonshaded forest where sunlight is as scarce as finding 10gp in the streets of Myth Drannor. A self-sustaining village that promotes a strong connection with its community which is a great thing for the residents but there are exceptions. You see… There is a superstition going on where I originate from and it goes like this: Every 100 or so years, a baby is born with the curse of doubling (of course this means that the host is being occupied by double the souls than it is capable of) and because this can lead to unpredictable behaviours in both body and mind it has been feared by the people. That’s how I come in. I am Rio, the “extraordinary” in this case. I was born like all the other kids in the area but after a few days of my birth I started showing different? behavior.
My parents (whose faces elude my memory, but why?) tried to raise my normally but that didn’t seem to work as almost always my second side was being looked down upon as pure evil and problematic. Though no one seemed eager to “solve my problem”, they all despised me for who I was born and that I could be a threat to their society. But I try not to blame them since the other soul inside me was running wild and rampant every time whenever he got a chance. It felt like my other self was asleep and the other was active. Many times I was being shouted at for doing very illogical things such as chewing on my classmates’ hair or being rude to the people around me and it wasn’t long since they discovered that I am the “extraordinary” child with the help of an archmage who identified my second persona as Sin Incarnate.
Even though I don’t seem to remember my early days in this world I could constantly feel the urge to sleep every now and then though it felt very different from drowsiness; There were moments like these that my mind started fading away into non-existence almost, and felt another entity inside me wanting to pop out, it was like passing the baton to another. Oh, where are my manners, let me introduce you to Lein… my other self. Though special as it may strike to someone, our biological body also differed at some small point with the key difference being my Jade eyes and Lein’s ruby eyes which people used to identify us.
 
~ Rapid Growth ~
 
Now that the cards are on the table I should also mention that after Lein was became known publicly my deportation was inevitable and sooner or later it was decided by the court of the Elves that I should be thrown out of the village for their safety but in order for them to cast me out, they at least had the dignity of teaching me how to survive in the way of the Rangers on the very basic level (not that it helped a lot). And so it began, they isolated me in a make-believe house, separated me from my family and trained me and Lein like hell for 3 weeks with a ranger sent from the capital whose name I won’t forget, Vulmon Brynore. A beautiful rich-haired male High-Elf who had the status of Captain Guard at the time. Eventually I found myself in different times of day crying alone in my house but I had the feeling that Lein was calm and collected, I used to sense a feeling of warmth coming from inside me when I need it the most. After a little while when Vulmon trained me enough to know the basics of survival and I was officially cast out, no one came to see me… I want to believe that no one knew about the date that was going to be cast out but even so, no one came to say goodbye.
 
~ Double Trouble ~
 
There I was, 25 years old (really early age for a wood elf), duality itself, hungry, worn out, lost, but never alone. I used my training to survive, locating myself with the help of eavesdropping on merchant roads, learing about the environment, even hunting down small animals for food and clothing so I could have at least the bare minimum. Not gonna lie, it was a very scary experience, even worse when you feel a sudden urge to sleep and another takes control of your body, I have faint memories of what Lein did when I was out but they all remain unclear in my memories. From my perspective Lein comes out when in time of need especially when my emotions are out of control but I believe that we are both fully aware of each other’s existence at this point YESH WEA RR though we’re still figuring stuff out at this point. After a little while, I lost track of time and most of time my body was occupied by Lein ( I really hope you didn’t do harm to other peopleee) and my memories became fuzzier and at some point it seemed like we were fighting for the control over my body which was just another problem added to the pile at that time. HEHE~
 
~ My, OUR Specialty ~
 
After a little while I eventually became acquainted with living in the wilderness
and survival was no longer a struggle, I trained myself in the ways of the Gloom Stalker, I specialized in tracking prey from pitch black darkness, I WASZ FEARED IN THE DARK. On moonlit nights I would hunt down fey lingering near the purple pollen areas, throwing daggers to impair them and KILL THEM as silently as I could. Then I targeted bigger beasts like Owlbears and Bears which proved to be more of a challenge. But before I could grasp the situation my mind was slowly and steadily sinking into savagery, comparable to the one that Lein was showing to the monsters. Eventually I travelled far and wide and without knowing it, I ended up in places I had never seen before but always tried to stay ouf of the civilized areas due to Lein’s existence. Every day I wake up with the hopes of becoming someone who accepts himself and lives in peace with it and Lein knows this, I can’t keep living like a worthless being, I need to get to the city, no matter how much Lein is being rejected… RIO?

The major events and journals in Rio / Lein's history, from the beginning to today.

Story of Duality

~Troubling Seed~ Even if this is a story, most aspects of it might be disturbing to some. The story begins in Shadowdale, a moonshaded forest where sunlight is as scarce as finding 10gp in the streets of Myth Drannor. A self-sustaining village that pr...

11:32 pm - 03.04.2022

The list of amazing people following the adventures of Rio / Lein.

Played by
Zest Nijiru