Rurik
Rurik Vold, The Woodsman (a.k.a. 'Old Rurik')
Rurik, known to the villagers as the Old Woodsman, carries the forest within him, not just in the earthy tones of his clothes or the pine scent in his beard, but in his very essence. His wife, Sveta, passed many winters ago, leaving him in the quiet companionship of the whispering trees. Her gentle departure came softly, an unspoken goodbye in the night, leaving Rurik alone with the dawn.
His life unfolds in solitude, his son having chosen the bustle of the city over the ancient songs of the woods. Rurik's own song, once a joyous echo across the timberland, now hums with the melancholy of loss. His daughter Anya, wild and bright as firelight, vanished one eve as if drawn by the siren call of the dark green depths. Rurik's tireless search through the tangled woodlands, where light dares not linger, has yielded nothing but a father's undying hope.
His bond with the forest runs deep; it whispers its secrets to him, and he listens with the reverence of a man who has seen the shadows dance. His warnings about the woods carry the weight of lost years, and his eyes, when they meet yours, speak of things that shudder in the gloom beyond the trees. This knowledge makes him a figure of respect, his name uttered in hushed tones over hearthsides when the wind howls a little too Human.
Rurik's bond with his family lingers like the mist that clings to the morning ferns. He's the brother of Laska, long-departed, her memory a gentle ache in his heart. He finds solace in his kinship with Bram and watches over the old fisherman, Tomislav, with a care that goes beyond familial duty.
In the muted light of his twilight years, Rurik walks a path few know, where the boundary between worlds grows thin. He guards this knowledge as jealously as he grieves his lost daughter, his once-clear mind now a maze of twilight whispers and half-glimpsed shapes. His heart, tangled in a web of Faerie deceptions, beats with the ache of a love that was never his to claim, and the hope of a daughter's return he can scarcely bear to entertain.
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Current Status
Alive
Species
Ethnicity
Other Ethnicities/Cultures
Year of Birth
815 AF
68 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Sex
Male
Eyes
Blue
Hair
Scruffy, dark brown
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Weathered, pale
Height
6.2"
Belief/Deity
Old faith
Aligned Organization
