Side characters biographies

Brenna’s Father
Name: Urard MacChisholm
Age: 30 (when they first met) / 45 (during the devastating raid)
Sex: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Physical Appearance: Tall, broad shouldered, fair-haired, light skinned, big hands, blue eyes
Keywords personality: Caring, strong, simple-minded, a bit conservative, honest, hard worker, protective

Short bio:
The father of Brenna and husband of Morna. A simple farmer, he doesn't ask much from life other than protecting and providing for his family. He has been living in Bres all his life, just as his ancestors before him. He met Brenna's mother Morna when he was one day walking along the coastline with his horses. During this walk, he stumbles across a stranded fishers boat, visibly ravaged from a long and arduous journey. Being curious, he peeks inside. To his surprise, he finds a woman and an old man, both in bad condition but still breathing. Urard falls in love with this mysterious woman the moment he lays his eyes on her dark exotic beauty.

Wasting no time, he puts them on the back of his horses and takes them into his household, nursing them both back to health. After they come by, they give him their names. After this introduction, Urard is curious on how they ended up on that beach. Both seem reluctant to tell him anything specific and after some tries, he puts it aside, still entranced by this mysterious woman.

Brenna's Mother

Name: Morna Chisholm Shaheen
Age: 26 (when she first meets Urard) / 41 (during the devastating raid)
Sex: Female
Occupation: Former Princess of Tiboc/ Currently housewife
Physical Appearance: Black curly, full hair,  olive skinned, curvy, big brown eyes
Keywords personality: Caring, (over-)protective, strong temper, loving, a (mysterious) royal air, gentle, wise 

Short bio:
The mother of Brenna and wife of Urard. As only child, she was born and raised as a princess in the royal house of Tiboc. Her life can be summarized as a bit of a golden cage, filled with luxury but no real freedom. She was not going anywhere without her father’s permission.

Together with her parents she fled her desert kingdom of Tiboc during the siege of Kurmak. They used the secret entrance at the back of the castle to run to the shore. There, they escaped just barely by using a simple fishers boat. What follows is a long journey to the north, unknown territory for the three of them. During the journey her mother falls ill and dies. This has a big impact on her, resulting in unbearable grief and some resentment towards her father. After they get stranded, they both collapse, exhausted from the long journey. 

When she awakes, she finds herself in a modest farmstead, being watched by a tall and handsome man. During the time she is nursed back to health by this man called Urard she falls for him. She thinks of him as a strong and honest man with a kind heart. When she fully recovers, she decides to stay with him, to great anger of Brion. After some heated debate, he gives in.

Initially, the transition from her warm southern country to this strange cold country isn't without any trouble. She misses the luxury of her prior life, but thinking about the siege and the casualties quickly stirs her back to reality. Also, the people in the village of Bres and especially the women look at her with strange eyes, filled with fear and mostly contempt. She can't help it. Her dark and exotic looks make her stand out between the fair-haired and light skinned people of the Northen Island Kingdom of Eovia. After a year of staying with Urard, Brenna is born. Both Morna and Urard are filled with joy and Morna finally settles into a harsh, simple but safe life in Eovia.

The Mentor / Brenna's grandfather

Name: Brion Shaheen
Age: 61 (54 during the initial raid)
Sex: Male
Occupation: Former High King of Tiboc / Currently fisherman and self-appointed hermit
Physical Appearance: Barrel chested, tough, worn, weathered, white beard
Keywords personality: Grumpy, witty, wise, a royal air, observant, stern, remorseful

Short bio: 

The father of Morna and the grandfather of Brenna. He was the former High King of the Southern Kingdom of Tiboc and ruled for 20 years before Kurmak and his army laid siege to his castle. The people of Tiboc saw him as a fair and just King. The people of Tiboc loved and adored him, since he brought an era of peace, balance and abundance.

After losing the siege with Kurmak, he decides to flee together with his daughter Morna and the queen, her mother and his wife Husnah. They use a simple boat and take off to the north, into unknown territory. What follows is a long journey where he loses his wife to illness. This is a great moment of personal grief for Brion, as he sees this is as all his fault. Finally they strand on a strange beach and they both collapse of exhaustion.

After he is picked up and fully cured by Urard, he chooses to live in solitude in the wilderness, afraid of drawing more unwanted attention of possible raiding parties to his only daughter. He urges Morna not to visit him, unless it is an emergency. He keeps an eye out on her, setting up secret meetings outside the village of Bres.

One of the major burdens he carries is the thought that he let his people down as their High King and left them to their fate. He admits to himself it was a selfish act, but in the end he wanted to save his only daughter and make sure she would survive. Because of this, he chooses the way of the hermit. He doesn’t want his selfish act to be for naught. 

The Antagonist
Name: Kurmak Ghazi

Age: 23 (when he conquered Tiboc) /  45 (at the beginning of the first game)
Sex: Male
Occupation: Current High King of Tiboc
Physical Appearance: Broad-shouldered, tanned skin, black hair, pointy beard, powerful, dark, black venomous eyes
Keywords personality: Arrogant, cunning, vile, strong willed, power hungry, vain   

Short bio: 

Before he became the new High King of Tiboc, Kurmak was the young powerful and promising leader of the nomadic desert tribe who live at the edges of the kingdom of Tiboc. One day, when he was visiting Brion’s castle to talk about a possible peace treaty, he saw princess Morna. He fell in love with her immediately. During the peace treaty talk Kurmak suggests that Morna be wedded to him, ensuring peace and stability across the land. Brion forcefully rejects this suggestion, sensing the dark brooding power behind this young man. Kurmak leaves Brion’s castle infuriated.

When he returns to his formidable tribe of warriors that night he decides to forget about the peace treaty and to take what he desires the most by force. After a couple of monts of preparation, he assembles a massive army consisting of the many Mecca desert tribes and defeats Brion’s forces after a long lasting and demanding siege. After he enters the castle and overtakes its guards, Kurmak finds no traces of the royal family. He orders all his soldiers to look around and bring them to him, but alas. 

But then, one of his soldiers on top of one of the highest towers spots a small boat quickly departing from the shoreline. They try to apprehend it, but it’s too late. Kurmak sees them disappear from eyesight. He suspects they will never make it across, as they are not experienced sailors. He turns back to his soldiers, giving them orders to secure the castle and installs himself as the new High King of Tiboc.  

Fifteen years later, the people in Tiboc are still secretly speaking of a possible return of the just High King. Kurmak catches wind of these rumors and decides to crush this hope once and for all. He decides to take a party of soldiers up north and see if he can find some traces of these royal bastards and hunt them down.