DSmaster21
2013-11-07, 01:38 PM
I am not the most elegant or eloquent writer. I have a tendency to ramble and go off on tangents. Recently I created a character and I want to write a backstory and I have the key events worked out but when I tried to write it well... (This uses the Inner Sea Setting of PF)
Sample... He had a father who was one of the original clerics of the Lantern King (He is a god of the Fae, and his influence is mostly on the PF version of the Feywild) on the Prime Material Plane when his father died the town began to question Arte's rather unusual powers and slightly off behavior/appearance. So Arte took up his father's holy symbol, dagger and Cloak and hoofed it.
I am sure any of you can do better. Can someone help me?
Key Events
1. Father Majoram becomes a Cleric of the Lantern King who wished to extend his power to the PMP. (This is important later)
2. Father Majoram travels extolling the Lantern King and how he wants to bring laughter to the world. (Why his father would have a travellers cloak and why Arte would grow up to look to the road as a place of excitement and intrigue)
3 FM meets a nice Illusionist wizard lady and falls in love. They get married and settle down. Soon Mother Majoram is due. (Arte is almost in the picture)
4 The Lantern King wants FM to choose a successor until he meet MM and decides that their unborn child can spread mischief and laughter. He insists they stay and feast in the First World (PF Feywild). (Comes together soon)
5 Arte is born in the First World and as such it and Arte are part of each other. (Fey Bloodline)
6 At the age of 13 (puberty) Arte's powers begin to manifest and He starts becoming a sorcerer. MM teaches him a lot about illusions. (Spell Focus Illusion and Greater Spell Focus Illusion)
7 MM dies soon after and Arte doesn't advance further than learning a few cantrips, color spray and disguise self.
8 Arte gains a reputation for jokes and trickery around town and a few years pass. Arte also learns much about the Lantern King from FM.
9 Arte is now 19 and his father is killed in a bandit raid. People whisper about Arte on the street as he seems much younger than 19 (Fey are long lived so after it manifests he seems unable to age) Arte eventually feels that he is in danger and steals away one night along with all of his family's remaining savings.
Thoughts and any suggestions would be appreciated. I would also love if someone would help me write this into a full backstory.
Sample... He had a father who was one of the original clerics of the Lantern King (He is a god of the Fae, and his influence is mostly on the PF version of the Feywild) on the Prime Material Plane when his father died the town began to question Arte's rather unusual powers and slightly off behavior/appearance. So Arte took up his father's holy symbol, dagger and Cloak and hoofed it.
I am sure any of you can do better. Can someone help me?
Key Events
1. Father Majoram becomes a Cleric of the Lantern King who wished to extend his power to the PMP. (This is important later)
2. Father Majoram travels extolling the Lantern King and how he wants to bring laughter to the world. (Why his father would have a travellers cloak and why Arte would grow up to look to the road as a place of excitement and intrigue)
3 FM meets a nice Illusionist wizard lady and falls in love. They get married and settle down. Soon Mother Majoram is due. (Arte is almost in the picture)
4 The Lantern King wants FM to choose a successor until he meet MM and decides that their unborn child can spread mischief and laughter. He insists they stay and feast in the First World (PF Feywild). (Comes together soon)
5 Arte is born in the First World and as such it and Arte are part of each other. (Fey Bloodline)
6 At the age of 13 (puberty) Arte's powers begin to manifest and He starts becoming a sorcerer. MM teaches him a lot about illusions. (Spell Focus Illusion and Greater Spell Focus Illusion)
7 MM dies soon after and Arte doesn't advance further than learning a few cantrips, color spray and disguise self.
8 Arte gains a reputation for jokes and trickery around town and a few years pass. Arte also learns much about the Lantern King from FM.
9 Arte is now 19 and his father is killed in a bandit raid. People whisper about Arte on the street as he seems much younger than 19 (Fey are long lived so after it manifests he seems unable to age) Arte eventually feels that he is in danger and steals away one night along with all of his family's remaining savings.
Thoughts and any suggestions would be appreciated. I would also love if someone would help me write this into a full backstory.