Sven Sheatheshield
Sven Sheatheshield | |
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Savaan'Err Shuu-Shaath | |
| Born | 1680 |
| Occupation | Ex-Adventurer, Chieftain |
| Years active | 1700-present |
| Era | Age of Heroes, Age of Passage |
| Organization | Rangers of Oakvale (former) |
| Height | 7 ft 2 in (218 cm) |
| Family | Sheatheshield |
A member of the Rangers of Oakvale and Lord of House Sheathshield. Sven is a decorated hunter with the realm record for the longest confirmed kill with an arrow at 400 yards (1200 feet).
A Goliath who had seen the atrocities of the Human's Goliath-Hunting Parties up close. Sven's clan was renowned for their horseback-riding and hunting prowess. Their territory had remained untouched for the longest time as the parties feared the ghosts in the darkness that scalped soldiers alive, hushed whispers carried along the wind. They were nicknamed Windtalkers.
The Rangers of Oakvale
Sven worked as a slave for a plantation owner who used him as a translator between his slaves and the masters. When Sven up and left one day, his master sent a hunting party after him. It was during this chase that Sven met Craig Firebrand, who didn't even need to think twice before coming to Sven's aid. Proficient in common and a natural born survivalist, Sven kept Craig out of trouble and helped him travel to Meadowcraft. From there they recruited Edgar Castille and started the Rangers of Oakvale.
The Seven Year War
At the height of the Seven Year War, Sven had invented a type of mesh suit that was covered in leaves and twigs. If sat out to collect snow for long enough, this ghillie suit was almost completely undiscoverable and made for the perfect camouflage for a Goliath or trap. Sven and his Windtalkers remained cut off behind enemy lines for a majority of war, relying only on their instincts and the bounty of the land around them for survival. Even after a surrender was called, the Windtalkers, cut off from all communications, killed 40 more soldiers before finally reuniting with Ygrid.