The Story of myself

[Doddz]

27 Years ago, a woman named Annaya Gave birth to a young man, the name of that child was Lebowen Doddz, The father of the child was Darius Aragowen, A Fierce knight in the Army of Lord British, He Left Annaya 4 months previous to this birth to fight a growing army of orcs in Yew, Annaya had ot had word from him since, She feared the worst, and now, She had his son Lebowen, The days went by and the days turned to weeks and the weeks into months, Finally she was visited by a man wearing rusted armour and holding a bag, At her Doorway he removed his helm, To show the face of an old man, He delivered the word of the Death of Darius to Annaya, She broke down to the floor in tears, The man, had sworn to protect her and her son, as a promise to a dying man.

Annaya Fell into Depression, She tried all she could to look after Lebowen but she could'nt, She knew she would not be able to provide for her son in the future, she felt it was the right thing to do, to give him away. One night, she went to the house of the Old man, and Left Lebowen on his doorstep, She left in a Hurry. That was the last time She was ever seen.

The old man, Who's name was Tidas, Came to the cries of a small child at his doorstep, Lebowen was only 6 months old at this time, Tidas knew he would have to raise Lebowen, and keep his promise.

As the years went by Lebowen Grew, by the age of 6 he was already eager to learn the ways of the sword and combat. He tirelessly asked Tidas to tell him stories about his father, which only added to the passion to become like him. From 8 years old Lebowen Started Training, Tidas made him train everyday without fail. At 14 years of age Lebowen, was already an adept Swordsman who showed alot of promise and determination, Tidas saw this in him, as mush as Tidas would want to continue training him, his years were coming to an end...

Later that year, Whilst Lebowen was out collecting firewood, an Attack was launched by the same enimie that had killed Lebowens father, Tidas Was killed, Lebowen returned to there cabin to find Tidas lying there, dead on the floor. Lebowen had unknowingly avoided the enimie's attack on the town, where the guards were now patrolling it. He swore to continue his training and to some-day become as good as Tidas was.

At the age of 17, Lebowen decided to venture out, to the vast lands of Britannia, in order to find some creature of which to test his skills on, Having not travelled alot in his life, Lebowen came across a large blue Egg shaped portal, Next to it was a pedistal with a book apon it. Lebowen rad the book, It seemed to contain the names of each of the Cities in Britannia, he read the texts in the book and walked into the portal and said "Haven", As he did he felt a cold shiver down the back of his neck and everything went white. He appeared in a forest, not one familliar to him, he walked around the forest, looking for signs of a path, then behind a tree he heard a rustling sound, being cautious he drew his sword, he proceeded towards the rustling tree, and as he got there a piercing sound came from above him, as he looked up he was hit to the gound by a huge man, who seemes to be half man, half lizard, the creature stood 8 feet tall and clutching a huge mace i its hands, As it raised the mace, Lebowen was too dazed to defend himself, just as Lebowen though the end was near, a Huge Fire bolt came sawing through the air and hit the lizardman, it let off a loud scream as the flames burnt its flesh, then ad Lebown got to his feet a fierce bolt of lightning came and struck the lizardman once again, and it fell to the ground. Astonished Lebowen looked down at the dead lizardman, and from behind him came the words "Are you ok??", Lebowen Turn to see a young lady, around 20 years old, mounted apon a beautiful white unicorn. Dazed, Lebowen stood there staring, "Are you ok?" the lady repeated, "Yes, thank you, what was that??" Lebowen replied, The lady told Lebowen that he should'nt wonder into this part of Haven without proper training. She offered to take him to her home to heal the cut on his head, she opened a blue portal into which she entered and Lebowen followed...

Lebowen came out next to a mountain, infront of a Log Cabin, the Lady introduced herself to be Avianna, As she climbed off of her unicorn she opened the door of the cabin and asked Lebowen to come in,  Inside there were a few tables and chairs and chests, and a fireplace with a man sat by it drinking from a goblet, Avianna asked Lebowen to sit by the fireplace while she got some bandages. He went and sat down infront of the man, who looked up and said "Hail there lad, You look like you've been in a fight", "Yes sir, i was attacked by a lizardman in Haven, and Lady Avianna brought me here to heal me" replied Lebowen, the man extended his hand, "The name's Rand, Well-met lad", Lebowen shook his hand and said "Im Lebowen, Lebowen Doddz, Sir", "Nice to meet you Doddz" said Rand. Rand was a man with long white hair, big in build wearing well kept chainmail and a blue cloak and sash.

Rand looked at Lebowen's sword, "Doddz, do you know how to use that lad?", Lebowen Replied "yes sir, ive been taught the basics of combat", "would ye like me to teach you how to fight moving things with it?" Rand game a small smile, "My trainer died not long ago, so i was unable to complete my training" Replied Lebowen, "Then its settled, ill train you up, i dont mind doing it, how does that sound?" Rand said,"I would very much appreciate it sir" Lebowen replied, Then Avianna returned with a bandage and fixed Lebowen up, "Stay here the night, there is plenty of room" Avianna said, and so he did...

For the next year Lebowen, or now known as Doddz, Trained daily to tone up his swordsman skills, He went on many excursions and hunts, and had mastered his skills as a swordsman.

He Joined a Guild to which both Rand and Avianna were members, The name of that guild was Champions of Camelot (C*C), He fought along side men such as Schneider and Steel Darknight in many different situations, and all was well...

Until one day 2 years later, The same army who attacked his father and his mentor Tidas, Returned. They were the Jukas, an army of them, Commanded by the Ex-general of lord british's army, The tyrants name was Lord Blackthorn, He had his juka's attack Yew, slaughtering the civillians ansdfd ruining the town, Lord British's army were away on crusades, so it was up to the people of Britannia to fight back against lord Blackthorn, C*C Did all they could, Every night they would go and battle the Juka's, they managed to push there way into trinsic also, The battle lasted for 4 long weeks, Eventually, the Juka's were told to pull back, and the people of Britannia prevailed!, But the perminant threat from Lord Blackthorn was not eliminated.

When Doddz was 23, Touble stuck the Ranks of C*C, Both Rand and Avianna left, along with Schneider and Steel, and many other members, Doddz, Remained Loyal to the leader of C*C, King Uther. As time went by, C*C seemed to disintergrate, Doddz Eventually left C*C, And was on his own. He lived in Britain Sweetdreams inn for several months, He would go and battle fierce monsters everyday, Selling the items he found on his adventures to make more and more money, Eventually, he could afford to buy his own home, Him and his friend Schneider went looking for homes, and he found one, A small abode, Just outside of Britain.

After months of training each Day, Doddz heard word of Rand and Avianna returning to the lands, with this word he left for olympus castle Where he saw an old face he hadnt seen for a while, with the returning of his teacher, Doddz knew he would serve under Rand oncemore in PGoH, And the rest, is history...

[Elathiel]

Excellent tale. Thank you Doddz.

I met Rand about 2 weeks before he left C*C as well. I was. of course, very impressed at the way he carried himself and joined up right away, bringing Ballyn with me. When we heard he was moving over to a more active guild with the Empire, the choice was clear (since we were members for a such a short time) and made the trek to Olympus with him as well. Wow, that was so long ago now, making me feel old hehe.