[spoiler]"Well...I was born in the elven village of Asgard. My parents were both practitioners of the magical arts, so I too studied them. A few years later, my younger sister Lilianna was born. Not long after that, I became a mature young man and decided to leave the village for the same reason anybody else does - greater things. It was while travelling that I came across a strange man garbed in a thick cloak, lying by the road not far from a local village. Cliched as it may sound, I took the fellow in to the inn of that particular village to examine his injuries. To my surprise, he was completely fine. Even more surprising was his face after he had removed the scarf hiding it: little more than a pair of glowing yellow eyes in a black shadow beneath a pointed hat. That...man was Void, feigning injury to see if anybody would come to aid him. He said he wanted somebody he could trust to help him in a quest he held dear to his, er, heart, something cryptic involving the gate we are now looking for. I never questioned what his intent was, or what the gates were, because I knew that he wouldn't answer me fully. He is truly a mysterious being...at any rate, we consumed perhaps one glass of ale too many, and - though I believe we were still quite sober at this point - vowed to never leave eachother until we died. Thus, I am bound by honour to assist him, just as he has been bound to entrust me with his life's task. I'm sorry...I haven't gone into too much detail, have I?"
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Xan got to his feet and grabbed a greatsword from the stash next to his throne.
"If it's a fight you want, I'll give you one. Get ready, little man...I'm gonna break every bone in your body until you beg for mercy."[/spoiler]
^ Fairly long post for a fantasy RP. Ctrl-C'd in case I accidentally backed out and lost the text.