Yenkas Two-Steppes

Name: Yenkas two-steppes

Race: Half-elf

Class: Fighter (Battlemaster)

Description:

History: Yenkas was raised by his human father, a horse warrior of some Western steppes, their people reveling in battle and acts of heroism. His mother was a Wood Elf from and old growth forest near the plains. The two peoples had little to do with each other than the occasional friendly trick or two. Yenkas knew little about how or why to the came together and he had only ever met his mother when he was still a small child and heard she was in the North guarding a tree of life.

A baron eventually came to buy the plains and gave the tribes an ultimatum be forced off their homeland or become part of his private army. A faction of the tribe broke away and made an attempt to face down the baron and his army, but in the end failed and the rest joined. Growing up Yenkas went along with the army and his father slowly growing into a solider. Over time he began to pick up soldiers superstitions from both the foreigner in the army and his own people, adding fetishes to his hair and armour.

After several wars and the eventual demise of the baron, Yenkas was left with little but memories of dead friends and regrets, and a strange feeling of dread after a ransacked alter.

He set out on his own, his father’s people were dead or scattered which only left his mother’s people, the Elves in the North who protect the Great Tree.

After weeks of traveling Yenkas finally came to the elf lands, speaking to several people in the area he found out about the elves and their yearly skirmish for the right to protect the Great Tree. Entering the forest he was immediately apprehended by the elves and after some explanations he managed to convince them that he was related to someone in the area. Begrudgingly Yenkas was brought to the people of his mother’s family only to find she died some years ago in the melee.