<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/VoOvm3H.jpg?1)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">KAL-DORN</span></strong></span>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1052482)<br/><em>N Musetouched-Aasimar (Savage Technologist Barbarian 1)</em><br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Kal-Dorn is a tall and robustly built Kellid tribesman with unruly mane of burgundy-red locks that is somewhat distinct from the typical dark hair boasted by the vast majority of his kinsfolk; it is practically the only indication of outside influences at work in the his family line.  A scar across his nose suggests that he is no stranger to violence, though it is also a typical display of Kellid pride and disdain for an easy life.  Dressed in the typical furs of his people, Kal-Dorn also carries a scimitar strapped to his back - a weapon not usually wielded by the northern barbarians who prefer axes or the straight blade.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Kal (as he is sometimes known) has a gruff, but easy going manner - enough ease to let people know that he is approachable, but enough steel within to let others know he doesn't suffer fools lightly.  Curiosity burns brightly inside of him, as he is always eager to see and learn new things - his current fascination is for the technology of Numeria as he sees it to be an alternative to the dominance of magic he sees everywhere else in the world - to him, it is something that if harnessed properly will greatly benefit his people without them having to sacrifice the cultural norms.  It is a view that is a bit naive and born from lack of exposure, but he is quick to learn and is willing to adjust his world-view with every new thing he learns.  Whilst he holds his fellow tribesmen in highest esteem, he is also exasperated by their superstitious and almost xenophobic conservativeness.  Strangers and foreigners are always of interest to him, though he prefers to learn from how they live their lives rather than how they preach.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Kal-Dorn came from a relatively minor tribe who got along as best they could - they have had hard times and good times.  Growing up on tales of heroes and sagas, Kal has always admired the Black Sovereign for what the figure represents; a unifying factor for the Kellid people.  As he grew older, though, he began to notice the flaws and largely began to see that the man was not the great figure he had once adored, and even began to suspect that the Technic League (whom the Black Sovereign was supposed to have conquered) had some role to play in the corrupt manner in which Numeria was run.  When he was old enough to be allowed away from supervision, Kal spent every moment he could once he was done hunting to investigate the tech ruins, diligently recording everything he saw and trying to piece things together.  His greatest achievement was eventually piecing together a working understanding of the ancient Androffan language.<br/><br/>Unfortunately for his tribe, on a particularly lean winter, they ventured far from their usual grounds to try and find food and in the process came right into the tracks of a Devastator robot - one of the larger, and more dangerous, robots that roamed Numeria.  The battle was virtually one-sided and many lives were lost without so much as putting a dent in the machine.  When the carnage was done and the spider-like robot had returned to the waste, the survivors came together again.  Kal harboured none of the hatred of his fellow tribesmen, but saw the Devastator as more akin to a force of nature; to young Kal, at least, it was hard to hate something that had no emotion or feeling.  However, unlike a true force of nature, it was something that could probably be controlled - as the Technic League had demonstrated with the lessor automatons.<br/><br/>When the tribe finally dissolved and resettled amongst other tribes in the region, Kal, who had lost both parents, decided he would pursue his long time wish to see how he could benefit his people with Numeria's wealth of technological treasures.  And if the Black Sovereign needed to step that for that to happen and Kal-Dorn could effect that change, he would see to finding a way if it was in his power.  Being in the vicinity, Kal suspected that Torch's special forge was perhaps a similar ruin to the ones he had scavenged, and apparently one that still had a semblance of working condition, and began to make his way there.