Firredal Osiellin

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Firredal Osiellin
fear-eh-dahl
Created by Ash Falcon (player)
Information
Gender Male
Occupation Gaidin
Affiliation The Grey Tower
Children Daeric Osiellin Antian (son)
Nationality Cairhienin
Attributes
Weapon Skills
  • Sword ✧✧✧✧✧✧✧
  • Polearms ✦✦✦✦✦
  • Dagger ✦✦✦
  • Crossbow ✦✦
Masteries

Firredal Osiellin is a Cairhienin Blademaster and Gaidin of the Grey Tower.

Description

Firredal (pronounced 'fear-eh-dahl') is a fairly typical Cairhienin: Small-built (about 5'2) and slender, with black hair and extremely pale skin. His features are narrow and a little sharp, giving his face a vaguely elfish cast. His most distinctive features are his deepset eyes - a curious grey-green in color, surprisingly dark - and a vertical scar that runs from forehead to cheek, crossing over his left eye. He dresses in the Cairhienin style: high leather boots with the tops turned down, grey pants, and a dark blue jacket (with no stripes on it). His manner varies between hesitant and imperious.

Biography

Firredal Osiellin is the second son of a Cairhienin noble, born and raised to priviledge and luxury. He has not made much of his life, preferring indulgence to effort, and might have continued that way if the Shaido had not suddenly descended on Cairhien. Lacking even the faintest approximation of fighting abilities, he waited out the siege in his family's estates with his mother and sister, while his father and older brother joined the soldiers defending the walls.

In the wake of the siege, as the Dragon Reborn took command of Cairhien - bringing in a combination of Tairen lords and Aiel to help him keep control - Firredal found himself alone and scared, certain that the last battle was coming and suddenly unsure of his place in the world. A friend of his - Davirin - talked him into joining one of the newly-formed Sword Societies, where he could learn the blade and follow the ways of Ji e Toh... And where he also discovered his fiance, studying the sword and bone-sure of the superiority of Aiel ways.

Though he still considers himself a member of that Society, his departure was not sanctioned by the group; should he ever return, they may feel that he has Toh to them. His decision to leave was prompted by a mixture of things: frustration at the pace of his progress, discomfort at the growing distance between himself and his beloved, and censure from his father and brother. He felt that by traveling to Tar Valon and studying with the Warders, he could prove himself; he planned to return to his Society when he had learned enough.

On the way there, however, he encountered an Asha'man who tested him for the spark. Though he could not channel, the Asha'man offered to make his journey shorter, and Traveled with Firredal to the Grey Tower.

Firredal is typically Cairhienin, a small-built and slender young man with black hair and extremely pale skin; his eyes are deep-set, and a curious grey-green. He is pleasant company - bright and clever, polite and entertaining - and basically a good person. His instincts run to kindness and generosity. However, he is also impatient, and can be hot-tempered and arrogant when things don't go the way he thinks they should. At the time of his arrival at the Tower, he is seventeen years old.

Career History

  • Drin
  • Ji'val
  • Gaidin
  • Master of Training
  • Blademaster