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Arganat
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Clan Marchog
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"Marching Var thrice Allied unlooked for
Fists Gauntleted and Body Plated
Young in Wisdom, Battle, and lore
Wing Helmed and Stael Booted
Yet Eager and Willing for waging of war
Able Hammered and Ready Shielded"
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A scion of Clan Marchog from the Varhold at Vrenak, son of a Arwyddlun (Runecrafter)
of great repute named Argarod.
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Argarod tried to teach his son the ways of the Runes, but in his youth Arganat longed
for the ways of the warrior and pursued dreams of one day being skilled enough to
enter the Aes Arfod.
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With the desire to gain greater experience and battle savvy, Arganat chose to accompany
a group of Machtig adventurers who had run afoul of the Kor and taken shelter in
the Varhold at Vrenak for a winter, when they departed in the spring.
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Arganat stayed with the group for the journey from Vrenak to Kark, getting to participate
in many small encounters and a big battle with a small horde of Kor. While at Kark,
Arganat participated in some interesting side adventures with the band in whole
or in part, but a slow period left him bored and he departed to travel to another
Varhold that was relatively nearby. When he returned the band had departed Kark,
but Arganat found work as a blade for hire for would be delvers and adventurers
operating in the Kark area.
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Eventually the band returned to Kark, plus a few allies, and Arganat once again
rejoined them in their grand quest, participating in some rough battles and hairy
encounters in Kark, until finally the object of the Machtig's vendetta was resolved.
Thereafter Arganat traveled with the band to the west when they pressed back over
the mountains and headed to a place in the nation of Lanolyan called Barizan on
the coast north of the capital. There were a few minor encounters with bandits along
the way, but nothing to really keep Arganat interested.
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The group next decided to press on further south via riverboats, but Arganat flatly
refused to be apart from dry land for so long, and stayed behind. Later he joined
a high risked overland trade caravan that attempted to cross the Kor tribelands
to reach the Daelanthanor-Shidaal trade route, and in this fashion Arganat eventually
ended up working as a caravan guard on that greatest of trade routes.
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Eventually he happened to be in Zerlaaga and coincidentally bump into none other
than some of his old Machtig traveling companions, and discovered that they were
part of the ongoing build up to prepare against a Kor horde that was expected to
attack the Vold soon. And thus Arganat became involved in the ensuing war, aiding
the Arrows a third time. During the battles, Arganat became very attached to Saemund
after the latter saved his life on a couple of occasions. After the Arrows retired
from their sweeping quest Arganat accompanied the Saemund to his home in Caer Ungorhaus
and went in to business with him working Saemund's family forge until Saemund's
death many years later. Arganat finally took up study of the Runecasting discipline
his father had tried to instruct him on so many years before.
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