Valiance

Of stocky build, Valiance was born in 1454 DR in the town of Mosstone in Tethyr where he worked as a farmhand for his parents. One night when tending to live stock, a brown bear appeared from the edge of the forest, where it sat and watched Valiance for a few minutes before stalking off into the woods. Each night for the next week, the bear appeared, watched, and left. On the 8th night, Valiance gathered up a few of his possessions and followed the bear, which lead him north over the next few months, through towns and villages, avoiding major roads and cities, all the way to the Northern Wastes.

Here, Valiance has become a guide to travelers in the region, leading them from one destination to another.

In 1489 DR, while working as a guide for a Doctor Emile from the Royal Academy of Cormyr in Vaasa, when a sudden attack by birds and wyvern caused an unstable portal to appear. Falling through to the other side, Valiance, along with a few survivors, fought off ratmen before trekking to a distant tower, where they learned the place was an ark from the end of days. Now, returned to Faerun in the year 1623 DR, Valiance and company are trying to stop events from happening as they carry a powerful artifact to the Royal Academy of Cormyr.