Keen - The Survivor

Keen is a soldier that realized that there is more to winning a battle than how hard you can swing your sword. It takes cunning, tactics, wits, and how hard you can swing that sword! That's why he adopted the name Keen, because he is always in the process of sharpening his mind to be even greater to those around him.

Background - Keen was a member of a rag-tag group of underappreciated but reliable soldiers that had reputations for getting the job done.

During what was suppose to be a simple "Escort the Rich Guy" job, things went horribly sideways when they neared a ruined fortress rumored to be home to bandits.

They were much more than simple bandits...

Calling forth magic that Keen and his comrades have never seen before, the were completely overwhelmed... Elementals burst through fire and stone, arcane darkness swallowed the battlefield, and bolts of light struck through them all.

The baron they were hired to protect was murdered in seconds. Keen watched as Torik, his dwarf commander, took two sickening blows from a creature made of dirt and stone to his chest as he was knocked to the ground.

Mission failed, his comrades broken and beaten, Keen got it easy, but not without his own scars to remind him of this overwhelming encounter. One of his horns, onyx black against his burnt orange skin, was torn away and broken in two. He still keeps it, tucked away at the back of his belt.

He looks at it and is reminded that his sword arm was not enough, and isn't enough still... So he studies, and learns, and searches for even more arcane arts to further his abilities.