Ritt

Background
Ritt was born under the dark shade of the Forest Ordrasil, into a family of 84 brothers and sisters. He lived his early life serving his tribe in the mines, working hard, but living an overall pleasant life of labour and reward. That is- until one day, a landslide of rubble blocked him and his company from returning home. Their only option was to venture deeper, hoping to find a source of food and water, lest they perish waiting for a rescue that would likely never come. The party of panicked kobolds travelled deeper into the tunnels than ever before, weaving and winding until 2 days of starvation later…. they happened across a slumbering dragon.

With the combined power of their annoyance, the kobolds were eventually able to rouse the dragon; although in his grumpy fit of rage- he ate the whole troupe of Miners. That is, all except for Ritt, who managed to calm the dragon enough to convince him of his potential usefulness.

Ritt spent the rest of his youthful days serving the Dragon he came to know as Fafnir. Trading his service in exchange for protection and advanced teachings. He delivered food, water, and entertainment to the dragon, and it was from Fafnir that Ritt learned the craft of Artificing, learning to make tools, trinkets, and magical items to better provide for his draconic highness.

One day however, the dragon ceased to wake. He was not dead, but no amount of annoyance could rouse him in the slightest. Ritt waited by his king’s side for 3 long months, but without any sign of change- Ritt took it upon himself to escape from the tunnels. Using his newfound skill in tinkering, he managed to construct primitive controlled explosives- blasting away rock and rubble to eventually emerge back in the surface world.

Rather than return to the tribe that left him for lost, Ritt chose to travel to the nearby capitol city tavern- hoping to make a better life for himself, carrying on the memory and skills taught to him by the great slumbering dragon.