The Gwystir

Burgha and Bronmir are arranged to marry

Burgha and Bronmir's differences are made apparent

Garda is born , proceeded by Forlan

Forlan and Garda grow apart , taking after their Mother and Father respectedly

The children age, until Forlan is 23 and Garda is 53

The matriarch of the family ,Burgha , died after delivering her youngest child Ardal

The family despair and splits apart further, with Forlan blaming Ardal for the death of Burgha

Forlan grows close to a lower-caste dwarf known as Tara

When Ardal is 4 , Forlan begins to rekindle a familial relationship with him, after Tara convinces Forlan that Ardal is not to blame

Forlan becomes a loving family mentor to Ardal , resembling the relationship Forlan had as a child with his now deceased mother Burgha , this strong bonds last for a few years

Forlan and Tara fall in love

At some point Forlan began to hate his family more, wishing to save Ardal from their corruption

Forlan then attempts to absconder Ardal away from the family, in a bid to keep them out of the Gwystirs' sphere of influence

This plan is poorly thought out, an idealistic happy family scene of Tara, Forlan and little Ardal

After absconding away, whilst still 'on the run' , Tara realises that she is pregnant- but withholds this information for now

After a day or two, the trio are found - with Forlan accused of kidnapping and disgraced, banished from the family and forbidden from seeing Ardal again

• Tara 's family believe that she was manipulated into this, and ban Forlan from seeing her , they are both essentially still teenagers, Tara is forbidden from seeing Forlan again

After his banishment , Forlan attempts to see Tara again , but Tara hides away as she knows Forlan would endanger himself with more reckless behaviour if he were to realise that Tara is pregnant

• Tara becomes ashamed of convincing Forlan into kidnapping Ardal, leaving Kruk and telling no one of her whereabouts
• Fully aware that Forlan will wish to see her again, she left a short missive: "I'm sorry for everything, don't try to find me, I'll miss you. Tara"

Upon the loss of Tara, Forlan falls into a severe alchohol addiction, copperless and faithless - completely losing his sense of self , over the ten years :

• developed intense depression
• resentment for money based society grew, and he refused to partake in the capital culture
• all of his experiences with money and the living were tainted , Forlans' only source of income was black market grave robbery

Ten years pass, ten years of barely scraping by and ending each night unconscious and intoxicated , over this time Forlan loses himself and his identity, resorting to the bandit lifestyle to keep himself afloat

-timeskip-

Garda now lives as an accomplished trades person in Calimshan

Forlan gains the reputation of an accomplished grave robberr knowledgeable in traps, the arcane and ancient history

Forlan and the gang of bandits travel to the last known whereabouts of an ancient elven civilisation in the Wealdath Forest, the closest Forlan had been to his home in the Starspire Mountains since his banishment , the group found an ancient crypt

• inside of the crypt , all of the bandits hear the voice of Kaol'Arai and all except Forlan are killed

Forlan and Kaol'Arai form an unlikely friendship

• this revitalises Forlan , and reinvigorates the lych Kaol'Arai, reigniting their will to live

The two set forth together , with Forlan providing his physical form so that Kaol'Arai may observe the outside world despite his physical body being bound to guard the crypt

The two set off to the merchant town of Beregost , situated halfway between Balders Gate and Amn

• during this trip they encounter some poltergeist and ghostly beings , with minor quests ensuing, Forlan also carried out some escort missions to safely transport undead individuals through the city - providing them with documents and safety
• whilst in Beregost the Forlan (and Kol'Arai from within Forlan's mind) meets with Malissiah Ibn 'El 'Arrhah - a calishite matriarch merchant on her way to Balders Gate- with a quest for Forlan
• Malissiah asks Forlan to retrieve her stolen Falchion from an ancient burial site found on the outskirts of Beregost ,

It is during this quest that Kaol'Arai first takes control of Forlans' physical form to pass a magical barrier , Forlan finds a clay carving depciting a crystal similar to the Omentielva - the crystal that his partner Kaol'Arai had sworn his soul to , and returns the Falchion to Melissia after a successful quest

Melissia rewards Forlan with a bag of Gold , sharing her knowledge of the crystal depicted in the clay Forlan had found , leading him to calimshan - home of the Calimemnon crystal and wishing him well

Forlan (with Kaol'Arai in tow) takes a ferry to the port of Memnon , and begins their journery along the Trade Route towards the city of Calimshan - in hopes that his siter Garda will have information relevant to his question

Forlan

Kaol'Arai

Malissia

Ardal

Garda

Bronmir