Balder King
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Balder King, born in the middle of nowhere Dutaim, a coastal island town on Fentail Isle in the spring of 2665. Balder didn't come from much, his family a poor collection of turnip farmers with little to no ambition for anything more. As a young man, the lad had the fortunate luck of taking the ferry with one of the wicks over to Surwood for the annual festival. Here, the wide eyed boy saw amazing and wonderful things. Bright garish colors, performances and dancing, laughter and song. He fell head over heels in love with the lifestyle of the festival, and vowed that he would bring some of the festival home with him one day.
In the summer of 2684, Balder met the light of his life, a flaxen haired witch called Briana that twirled her way into his heart on what he would come to learn was called a trapeze. The two married and enjoyed a life filled with joyful love for the next three years. Unfortunately, his wife could not conceive a child, much to both of their dismay. Instead of dwelling on the sadness at this disappointment, his beautiful witch proposed an idea she had floated around in her mind for years.
A circus.
Together, Balder and his wife worked to gather a rag tag group of people together, including a young Winslow Coor and started 'Balder and Briana's Circus'. They were small, no more than a cheap white canvas marquee and a rope circle, but oh they loved. Their small troupe was a family.
Unfortunately, tragedy for the Kings was to strike again in the fall of 2694, when Briana slipped from the trapeze and fell to her death. Why the net didn't catch her, neither Winslow nor Balder really know, but after her demise the short round moustached man hung up his ringmasters hat.
There is only one ferry off the island, and it only runs once every month. Ring Leader. 53 years old. Human. Balding, short, stumpy man. Loud and boisterous, but kind and understanding when needed.