#still haven't really figured out how exactly he'd react to Daegred but I imagine he'd be hit hard by the uncanny valley

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

Is that an elf I see, chilling with Qursuk, Tama and Daegred? How big was that elf's existential crisis upon realizing that the Ra'zac is a chill guy?

Oh I've been wanting to introduce this guy so so so bad but I wanted to wait for when he has a name and he doesn't have one yet :(

He's a half-elf! He was born from an affair between a girl from Gil'ead/Ceunon (not decided which one yet) and a member of the elven forces that occupied the city during the war with Galbatorix. They were both young and dumb (well, 60-something years "young" for the elf, which is still the equivalent of like, 20 at best), didn't think anything bad could happen at all :D By the time the girl realized she was pregnant, Nasuada had already regained control over the city and the elven army withdrew back to Du Weldenvarden and they were both left without contact. They could have remained in contact but our elven lad had the bad bad realization that if their relationship kept going, he'd have to watch her grow old and die, so he never reached out again. He did eventually scry her just to see how she's doing and, welp. Turns out he has a son. And he still did not reach out because he was completely lost on how to deal with such a situation, still afraid of having to watch his love (and presumably his son) grow old and die, and there's the problem that being a deadbeat dad in a culture that infinitely treasures children is particularly terrible, so the more time passed, the more pressure he felt to keep everything under wraps. Meanwhile the mom and son went through their own hell for some years since being a single mother with a bastard child in Northern Broddring is an unimaginable hit on a woman's honor. Eventually they went to travel and as the mom aged, they headed further south until they eventually settled in Surda in the city of Aroughs where the warm sea climate really benefited her declining health. She was in her 50s when she died (still a respectable age for an average mortal human woman in a medieval-level society) and her son, having no other family, felt no reason to move anywhere else, so he remained in the port town, renting a room at this or that inn and making money to pay for the room and daily meals by playing music for the sailors frequenting the inns. He's been their local bard for some 20 years, he's well-liked by the locals and frequent visitors, and though he sticks out like a sore thumb as a suspiciously young and odd-looking 47 years-old, he's got his place in the world and is as content as can be. For now

After he meets Tama & co. and they eventually reach Du Weldenvarden, things get really interesting when his father's secret can no longer be kept under wraps~

here's a more lighthearted moment with him & Tama at an inn in Aroughs not long after they first met