User:LadyLameness/Lirin

Lirin, Revised History

History

Early History

As a youth, Lirin travelled to Kharbranth as a courier. During his travels, he had poor luck when meeting people from Thaylenah, all of whom tried to swindle him. After meeting his wife, Hesina, Lirin moved to Hearthstone and began a family.

The Surgeon And his Apprentice

Lirin began training his son Kaladin in the profession of surgery from a young age. When Kaladin was ten, he worked with his father on a young girl, Sani, who had major injuries to one of her hands. The surgery doubled as a learning opportunity, and together Lirin and his son were able to save four of the girl’s five fingers.

After the operation, Kaladin helped his father to clean the surgery room and discussed why he had been late. Disapproving of his son's choices to hang around with older village boys like Jam, Lirin argued with Kaladin over the usefulness of surgeons and soldiers. After shifting the conversation, Lirin continued his son’s study, quizzing him on various diseases and medicines. He believed Kaladin had great potential and expressed his desire to send Kaladin to Kharbranth after he turned sixteen to study.

Several years later, Kaladin unsuccessfully tried to save the life of Miasal, who had fallen from a considerable height. Lirin was called to the scene by Alim, however, by did not arrive before the girl died. Afterwards, Lirin searches out Kaladin, and found him weeping on the steps near the surgery room. Before coming to find his son, he had gone to inspect the child and despite Kaladin’s inability to save her, he was impressed by the work Kaladin had done. The two of them sat together as the sun set, while Kaladin continued to grieve.

Brightlord Wistiow and the Goblet of Sphere’s

Lirin and Brightlord Wistiow we’re close friends despite the differences in their social standing. In 1165, the Brightlord fell ill and was attended by Lirin who despite his best efforts, was unable to save the citylord’s life. On the day of Wistiow’s death, Lirin travelled to his manor to speak with the man. During his visit, he prepared documentation on behalf of the Brightlord, that would gift his family a number of diamond broams. After the document was read to the Brightlord by his clerks, Wistiow ordered his staff from the room, leaving Lirin as the only witness to his authorisation of the transaction. Later, after returning home, Lirin is found by Kaladin in his surgery. After telling his son of the Brightlord’s passing, Lirin informed him about the 'inherited' spheres and how they would be used to pay for Kaladin’s further study in Kharbranth when he was older.

The Brightlord was not in his right mind during his last few days and did not have the capacity to transfer this wealth. Lirin, with the help of his wife Hesina, engineered the theft of their friends wealth, as they knew that with his death would come the loss the potential union between their children. Rumors sprang up not long after the Brightlord’s death surrounding the legitimacy of the transaction, though concrete evidence was never produced to prove the sphere’s had been stolen.

On a rare night of indulgence, Lirin warned his son against returning to Hearthstone after finishing his studies. The pair were shortly interrupted by a group of masked townsmen who had come to rob them and take Wistiow’s spheres. Lirin knew they were members of the town, and not bandits as assumed by Kaladin, and refused to be intimidated by them. Instead of cowering, he removed the cloth covering the spheres, and lit up the night, exposing the thieves and taking away their anonymity. When Lirin showed he was willing to stand against them, the men disappeared.

The Butcher

The new citylord, Roshone, took a disliking to Lirin immediately after his arrival in Hearthstone. Lirin gathered with his family in the town square to greet the new Brightlord who had arrived in the area without prior warning. He attempted to welcome the new citylord to the town, but was rebuffed immediately, and sneered at by Roshone who blamed him for Wistiow’s death and the need for a new citylord in Hearthstone. After Roshone departs for his manor, Lirin compares his arrival with that of throwing a butcher in the game breakneck; what comes next depended entirely on the other player.

Life for Lirin went downhill quickly after Roshone’s appointment as citylord. At Roshone suggestion, the townspeople ceased their donations and inflated the price of their goods, as they felt intimidated by Roshone and wished to avoid his anger. However, they continued to donate in secret, leaving food around the town for Hesina to find while she worked.

“If we lack for something to eat, we can feast upon the attention you lavish upon us, Brightlord.”

—Lirin to Roshone

After the family lost access to all sources of income, Roshone invited Lirin to dine with him, so he could further break the surgeon. Despite his mother’s attempts to distract him, Kaladin joined his father for the meeting. On their way to the manor, Lirin discussed the possibility of the family moving away, but admitted he struggled with the thought.

Tensions were high when Lirin and Kaladin joined Roshone in the manor’s dining room. Initially, Roshone tried to seat the surgeon at a seperate table; an insult against Lirin who was entitled to a seat at the Brightlord’s table through his invitation and rank. Despite being offered food Lirin did not eat, instead choosing to skip directly to the reason behind his invitation. Roshone wished for the return of Wistiow’s spheres, of which Lirin had continuously refused.

The citylord could not regain the sphere's using legal means as he was unlikely to win an inquest against the surgeon. Unable to get past Lirin’s stubborn refusal to return all of the sphere’s, Roshone turned to negotiation. After an outburst from Kaladin, Lirin sent his son away to the kitchens and continued the discussion with Roshone in private. During the conversation, he argued back and forth with the citylord over the amount he was willing to return before growing frustrated and leaving before an agreement was reached.

Lirin later revealed to Kaladin on their trip home that he never intended to give up the sphere’s. He had gone to the meeting to give the appearance of bending but had known that Roshone would never had agreed to only a partial transfer. Roshone was a petty man, who targeted and lashed out at Lirin as a surrogate for those he blamed for his exile from Kholinar. He would never be happy until he had taken away all power from Lirin and had been beaten down completely. Lirin, aware of the Brightlord’s game, used the opportunity to gain his family a reprieve from the oppressive citylord. It is during this same discussion, that Kaladin learned the truth around Wistiow’s sphere’s and his parents role in their theft.

Children Lost

Rillir

After a catastrophic whitespine hunt, Roshone's son Rillir died whilst in Lirin's care. The young man was brought back, along with his father, ahead of the rest of the hunting party in the hopes he could be saved. Two others were injuries in the attack, however, Alps and Milp had been left to to be retrieved by the other townsfolk. They likely died of their wounds.

Rillir’s wounds were extensive, and after an assessment, Lirin determined he could not save the boy. Roshone, lying on a seperate tabled screamed at the surgeon to help his son, however, Lirin instead opted to tend to Roshone whose wounds weren’t as severe. He administered dazewater to the Brightlord to calm him, as well as to Rillir to ease his suffering. When he removed the whitespine tusk from Roshone’s leg, Lirin was presented with the opportunity to end the citylord’s life. Unable to kill those in his charge, he instead chose to save the Brightlord’s life.

After the operation, Roshone was returned to his manor to rest and his son’s body sent to the crypt. Once again sitting on the steps outside of their home, Kaladin questioned his father over whether he would have let Roshone die if he had not also been in the room. Lirin responded in the negative; he could not have let another in his care die, though Kaladin’s presence had helped to strengthen his resolve.

After Rillir’s death, Lirin began to spend Brightlord Wistiow’s spheres. He did not need to do this; the family could survive as they were and had been offered assistance by Hesina’s parents if required. However, by spending the spheres Lirin presented the illusion that Roshone had won and he had finally broken. He planned to continue in this fashion until Kaladin had reached the age of sixteen and the sphere’s could be sent with him to Kharbranth. Regardless, Lirin did not enjoy having to spend the spheres.

Tien and Kaladin

Six months later, during the Weeping, the townsfolk of Hearthstone gathered once more in the square to await the arrival of a lighteye's. The last time they had gathered Roshone had become their city lord, this time they were greeted by Highmarshal Amaram, cousin to Roshone and leader of the princedoms army, in the absence of Highprince. Roshone, who had become reclusive following his son’s death, also made an appearance. When Laral appeared and it became obvious she was now betrothed to Roshone, Lirin sternly warned Kaladin against making a scene.

Amaram, who had been in the region to visit his cousin, used the opportunity to recruit new members to fight on the pricedom’s boarder. Lirin worried that Kaladin would volunteer, however his son did not step forward. After only six men volunteered, Amaram read through a list of townsfolk who would be pressed into the army to increase their numbers. Among the names chosen, was Tien, Lirin’s second son.

The conscription of Tien had not been random. Roshone, vindictive and angry that Lirin had been unable to save Rillir, conspired to take away the surgeon’s son. While Lirin and Kaladin could not be forced into the army due to their professions of surgeon and surgeon’s assistant, Tien as the carpenter's third apprentice could be targeted.

Lirin attempted to prevent his son being taken, but was interceded by the Highmarshal. Roshone insisted that Lirin’s second son be impressed, and gloated at the victory he believed to have won over the surgeon. In an attempt to calm the situation, Amaram promised to make the boy a messenger to keep him away from combat. Kaladin, unwillingly to let the matter lie, offered to volunteer in his brothers place. When denied, he chose to enlist along side his brother to protect him from harm. Kaladin promised his devastated parents that he would take care of Tien and bring him home after their four year tour.

Tien died, not four months after their departure. Lirin and Hesina received correspondence from Kaladin after his brothers death to inform them of his failure as well as his decision to not return to Hearthstone. Lirin and his wife did not reply. Several years later, they received notice that Kaladin had also been killed.

Child Found

A year before the Everstorm, Lirin’s third son, Oroden was born.

“We’re surgeon’s. Let others rend and break; we must not harm others.”

—Lirin to Kaladin

When Kaladin returned to Hearthstone following the Everstorm, he found his father tending to the wounded. The parlor of Roshone’s manor had been converted into a triage room, for Lirin, his wife and his apprentice, Mara, to use to see to the wounded. Although he did not initially recognise his son, Lirin quickly came to identify the newcomer and both he and Hesina shared a heartfelt reunion with Kaladin.

While his wife saw to feeding and tending their son, Lirin argued with Roshone’s guards who had been put on edge by Kaladin’s brands. Lirin refused to let his son be sent away again, and vowed to buy Kaladin’s writ of slavery if needed. After growing frustrated, he looked to compromise with Roshone’s guard, and by extension the Brightlord himself, by writing to Highprince’s administrators for an explanation, buying the family time.

While Kaladin discussed the town’s situation in private with Roshone, Lirin continued to treat those wounded by the Everstorm. When he returned to the parlor, Kaladin slipped back into his old role as assistant, and helped his father administer first aid. Lirin disapproved of Kaladin’s path towards violence; while he believed war was inevitable, he wished that his son did not have to be involved.

Although Kaladin expressed the desire to relocate his family to Urithiru, Lirin refused, telling his son that he was needed in Hearthstone.