On line character background in more detail

On line character background in more detail 

Working from the Bullet points I posted  here

Which where in turn derived form the Prior's and particulars rolled up during character generation I came up with this

Coradwin was born into a small  mercenary company of the sort which are to be found in many places and employed to do all manner of tasks where a half hundred armed men are required. These ranged from minor wars between rival land owners to caravan guarding and occasionally being brigaded together with others of their kind to form a fighting unit in a more major war.  Coradwin’s father, Vurekel was a long time soldier in the company of no rank, he made corporal every so often but generally got demoted again as he was over fond of the drink and got mean when drunk and his mother, Merithel was a camp follower who had married his father having come to the company having fled a previous marriage. The marriage straightened out Vurekel at least for a while and he made corporal and stayed there this time and was a proud father to his young son, Coradwin. Unfortunately this relative happiness did not last as when Coradwin was six his mother fell with child again after a long time were it looked like he would be an only child.   However the pregnancy ended in a hard labour and nothing could be done by the Company women or the surgeon to save Merithel indeed it was rumoured after that her second son was cut form her after she died, however none who where present at the birth would ever comment.

After his wife’s death Vurekel returned to his old ways and hit the bottle hard, losing his promotion for a foolish brawl too many and around the time Coradwin reached eight his life in another with a member of another similar company which ended in a knife being used in the jakes behind a tavern, in a backwater town. Any way Vurekel had by this point long ceased to be any sort of parent either to Coradwin or his brother Melidar, 

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