Valentro keeps the Tiered Gardens — an elf Ranger trained in the way of the leaf under a mentor the gardeners call Strider. He was orphaned young: his mother died first, and then his father, a Fog Warden, simply disappeared. Liminal House raised him. He'd have called himself a quiet man with quiet work — until the day his shears snapped in his hands and, for a heartbeat, he saw two short swords instead, and moved like someone who knew how to use them.
Concept
An elf Ranger working the Tiered Gardens in the way of the leaf, alongside his mentor, Strider. Raised at Liminal House after he was orphaned.
Family Loss
His mother died before his father did. His father — a Fog Warden — disappeared. Valentro grew up in Liminal House.
The Sword Moment
While he was working, his gardening shears broke, and for an instant he saw them as short swords. The reflex — the certainty of the grip — came from a life he can't remember living. Only one other person saw it happen: Roxy, who approached him afterward and has been quietly training him since.
Ties
- Roxanya "Roxy" — The only witness to the sword moment; now his trainer.
- Strider — His mentor in the Tiered Gardens.
- Noname — Raised alongside him at Liminal House; he was present the night her fiancé proposed in the Gardens.
- Orabella — Another of Liminal House's children, though they were never especially close.
- Kryton Novelli — A face he may know in passing from the Gardens.
- The Gardener's Guild — Names this character in its connections.
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