Description
Knock is 3’ 6” tall and weighs 45 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair.
He is lean and athletic. He has slightly better than average looks; although
he appears rugged and somewhat disheveled. He wears black leather armor with
a black cloak and carries a rapier and a stiletto.
History
Knock was born 15 March 43,533 in the city of Halmir of the Kingdom
of Elenia. He was the only child to Silver and Forger. Most of his young
childhood was typical and uneventful until his 11th birthday when his father
mysteriously disappeared; never to been seen or heard from again. Knock took
it hard and blamed his mother for always hounding him and arguing with him.
Further disaster would befall Knock’s life two years later when his mother
died of plague that took many people of Halmir.
Knock became introverted
from lack of friends. This became worse when Knock was placed in an orphanage
and was forced to abide by very rigid rules. Knock would always fight against
the rules and because of this he would suffer terrible beatings at the hands
of the boarding house master.
Because the owner of the
boarding house was very wealthy; Knock began to develop a burning hatred for
the wealthy, especially, the wealthy who thumbed their nose at the poor. So
Knock set about the task of stealing anything of value at the boarding home
and sell it at whatever price he could get.
Other children at the
boarding house would always tell him to knock before entering a locked door.
Over and over this would happen till everyone stopped calling him by his real
name and referred to him as Knock. Today Knock refuses to recognize his true
name and now only acknowledges Knock as his name.
After being thrown out of
the boarding school Knock got into all kinds of trouble: stealing just to
survive and for the thrill of it; raping a young rich girl because she teased
him; forging and selling false papers; dealing diluted medicines; and
sabotaging carriages of the rich; just to name a few.
Knock was finally arrested
on some petty count of thieving food in the market square. While serving his
time a strange occurrence happened. An old woman would visit him, talk to him
and generally keep him company on regular intervals. Knock could never find
out her name; for every time the subject was brought up she tactfully avoided
it. Knock finally totally dismissed the whole subject. In any event her time
spent with Knock helped him keep his sanity and it made the time go by much
quicker.
After spending nearly a
year in jail, a local master burglar, Robrin Nysk, found Knock and trained
him; setting Knock on the path he travels today.