The Blue Archer

ASTER Issardos opened a ‘weapons academy’ some two years before the Goblin invasion took place. He arrived (on foot) at Sarbreenar and was seen by a number of residents around the town. Eventually, he found the owner of a site to the South of town about an hour or so’s ride away and bought the land. He then proceeded to hire artisans (mostly Dwarves and Gnomes from the mining enclave and High Haspur) to construct the academy itself. Both deals were paid for in silver coins of an unknown type. The old Sage of the City verified the coins as being virtually pure silver, but no one could identify their source.

The Academy initially specialised in teaching archery. However, within a year, several more teachers arrived and the school started teaching a wider range of weapons skills. It used to cover archery, sword play, daggers (and other throwing weapons), blunt weapons (staff, mace, etc), and polearms. The training given to students was effective and thorough but it was still in its infancy and was unable to help as effectively as they wanted to when the Goblins invaded. The school was beginning to attract students from a wide area (including some from Arbonne). The Academy was virtually untouched during the fighting.

Since the invasion, the Master has taken in a number of orphans – male and female, all below the age of ten. The reputation of the school was diminished slightly, hence Issardos wanting to recruit from orphans, and start again... The youngsters can occasionally be seen around town dressed in dark blue tunic and trous. The tunic is belted by a red cord. On the breast of the tunic, barely visible, is a silver eight-pointed star surmounted by what appears to be a runic character. The children will not talk about the Academy – they will only say that Issardos is a master archer.

Appearance: The Master always wears a dark blue hooded cloak over a black tunic/trous. The hood of the cloak is always up and his face is always in shadows. On the breast of the tunic is an embroidered silver eight pointed star (hollow) superimposed on the centre of which is a silver rune (of unknown type). It has been noted that Issardos always wears thin leather gloves. He is very soft spoken, and always moves extremely silently, although when the situation demands it, he has been seen to be very capable of moving very fast indeed.

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