Outcast by Choice
Composed by Diefenbaker Bakendiefer
Diefenbaker was born and raised like every other Barbarian. His family was normal; he just didn't get along with them. In fact, he didn't like much of anything. Well he tried... but it never worked out. So he spent most of his time alone... wandering from place to place in Everfrost. Never really adventuring too far out because of the creatures that roamed there. One day, he was out venturing in the snow and got lost due to a snowstorm. He ended up traveling out farther than he’s ever been and had no idea how to get back.
While squinting in the snow to find some sort of path, he heard a fierce barking followed by a blood-curdling cry! He turned just in time to feel a set of claws tearing through the right side of his face and ripping his eye apart. Diefenbaker fell to the ground utterly helpless as he writhed in pain and agony. He thought he was done for when he suddenly heard the scream of the creature stop followed by a thud as Dief fell into unconsciousness.
When he came to he found himself in a cave feeling just fine except for his eye, he couldn’t see out of it. An older Barbarian approached him and told him his name was Bakendiefer as he lifted Diefenbaker to his feet. The man told him that what attacked him was a gnoll and showed him the dead body of the creature that took the vision from his right eye. His blood boiled at the thought of the creature and would never forget the word "gnoll" since. The two conversed for along time about who they were and what they were going to do. When Dief explained he didn’t know what he was going to do, the man gave him an idea.
There began the training of Dieifenbaker. The man taught him to become strong and wise with the environment around him. For a while the man had his wolf friends accompany him as he trained. The wolves were blind a deaf, so the only senses they had left were at the sharpest. Night after night, month after month the man and his wolves help Dief sharpen his senses to the fullest. He built up his strength and his pain tolerance far beyond the average Barbarian. Bakendiefer did admire Dief's personality greatly, reminding him never to let his power go to his head. Dief made sure of just that. He accepted all people and never questioned them because of they're race or class. He was even a gentleman to the ladies, even though they rarely talked to him, mostly because of the missing eye. Dief became very familiar with loneliness.
The time came one day when Bakendiefer told him that Dief's time had arrived. Diefenbaker was told he had fight his way through the gnoll infested black burrows, and explore the world. Bakendiefer said, "You will be almighty some day, Diefenbaker. But you still need to go through training on your own. Keep your senses sharp and your head clear and you will be unstoppable." With these words, Diefenbaker left his homelands of Everfrost and began his journey into the world. Swearing his power will be massive and he will possess the will to use it properly. But first, time for a little payback in the BlackBurrow caverns...
