Name: Knoll
Race: Nord:
Skills: Archery, Illusion, Enchanting, Smithing, Alchemy
Knoll was born in northwestern Cyrodiil in the forests north of Chorrol. His parents took care of him until age five when they were attacked by an evil wizard who was a rival of his mother's in a small band of mages learning magic independently (a descendant of the Mage's Guild of Chorrol). He was jealous of Knoll's mother's grasp of magic and was angered when she wouldn't reveal to him a key clue to a magical map that would lead to "endless treasure"; a clue that had been passed down by the leader of the group, who had recently died, for centuries. Knoll's mother believed that the search was in vain and would only lead to destruction, so she hid the secret of the map in Knoll's memories when the wizard attacked their home. While her husband defended them until his dying breath, Knoll's mother used her powerful illusion skills to cast an invisibility spell on Knoll with additional helping factors to allay the evil mage. She then proceeded to veil Knoll's memories and knocked him unconscious; his memories only being triggered by a specific phrase (the family motto). After Knolls parents were gone and the evil wizard returned to his tower in confusion, Knoll awakened on the forest floor with only his mother's bow, Di, and the family horse, Chestnut (who was pregnant). Eventually, after months of Knoll's hunting and independent living, his mother's uncle, Bran, (after years of adventuring in the eastern oceans beyond Tamriel) returned to the family house only to find it had been burned to the ground during the attack. Bran found Knoll living nearby in a dilapidated cabin with Chestnut and a newborn foal named Star. Bran took care of Knoll and taught him everything he knew (and for what he didn't know, Knoll learned in books from Chorrol once a week). Bran grew ill after some time but couldn't be saved as he was later revealed to be cursed, and not sick, by a daedric prince on one of his many escapades in the eastern ocean. Before Bran died, Knoll told him of the phrase that had been circulating in his head ever since his abandonment. Bran only smiled and activated a magic spell as he uttered the words and died. Di, his mother's bow, began to glow and soon transmitted all the knowledge of the treasure and his parents to Knoll. Knoll took up his uncle's passion, and began to adventure into various lands starting in Cyrodiil. When he knew it was time to explore in different lands, he had a hired hand take his horses to Skyrim where they would be penned. He eventually made his way north until he was captured by Imperial forces in an ambush. This hindrance did nothing to smother his anger for the wizard and his love for adventure, however, and he soon set off again in the name of adventure in the northernmost country of Tamriel.