Ren Arin is the bastard offspring of an elven noble and human servant. In his youth he displayed a sharp and inquisitive mind, a trait his father thought could be an asset to the family. Ren was taken from his mother, who he barely recollects, and raised by his father’s trusted servants. Ren’s life was lonely, his father provided him a life of privilege, private rooms at the family estate, a personal servant, the best tutors, books.. but he had no friends. For the most part he was shut away, an embarrassing, if valuable, work in progress. His siblings, when he had the misfortune of interacting with them, despised him, and his stepmother wanted him dead.
As Ren matured, his value increased. He was good looking, and could easily pass for a full blooded elf if clean shaven, or a human if bearded. He displayed a penchant for lying and mischief that astonished even his father, an elven noble renowned for debauchery and deceit. Best of all, the only person he knew and trusted was his father, he had no connections, no resources, no options, outside of his fathers wishes. As long as Ren believed that his best interests lay with his father’s house, his father possessed a powerful tool in the shadowy world of elven house politics.
Ren was employed by his father to collect information, and to distribute misinformation amongst the elven nobles, and to sow as much chaos and confusion in the houses of his fathers enemies as he could. He performed spectacularly, too well, in fact. His machinations led to a series of assassinations and skirmishes that left his father and brothers dead, when his stepmother remarried to secure her position and fortune, Ren was left homeless. He had not gone unnoticed however, and was soon approached with an offer he could not refuse.
Ren is currently employed by the Empire, his official title is “Senior Census Administrator”, his job is to keep an eye on the country nobility, and to keep them occupied taking their frustrations out on each other, rather than on the Emperor.
