Role

Chapter 1

Growing up in the society of the Svirfnebli is a little different than most
Therian races. There's a strong reverence for the stone and the abundance
that it provides to all of us. Many of the Svirfnebli people become miners,
mages, and the like but almost every one of them utilize stone, gems and other
earthen gifts to accent their garb, accentuate their trinkets and so on.
Outhyen's family was no different. Though they lived in Upper Cragstone and
were gemologists, they were not ones to focus on grown crystalline structures.
Rather they focused on shaping, polishing and procuring various gems from all
across the lands.

As such, he was brought up believing many of the same tenants as his family
and has a strong dedication to the bountiful stone that has provided refuge,
home and livelihood to his family for generations. Throughout the years, he's
traveled along with other gemologists in search of raw materials for their
craft. He remembers doing this for at least the last fifty years. Each time
he'd focus on learning something new. A new location, a new correlation of
stone to gem, a new location that bares more of one gem than another. There
was always so much to learn and he enjoyed every bit of it.

Together with is family, he made trips to the far frozen north, others to deep
underground, still more to the frozen mountains of the south, and all have
been enlightening for the variations in stones and the people that peddle
them. The natural beauty associated with each of these locations was amazing
and outside of his family's profession, he began to admire and have a deep
appreciation for all of the visited lands.