On the island nation of Ruathym, was born a small child. This child was born during a bitter battle during Ruathym’s war with the city Luskan. His mother died in childbirth, and his father disappeared during the battle.
The child was taken into the house of an old sea captain, who gave him the name Draugo for he was born out of death. He grew up with many adoptive brothers and sisters, but was withdrawn. Bored with academic studies he would be found outdoors absorbed in the harsh beauty of the island. Once he was lost for two weeks. The old captain was furiously relieved when Draugo was found sleeping in a tree.
At the age of sixteen, the captain sent Draugo to study with a company of mercenary rangers. There Draugo’s talents for survival were paired with pragmatic realities of doing business.
After four years on the contract, Draugo was released to find his own path. But due to the non competitive clause he had to say farewell to his island home. Making his way to the Sword Coast he started his own mercenary company, The Night Owl Rangers.
Drago Wathe
Night Owl Rangers
Ranger for hire. Rates start at 2 silver per day plus expenses. No nature walks, child parties or aberrations.
Your "Have Bow Will Travel" is an evidently unintetional riff off "Have Gun, Will Travel," a late 1950s early 1960 TV Western about a gun for hire named Paladin, described in his closing theme music thus:
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Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Worth noting that in that era Westerns largely filled the same niche in entertainment as science fiction and fantasy do today (westerns are still around but they have to share the spotlight now). They allow the viewer/reader/etc to escape into a world that's different enough from their own lives that it feels like a vacation from the worries and stresses of life, and often focus on heroic characters vanquishing villains. The Japanese parallel is the samurai flick, and this was also around when Akira Kurosawa was active and successful; the 1964 Clint Eastwood movie A Fistful of Dollars was a straight up copy of Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo about a gunslinger in place of a ronin (which resulted in a lawsuit because they didn't purchase the story rights; it was again remade about prohibition bootleggers in the 1996 Bruce Willis movie Last Man Standing, this time with full credit to Yojimbo). As such, there are a lot of overlapping tropes between genres.
Your "Have Bow Will Travel" is an evidently unintetional riff off "Have Gun, Will Travel," a late 1950s early 1960 TV Western about a gun for hire named Paladin, described in his closing theme music thus:
On the island nation of Ruathym, was born a small child. This child was born during a bitter battle during Ruathym’s war with the city Luskan. His mother died in childbirth, and his father disappeared during the battle.
The child was taken into the house of an old sea captain, who gave him the name Draugo for he was born out of death. He grew up with many adoptive brothers and sisters, but was withdrawn. Bored with academic studies he would be found outdoors absorbed in the harsh beauty of the island. Once he was lost for two weeks. The old captain was furiously relieved when Draugo was found sleeping in a tree.
At the age of sixteen, the captain sent Draugo to study with a company of mercenary rangers. There Draugo’s talents for survival were paired with pragmatic realities of doing business.
After four years on the contract, Draugo was released to find his own path. But due to the non competitive clause he had to say farewell to his island home. Making his way to the Sword Coast he started his own mercenary company, The Night Owl Rangers.
Drago Wathe
Night Owl Rangers
Ranger for hire. Rates start at 2 silver per day plus expenses. No nature walks, child parties or aberrations.
Outside the Lines Fantasy – A collection of self published fiction stories.
Sounds like a Paladin ;)
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Thanks, but how so?
Outside the Lines Fantasy – A collection of self published fiction stories.
Your "Have Bow Will Travel" is an evidently unintetional riff off "Have Gun, Will Travel," a late 1950s early 1960 TV Western about a gun for hire named Paladin, described in his closing theme music thus:
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Worth noting that in that era Westerns largely filled the same niche in entertainment as science fiction and fantasy do today (westerns are still around but they have to share the spotlight now). They allow the viewer/reader/etc to escape into a world that's different enough from their own lives that it feels like a vacation from the worries and stresses of life, and often focus on heroic characters vanquishing villains. The Japanese parallel is the samurai flick, and this was also around when Akira Kurosawa was active and successful; the 1964 Clint Eastwood movie A Fistful of Dollars was a straight up copy of Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo about a gunslinger in place of a ronin (which resulted in a lawsuit because they didn't purchase the story rights; it was again remade about prohibition bootleggers in the 1996 Bruce Willis movie Last Man Standing, this time with full credit to Yojimbo). As such, there are a lot of overlapping tropes between genres.
This is really cool! Thanks!
Outside the Lines Fantasy – A collection of self published fiction stories.