Age: 35
Race: Human
Height: 5'5''
Physical Description: Physically Tanobi has the appearance of a man 15 years his senior with gray hairs creeping into the reaches of his dark hair covered scalp and and spreading across his thin beard line seemingly etched upon his dark wrinkled chin. Most of Tanobi's moderate frame is covered in large robes and a matching sash of tribal and minimalistic origin, clothing that is meant to identify him as a practitioner of medicine. Blemishes upon the left side of his face and his tendency to favor his left leg denote both his large periods of exposure to the elements and his long relationship with difficult travel. His hands are littered with small scars from long use of precise and sharp implements.
Possessions:
Walking stick
rarely is Tanobi seen without his prized walking stick standing taller than he by a meter, it is without magical properties and little more than a sentimental piece of wood when looked past its well crafted but cracked and dented shaft and heavily worn and splintered ends.
Medicine bag
Tanobi has committed to the profession of a healer of bodily wounds and as such often carries a bag with supplies of his profession including that of a needle and thread, mostly local anesthetics and hand crafted bandages. with 3 days worth of provisions.
Strengths:
Practitioner of medicine
Tanobi's travels have taken him to the far corners of Pal Tahrenor, resulting in a number of experiences with treating of wounds and garnering knowledge from experts in the field wherever he may find them. as such Tanobi has learned advanced practices of medicine in relation to bodily wounds, disease and trauma.
Good with People
With a Friendly demeanor and a steady smile Tanobi tries to generally keep the morale of his traveling companions in high spirits and usually knows when matters requiring silence and a firm hand on the shoulder is required.
Weaknesses:
Old injury
During an expedition Tanobi fell from a plateau on a ridge and broke his left shin. While properly set, the bone failed to heal correctly due to the remainder of the journey. the healing process was long and has since become a topic that Tanobi does not care to discuss, both because of the time he was unable to study and because it felt like another failure to keep even himself out of harms way. This injury remains present in his tendency to favor his left leg.
Dislike of personal failure
An unwavering determination to keep others alive has led to a bruised ego as Tanobi eventually learns that medicine cannot heal all wounds. If his list of successful operations and deceased patients were placed side by side the only thing that he could be able to see is his failure to keep those he wished he could help in good health.
Loss of a loved one
During a dispute Tanobi's wife was mortally wounded with a pitchfork, while attempting to save her life he chanted an old evil spirit warding ritual that gave him small comfort while he attempted to save her life. This chanting enabling him to manifest a power that allowed him to mend her internal wounds. after the realization that she had just been healed with a magical incantation she ran from the village horrified and distraught, he has yet to see her since.
Lacks martial Training
A result of his limited connection to any actual fighting he knows little about how to defend himself, and the days were he could throw a good punch in his youth are long since behind him.
Minor Claustrophobia
After a life of being in the open plains and spacious huts has led to Tanobi growing uncomfortable in places were space is at a premium.
Cannot Read a Map
Despite any efforts on the part of his educators Tanobi cannot make heads or tails of any given parchment meant to convey regional geography. Since the discovery usage of maps has been limited to maps of towns and basic directions.
Power:
Chant of Mending
Tanobi has discovered that an old evil spirit warding chant allows him to manifest magical energy for the purpose of healing internal injury's. however the process is lengthy, requires physical contact, is heavily visually present and leaves the user with an onslaught of fatigue and dizziness.
History:
Tanobi Durant came to be in a small village outside of the area of The Thar of Shaddin dictated by a lord of adequate integrity. in his youth the town had no form of doctor or physician and were mostly left to their own devices even as Disease ran rampant within his community, when asking the question 'can no one save them?' his responses were always the same 'nobody knows how'. Desiring to be helpful Tanobi gathered what skills he could to help his people by making small expeditions to other towns to learn of medicine from the village elders, shamans and Doctors of other towns.
Quickly The young man became a treasured addition to the people of his Village. As even with his limited and fractured education in the arts of medicine he did what no other could.
At the age of 15 however his fractured education from a handful of individuals would become a burning passion to study medicine from masters of the craft, and after stating his intentions to his family he was presented with his walking stick and a small purse of Bishani, setting into motion the trip to the The city of Marn were he would study Medicine with others like minded.
Academy life was vastly different, out of his element and in a vast city Tanobi attempted to find companionship within a group of mischievous fellows as they roamed the alleyways in search of wine, woman and a good fight. Beyond his usual studies he learned important life lessons like how a broken jaw is set and mended and how an angry shopkeeper can be persuaded to lower his mace in exchange for cash compensation for the destruction of his goods.
Wanting to Find a place to do some good Tanobi returned to his home province and after an initial period of 2 years married a local farm girl at the age of 22, a happy existence was not to be his however as disaster struck his family. A dispute between a local and his wife let to her being mortally wounded by the assailants pitchfork before he fled, Tanobi Distraught over his wife's imminent demise but still attempting to save her began muttering an old chant meant to ward off evil spirits to keep himself calm while he worked with what tools he had at the time. The chant used by Tanobi began manifesting itself in a pale yellow light as it healed the internal damage to the tissue from the piercing wound, his efforts saved the life of his wife however his thanks came in an unexpected form. Tanobi's wife was born and raised in Marn and had a large fear of the battle mages and feared they would come after her and her husband. Tanobi's wife fled in the night and has yet to be seen since. Distraught at the loss of his wife he began to attempt finding his place in the world wandering from place to place seeking to become the greatest Doctor of the Century.
Tanobi, now 35 seeks employment in the town of Shim living a life of almost self imposed exile after discovering the powerful magic incantation.
