Born in Rohan, he learned hardships from the beginning. His mother was murdered when orcs raided and raped the villages of the Rohirrim during the reign of Saruman. He looked up to his brothers, especially the eldest, Astaeon, and wished to be as strong and as great a leader as he. He fought in the Battle of Helm’s Deep when he was only 9 years old. During this time, he lost his two elder brothers, Astaeon and Olip, and his father, Thienn. It had been the first time he had held a sword in his tender palm. Lord Aragorn Elessar had handed him his own vambraces in the time of battle, and he wears them, still. Orphaned and alone, he grew up on his own in Rohan, and became more and more determined to rid the world of the evil which took his family. He taught himself sword play, and when he was 15, left Rohan and set off alone, on a personal quest into darkness.

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Took up his father’s sword as the Fourth Marshal of the Riddermark, Dorian Son of Thienn.