Aidan

Aidan is an orphan from the city of Stoneveil who was raised almost entirely within the confines of Lockheart's Workhouse. It was in his fifteenth year that he began to display complete signs of dormant Shade within himself, cementing his status as a New-blood.

Appearance
Resulting from the fifteen years in the workhouse, Aidan was very malnourished throughout his life, barely being able to get by. He now is closer to a healthy weight now that he has joined Nightshade. He has shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes.

Personality
With his upbringing, Aidan is a very distrusting person and as a result is very secretive. Choosing to never share more than he has to at any given time and always sticking to a very particular group of people whom he is very close to. He is quite pessimistic when it comes to other people and their intentions, believing everybody, especially nobles, to have his worst interests at heart. This leads him to question almost every aspect of his life.

His closed off life also led him to be very introverted, often internalising fears, doubt, and even happiness. This in part is what led him to his fantasising about the Shadeborn and beasts beyond the walls of Stoneveil.

Early Life
Aidan was orphaned from a very young age, the exact being unknown. As a result of this, he remembers very little of his mother and forgets even more as the years pass. One of his only memories of her was that she used to sing to him softly before she abandoned him, it was one of the few things that would sooth him.

After he was abandoned, one of the knights of Stoneveil took him to Lockheart, who at the time was a younger man and the workhouse was just beginning to fester as an idea. Aidan was sold to Lockheart for a mere quarter-copper. From this point onwards, Aidan had been put to work in may establishments; leatherworking, baking, blacksmithing, lockpicking, all of which being to the highest bidder.

It was during this time that Aidan met the blacksmith, Aemon, the first man to ever show Aidan a sense of a humility and compassion. He was a kind man and one of the main reasons that Aidan loved blacksmithing so much. In his 13th year, Lockheart stopped sending him to Aemon for a reason that was never quite explained.

In rare times that Aidan wasn't working, he always daydreamed about the Shadeborn and their exploits. Something that had caused him many a beating at Lockheart's hands.

Skills and Abilities
The Shade

Blacksmithing

Lockpicking

Leatherworking

Basic stealth

Beasts
Rayne - Moon Phoenix

Possessions
A knife that he stole from Lockheart when he was younger

Bonesteel dagger - gifted by Namroq

A basic assortment of beastcards

Appearances
Shadowsight (first appearance)

Trivia
In the planning stages of the project, Aidan's name was intended to be Ash. However, after the refining of the guilds and more importantly their custom, Ash became his chosen name and Aidan became his name.

Whilst he was orphaned, Aidan was in-fact his birth name.