Raiden the Reclaimer

Raiden's early childhood is a blur of campfires, fights, blood, and savage warcries. Most of this blurs together in dreams for him, which sometimes wake him in a cold sweat, other times he wakes frothing at the mouth, veins in his arms bulging, and the rage of his heritage boiling over.

The details of his birth are uncertain, but Raiden was discovered in the aftermath of a raid on an orcish warcamp in the outskirts of the Cairnlands, covered in blood but perfectly calm. Raiden was picked up by a knight and brought to his field commander, the knight wondering what should be done with this abomination of a toddler. His commander took the child and guaranteed that he would handle the situation -- for the most part, the child seemed very human, with the exception of a pale green tint to his skin.

The commander took Raiden in, teaching him the ways of humanity, convinced he could raise this child as his own, and help to show the world that anyone can know peace and law, respect, and goodness, regardless of their upbringing.

Raiden grew up quickly, stronger and faster than all of his classmates, and always feeling slightly different from the rest of his peers. When he reached puberty, though, was when the barbs came full-on at him. As he matured, his orcish features became more prominent - his tusks, which up until this point had merely caused his lower lip to jut like someone chewing tobacco, finally grew out past his lower lip, sitting extended in an underbitten snarl. His skin, which had maintained a slightly sickly greenish tint for his entire childhood, started to undertake a darker tone, like a suntan might look on a pale green base, and as the hair on his arms and chest started sprouting, it became apparent at first glance the gruesome history of his birth. Because of this, the city-dwellers of Absalom were increasingly unwelcoming to him if he chose to walk the streets without wearing the crest of his adoptive family.

Adventuring seemed most alluring for Raiden -- a chance to show the world that good can come from chaos and evil, and to make good on his family name. Upon seeing his strength, Balenar Forsend sent emissaries from the Society to recruit Raiden to the Pathfinder Society's Youth Chapter of Heroic Explorers.