Alofen Smith

Bio: Alofen is the son of Refner and Julian, both foreigners to Camdeon who came to the kingdom in search of a better job than the ones they had in Matrihm. When they found a job as a blacksmith, they settled into a small house near the outside of the kingdom, close to the border of Arcadia. Having settled up in the north and a relatively easy job, they soon had a son and named him Alofen. They hoped their son, as a born native, would face less harassment and discrimination than they did though that was not the case. His entire childhood life was spent around a mixture of natives and foreign children and up until around age ten, the discrimination was low. When he began to train for for the military he faced a new challenge that was more than physical. Being called harsh names and told he didn’t belong amongst the army, being called tainted and not a true native, this discrimination continued until he finished his training, having failed to pass the required tests to move forward in training, he found comfort in the job his parents had, being a blacksmith. At the age of twenty, he found his first wife, Jeneta. She was also a native, born from foreign parents. After a year of being together, they got married and within the next year, had a daughter. Together they named her Alilae and their marriage lasted another year before it fell apart. Jeneta found another man, a native in the military who had more of what she wanted. Leaving the child in Alofens care, they got a divorce (or the equivalent) and spent the next three years taking care of the child. At the age of twenty seven, he found a new wife, Iris. After two years of being together and raising his daughter with her, he proposed and had a wonderful wedding. Now, a year after they married, they live in a small house adjacent to his blacksmith shop and forge, where he works every day and helps his wife take care of their youngest, as well as dealing with discrimination from the natives and hate from the foreigners who see him as a native.