Ivan+Ho

A //khoravar// Ranger/Fighter with a specialization in archery, Ivannio Thiembe was born in Fith'Hagen, a small town in northwestern Breland on the south shore of Silver Lake near the border with Droaam and the Eldeen Reaches. For generations the Thiembes have served the Hagen family, dating back to when they were still the noble ir'Hagens, sharing lordship over this region with the ir'Fith family (before both families were stripped of their aristocratic titles during the Lycanthrope Purge). The extended Thiembe family includes hunters, falconers and bowyers, and a fair number have served in the army of Breland (and the Galifar Empire before that, and the Kingdom of Wroat before Galifar).

After coming of age, Ivannio enlisted in the Brelish Army as an common archer. His first deployment took him around Silver Lake into the breakaway Eldeen Reaches as part of Prince Bortan ir'Wynarn's forces. After many skirmishes Bortan was forced to retreat, a humiliation that drives him to this day. Ivannio fought well and honorably in a campaign fraught with incompetence and savagery, and was accepted into the elite Brelish Rangers. Later, as a sergeant and squad leader, he joined two Brelish campaigns into southern Thrane, fighting in both the Battle of Brey Crossing (976 YK) and the Battle of Cairn Hill (987 YK). Both times his unit was forced to fight Darguun mercenaries when the goblins broke ranks to engage in looting and slave-taking (this is why his first Favored Enemy is Goblinoids). He is aware that Aiwyn Elenwyd also fought in both battles for Thrane, but they only met during the run-up to the Battle of New Cyre in Eyre 998 YK. After Cairn Hill he was commissioned as a Captain of Rangers and spent the rest of the war training and recruiting around Breland.

After The Mourning and the Treaty of Thronehold, Ivannio became a freelance adventurer under the nickname "Ivan Ho" -- but never formally resigned his commission. After the battle of New Cyre, Ivannio said he would return to Fith'Hagen, and has departed from the area.