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Turin was a humble desert rider inhabiting the High Desert of west Zakhara in 1367 DR.[note 1][1]

Description[]

Turin was an unattractive man by most standards. His features included a huge nose, droopy eyes and huge ears. A disease he suffered from as a child left his body completely devoid of hair.[1]

Personality[]

Turin had low self-esteem.[1]

Possessions[]

He wore a simple copper ring inscribed with his mother's name.[1]

History[]

Turin survived an attack at sea by a zaratan as a young child, floating on a piece of drift wood from Suq Bay until he reached shore along the southern region of the High Desert. He wandered for a week through the desert until a tribe of nomads found him.[1]

He spent the next decade of his life with the tribe where he learned the skills of the desert riders. He discovered a knack with dealing with animals and was even able to soothe them with a touch.[1]

His tribe was ambushed by the House of Dhi'b and Turin would have perished had Khafaz ibn Dahz not arrived with a compliment of Tajari soldiers to drive off the raiders. Khafaz planned on selling Turin as a slave but quickly discovered his useful abilities with animals and the ways of the desert. Turin worked with Khafaz since being rescued in the desert.[1]

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Notes[]

  1. Canon material does not provide dating for the Al-Qadim campaign setting. For the purposes of this wiki only, the current date for Al-Qadim products is assumed to be 1367 DR.

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