Oscar Adrian Ackerman ⌖ Father
Maud Ackerman
McLaughlin ⌖ Mother
Juniper 'Juni' Elizabeth Ackerman ⌖ Older sister
Fiona 'Finn' Ackerman ⌖ Twin
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Leroy Ackerman ⌖ Younger brother
Baby | Toddler [1606]
Reed was firstborn of a set of twins. His sister Finn was born 10 minutes after he cried his lungs out. As a baby Reed was sick a lot, much to the concern of his parents because his twin sister fared loads better. He got through the hardest years. He was walking and talking at a young stage as a little child though. Like he had too much pent up energy despite his sickness.
Hunter training [1612]
The twin's first training was really something, although the theory couldn't really entice Reed to pay all the attention he had. Not that he needed to have it from his strength, because him being sick a lot made him quite weak to start out the hunter training. Young Reed tried out all the weapon options before deciding on what he wanted to master. At least he knew heavy weapons were not his thing after some embarrassing moments of him swinging a longsword and letting it slip from his hands into the onlookers. He ended up settling with crossbows, because it was a lot of power, but enough that he could handle with his then noodle arms. As soon as the pairing was done, he got paired with Finn, it
was the obvious choice. After his shitty solo start, as a team the young hunter did a lot better. Finn and himself had great synergy and he picked up some basic hand-to-hand combat. As they got older the rose from the bottom of the class to the top because impeccable teamwork.
Working together wasn't the only thing they did well together though. They got each other in a lot of trouble and mischief. All the hunters around would call them the terror twins because of how much shit they pulled in the village.
Departure of the first Ackerman
hunters [1620]
When Reed first heard of the idea to sail to 'unknown' lands to resettle the Ackermans, he did not like the idea. When their father told them he would sail with them and take Juniper with him, Reed went into a rage fit the entire village must have heard. When they actually had to leave, he did not visibly show to say goodbye, but stood hidden off to the side to watch them go. Finn had his back at the time, just standing by his side, while he cried. All angry tears if anyone would ever ask him
Crossing the big water [1623]
Three years later it's finally their turn to sail the seas to Greenstone. Reed quite enjoyed his time on the ship to their new home, impressed by the craftsmanship of the vessel. He liked to feel the sea breeze in his face. Finn obviously did even better while sailing. Their younger brother had it worse, having to puke over the railing more often than not.
After crossing they settled with the rest of the Ackermans in the Silverhouse and after a period of adjusting, life resumed as usual.
The split [1624]
After a particularly dangerous hunt, where both Finn and Reed made decisions that endangered the other hunters, the elders decided that their reckless behavior needed repercussions. After a long debate between the elders and their parents, it was decided that Reed and Finn were no longer allowed to hunt side to side as partners. This was received with loud complaints from the pair, but the decision was final.
For Finn this was the signal to leave, but Reed was too loyal to the family to actually leave with her. However much he wanted to go with her. While she was out at sea, she would send him letters to let him know about her adventures, but he wouldn't talk about them with their parents.
The accident [1625]
Reed's reckless behavior did not end with the split. His self preservation went down the drain after he went to hunting solo. At this point he just shouldn't be allowed to hunt, but everyone knew that the terror twins were not to be reasoned with when they were like this, even if it was only one of them.
One night he was out on a hunt solo, with a few duos. They were sweeping a perimeter for a lost kid, when Reed bumped into a werewolf, he assumed it was a rogue, by the blood that was smeared in his coat. The body was nowhere to be seen, but Reed listened in long enough to hear crunching. He shot a silver coated arrow at the wolf, but he did not see the other one stalking behind this one. The new one tried to defend the one he shot and clawed into his side. He screamed and went down, alerting the other hunters and the werewolf that attacked him, seemed to notice the approach of his buddies. The wolf ran even before he could take out his dagger. He just heard the screaming of another hunter before he passed out.
The slow years [1625 - 1629]
After his 'accident' Reed was put on bed rest until his waist healed. Although he could not sit still, he for once heeded the warnings when they said he could not hunt until he healed. He started spending a lot more time with the shipwrights. He mostly watched them work at first, but after the made an sneering comment on someone's work, the other challenged him to do it better if could comment on him. Reed took the challenge in stride and embarrassed the senior shipwright by getting it right the first try. The foreman caught wind of this and profusely apologized to Reed. When he asked how Reed wanted to be compensated with Reed just answered like so: "Teach me. And none of the groveling crap." And that's how Reed scored himself an apprenticeship with the shipwrights.
As years got by, he got better and better at shipbuilding and he gets asked to work on certain projects or even gives his opinions when plans are drawn up. He quite enjoys his newfound hyper fixation, but his heart wil always be with hunting, which he slowly got back into as he healed. He was never left alone again, but he never felt the smooth flow while fighting again as he did with Finn.
A new partner? [1630]
Somewhere around 1630 a delegation of Russian hunters comes to the Greenstone shores with a letter from the Vasilyev offering them help. Included with them a blacksmith named Misha. Or so he told Reed upon meeting. After a power evaluation, the Russian decided Reed would do and that was that. Since then, the older of the two has been showing around the Russian in Greenstone. Since the arrival of the Russian group, Reed's in more training programs again than he was since his accident.
At some point everyone decided the stoic Russian would be good for him. Ocassionally, Reed and Misha would be paired up for hunts, both of them being partnerless. Over time it just naturally grew to a good hunter partnership. The beginning was a struggle due to the language barrier as well, but at one point Reed just started barking basic commands and learned some from Misha in Russian in return. The elders are glad to see Reed on some kind of leash and contained. It showed them that their decision was right and the hunter is in fact able to function on a hunt.
Finn's return [1633]
Since a short while Reed has been overjoyed with the return of his twin sister Finn to the coop. Although she is currently on house arrest, Reed will always find ways to break her out of her confinement. Greenstone isn't ready just yet for the wrath of the terror twins.
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