Lu Tze

Background: My character is a half-orc who was abandoned as a baby - left
literally on the doorstop of a monastery outside of (town name goes here).
The monks named him "Lu Tze": "Lu" for a monk who had passed on a few  
weeks ago, and "Tze" the Draconic word for the month in which he was    
found.

Lu Tze was ridiculed at first by the five or six other children his age at
the monastery.  The monks of the Order, though, were impartial and treated
him fairly in all things.  Bullied by his classmates, he turned his
thoughts inward, and practiced the Path of Enlightenment.

Lu Tze's growth soon outstripped that of his fellow students, and the
bullies, Kelan and Roland, moved on to softer targets.  Remembering the
pain he had felt at their hands, he often intervened to defend younger
students from their petty harassment.  This earned him the respect of some
and the friendship of one or two of the younger children, but also earned 
him the enmity of those he had thwarted.

Lu Tze grew to the age of eighteen at the monastery - growing rather more 
quickly than the monks were really used to, something which caused some  
consternation as he outstripped the other trainees and had to be moved to
more advanced courses before his mind was truly ready.  Lu Tze had to work
hard during those years, striving to master his mind before he could
master his body.

During Lu Tze's last few years at the monastery, his rivalry with Kelan   
and Roland grew more and more fierce.  Those of the Order had mastered the
art of nonlethal attacks, so sparring among the youngsters was encouraged;
Lu Tze's battles with his rivals, though, were often fierce, and sometimes
stretched the definition of "nonlethal".  He learned to walk the halls of
the monastery in the company of others, lest his rivals challenge him to  
an impromptu "duel", two against one.

Things came to a head in early spring of Lu Tze's eighteenth year: he
wandered alone one day, enjoying the clear air away from the monastery.
Kelan and Roland somehow found him and attacked him, striking to kill
rather than to stun.  He knocked Roland unconscious during the battle but
was too badly wounded to defeat Kelan as well; fortunately, his calls for
help were answered in time to save his life.

The head of the monastery considered the whole incident a disgrace: monks
of his Order had been physically restrained by outsiders from trying to
kill each other.  He expelled all of them from the monastery, extracting
an oath from each to go his separate ways and never try to find any of the
others.  Lu Tze left the monastery and headed silently for another city,
telling no one of his destination.

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A note, on further development:

Lu Tze has been expelled from the monastery, and the longer he spends 
away, the harder he finds it to meditate and reach inner peace.  The way 
of the monk is closed to him; he must find another avenue of growth.

Expelled from the placid environment of the monastery, Lu Tze's alignment 
drifts towards the half-orc norm, namely, chaotic.  His next level is 
Barbarian.

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Later background:

After an embarrassing encounter with a big plant, Lu Tze woke up to find 
himself in Kant City, with a cleric bending over him and all his money 
gone.  After a brief period of rage about the lost cash he returned to the 
Duke to report on the party's progress.  ("Yeah, we captured that yuan-ti, 
and then I got killed.  Uh, did you get it back here okay?")  The Duke 
somewhat reluctantly assigned him to patrol duty; he was less experienced 
than most of the soldiers, but they needed everyone they could get.

Lu Tze acquitted himself well during the patrols.  His share of the loot 
brought him some cash.

Ugh, fill this in later.