Oberyn Lightfoot, The Red Viper of Dorne

Oberyn Lightfoot, The Red Viper of Dorne, is a male halfling recently freed from a life of servitude. Known as Red Viper for his red tinted scimtar and his fast and agile attack style.

Background
Born in the village of Dorne in a time when halfings were slaves of the wealthy. During this time he managed to find a training sword for young nobles with which he developed his own swordstyle so he could defend himself if needed. While the slavery was lifted years later, halflings were still treated like dirt often times being attacked by humans in broad daylight.

It was during one of these attacks on him that with his old, blunted training sword he defended another halfling from being further beaten by two humans. Witness to this fight was a human merchant by the name of, Tyrion Martell. Tyrion proceded to hire Oberyn as a bodyguard in his travels. After all, who would mind a halfling as a threat.

Becoming Red Viper
In the following years Oberyn and Tyrion grew to become good friends. Tyrion turned out to dislike the treatment of halfings within his society. Oberyn continued to refine his combat style to overcome his low brute force and even managaed to adapt to the scimitar, manipulating the weight of the heavier blade with speed and leverage. Recognizing Oberyn's skill Tyrion would start paying admission for entrance into swordsman tournaments. It was in these tournaments that he became known as The Viper for his size, speed, as fast strikes. Once this started catching on Tyrion paid for a scimitar which had red tinted metal enamaled into the blade and pommel, and having him introduced as Red Viper.

The Loss of Tyrion
The success of Oberyn's tournament fights vastly increased the speed at which Tyrion could grow his trade. He started trading within the neighboring kingdom. In one of these travels the caravan was set upon by bandits under the command of the druid, Neron, and taken captive. While taking Oberyn, Tyrion, and the last surviving caravan guard Neron killed the injured and defenseless Tyrion and guard for moving too slowly. Oberyn was spared with hopes that they could recruit him into their band,

The Search for Vengeance
Oberyn was eventually rescued by Isryne, Skye Axe, Kismet, and Brihz a group that attacked the bandit base in an attempt to protect the surrounding countryside with the assistance of the bounty hunter Pi'hat. While Neron lived and escaped the slaughter Oberyn vowed to avenge Tyrion's needless murder by eventually tracking her down and killing her. Upon learning of his abilites his rescuers asked if he would be willing to join them to specifically protect Isryne, a noble, and later another noble, Cerale, when Isryne was forced to leave the party shortly after.