Egelran was born in a family of woodsmen living under the rule of king Beorn. Their estate where they grew wheat, apples and all kinds of different bounties of earth was situated in a small valley near the fork in Anduin where Gladden river joins it. Egelran's family didn't have link into Beorn's bloodline but they were proud to call themselves Beornings nonetheless. Egelran was the third son, and fifth child in all, of his parents. He spent most of his childhood working at the farm and fooling around with his brothers. It was clear early that Egelran wouldn't want to be 'just' the youngest son. He wanted to become something great, like the heroes of tales. So he was more than excited when he could join the regular patrols that Beornings of the area organized to keep watch of their borders against the goblins of Misty Mountains by the age of 16. Soon it became apparent that Egelran would much rather listen to tales of old warriors or spar with them than help his father with the crops. His father was displeased of course but on more than few occasions he did say that sword could be more useful than ploughshare in future. So Egelran was free to join the patrols and hone his skills of a warrior. He fought against few raiding parties of goblins and wargs but mostly kept near his family home. Years went by more or less in ordinary fashion. Then more and more news of goblins and other dark creatures started surfacing. Few homesteads were burned, night was filled with warg howling. The Beornings of the area held many meetings, sent for the help of king but the news were same everywhere. Finally Egelran's father decided to sent his son to find out what was happening in the Misty Mountains or beyond them that had gotten goblins so riled up. And so started Egelran's adventure...